Comments for Awake at 2 o'clock? | John F. Dini's Weekly Column on Business Ownership http://www.awakeat2oclock.com Business Ownership Insights Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Can You Build Your Business in Half the Time? by John Hollier http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2012/02/can-you-build-business-half-the-time.html/#comment-4503 John Hollier Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:57:50 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=987#comment-4503 John, Couldn't agree more on business owners myopic view of their business, where day to day operations is the only thing they are focused on. I touched on this subject in my own blog post "How much time do you spend 'working ON your business'?" http://www.cxcel.com/wpblog/2011/08/how-much-time-do-you-spend-working-on-your-business/ Keep up the good work, John Hollier, Chief Collaborator Collaborative Xceleration John,
Couldn’t agree more on business owners myopic view of their business, where day to day operations is the only thing they are focused on.

I touched on this subject in my own blog post “How much time do you spend ‘working ON your business’?”
http://www.cxcel.com/wpblog/2011/08/how-much-time-do-you-spend-working-on-your-business/

Keep up the good work,

John Hollier,
Chief Collaborator
Collaborative Xceleration

]]> Comment on Employees aren’t Partners by Ted Reynolds http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2012/01/employees-arent-partners.html/#comment-4480 Ted Reynolds Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:32:30 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=976#comment-4480 This is an excellent article and I completely agree with the concept that only Exectuive Mgmt should profit share. Incentive based pay for the employees is a good practice, but needs to have flexibility to ebb and flow with the needs of the business being met first and foremost. This is an excellent article and I completely agree with the concept that only Exectuive Mgmt should profit share. Incentive based pay for the employees is a good practice, but needs to have flexibility to ebb and flow with the needs of the business being met first and foremost.

]]> Comment on Another Lost Generation? by david k waltz http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2012/01/another-lost-generation.html/#comment-4396 david k waltz Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:30 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=959#comment-4396 John, While it might be true that millenials work longer, is this a manifestation of the the experience curve, learning the ropes, etc. Perhaps the working for less is a case of "you get what you pay for"? John,

While it might be true that millenials work longer, is this a manifestation of the the experience curve, learning the ropes, etc. Perhaps the working for less is a case of “you get what you pay for”?

]]> Comment on Another Lost Generation? by Richard pace http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2012/01/another-lost-generation.html/#comment-4369 Richard pace Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:57:21 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=959#comment-4369 Thought I would use the conventional method and mix it up. Excellent article. Hopefully, the readers will have enough experience to appreciate it. Go Giants. Thought I would use the conventional method and mix it up. Excellent article. Hopefully, the readers will have enough experience to appreciate it. Go Giants.

]]> Comment on A Return to the Handshake? by Jackie Gernaey http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2012/01/a-return-to-the-handshake.html/#comment-4331 Jackie Gernaey Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:20:58 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=952#comment-4331 I agree. A clear statement of what we both agree needs to be accomplished is great. I find an hourly rate with a guess as to how many hours works well. It allows you to change the scope without anyone getting concerned. It protects the provider and assuming the consultant does not draw things out, usually the client gets the project cheaper because no fudge factors are added into the price to cover the unexpected. I agree. A clear statement of what we both agree needs to be accomplished is great. I find an hourly rate with a guess as to how many hours works well. It allows you to change the scope without anyone getting concerned. It protects the provider and assuming the consultant does not draw things out, usually the client gets the project cheaper because no fudge factors are added into the price to cover the unexpected.

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