by Maureen McBride | Jun 9, 2021 | Rich Breakthroughs, Uncategorized
Historically, 20% of the companies that make the Inc. 500 list crash and burn within two years of making the list. What should they have known? What should they have done or done differently? High growth is high risk. It is one thing for a business to ride a wave.... 
by Maureen McBride | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Business Wisdom-Resources, Rich Breakthroughs
In the last post, I shared 23 Universal Employee Attributes that you should look for in every employee or candidate for employment. The question now is, how do you use them? What are the attributes you look for when you hire employees? Can you identify them from the... 
by Maureen McBride | Oct 24, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
The reason most employees don’t work out is that the company didn’t do their homework upfront. In hiring, companies often fail to fully appreciate both what attributes are necessary for success in a certain role and what attributes a candidate possess. William T.... 
by Maureen McBride | Oct 18, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
Keep your business agile, relevant, adaptable, and profitable. How? There’s a way available to you and it’s courtesy of our friends in finance. You might be thinking, “What on Earth could the accounting folks offer that could deliver all that?”... 
by Maureen McBride | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Unless you have been on a walk-about in New Guinea, hibernating in a cave, or are visiting us from another planet, you know that debt fuels just about everything in our world – from helicopters to housing, countries to cosmetics, derivatives to designer jeans.... 
by Maureen McBride | Oct 3, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
Leaders get the behaviors they exhibit and tolerate. -Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done The three strike rule should apply to more than just baseball; it should also be part of your employee policy. One of the hardest... 
by Maureen McBride | Sep 28, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
“No matter what I do or where I am, I feel like I should be somewhere else. My world right now is totally reactive, and it sucks.” That’s how our conversation started. We were talking to a business owner whose business was in high season. It was a... 
by Maureen McBride | Sep 21, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
A penny saved is not a penny earned. To business owners, a penny saved is a nickel, dime, or more earned. Let us explain: If you have a 10% profit margin, you need to generate $1,000 in new sales to net the same profit as cutting $100 in expenses. Thus, a dime saved... 
by Maureen McBride | Sep 15, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” -Jack Welch The dictionary definition of “lead” is “to be in charge... 
by Maureen McBride | Sep 7, 2017 | Rich Breakthroughs
The Container Store, which has been rated one of the top 100 places to work for over ten years in a row, believes that one great employee equals three good employees (GreatPlaceToWork.com). Let that sink in…. a great employee is three times as valuable as a good one.... 
Rich Russakoff, is an internationally acclaimed business coach, speaker, author, and serial entrepreneur.. He is the author of ”The Bible of Bank Financing” and a current contributor to CBS MoneyWatch, blogging on topics of interest to CEOs who wish to deliver more to their own bottom line.