Comments on: Throw Away Your Crutches http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2008/05/throw-away-your-crutches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=throw-away-your-crutches Just another Diggings site Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: wwds http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2008/05/throw-away-your-crutches/#comment-115219 wwds Sat, 17 May 2008 13:14:28 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/05/14/throw-away-your-crutches/#comment-115219 Scott...this is a great point. Scott…this is a great point.

]]> By: Scott Jagodzinski http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2008/05/throw-away-your-crutches/#comment-115218 Scott Jagodzinski Sat, 17 May 2008 12:59:33 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/05/14/throw-away-your-crutches/#comment-115218 Here's a common crutch: Sales will solve everything. Sure, we all know that sales are critical. But when sales go down or don't meet expectations, the ugly realities of business get exposed. Expenses that are bloated, bad customer service, inefficient business processes, employees that are overpaid or who haven't increased productivity. If sales are rockin', business owners will often use this as a crutch to not deal with issues. Deal with your issues while times are good and it won't be as difficult when times inevitably are bad. What if Detroit had started doing this in the late 70's before Japan started kicking our butt? Here’s a common crutch: Sales will solve everything. Sure, we all know that sales are critical. But when sales go down or don’t meet expectations, the ugly realities of business get exposed. Expenses that are bloated, bad customer service, inefficient business processes, employees that are overpaid or who haven’t increased productivity. If sales are rockin’, business owners will often use this as a crutch to not deal with issues.

Deal with your issues while times are good and it won’t be as difficult when times inevitably are bad. What if Detroit had started doing this in the late 70′s before Japan started kicking our butt?

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