Asking The Wrong Question?
February 1, 2016 – Rick Boxx Dan, a budding entrepreneur who was eager to start his career as an independent businessman, called me recently asking for counsel and some assistance. He […]
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Cash Flow Conundrum
Oct 19, 2015 – Rick Boxx BUSINESS DILEMMA EDITION Editor’s Note: This is the second in a once a month series of “Monday Manna” focusing on business dilemmas and ethical […]
Business Like Chess, Not Checkers
Oct 5, 2015 – Rick Boxx The process of establishing and operating a business used to be simpler. Customers had expectations and businesses responded. Then, with the Internet and other […]
Customer First – Or Shareholder First?
Sep 7, 2015 – Rick Boxx Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, a pace-setting e-commerce company, and one of the wealthiest business people in China, explained his simple, straight-forward […]
The Challenge Of Retaining Customers
Aug 3, 2015 – Rick Boxx An article in the Harvard Business Review stated that on average, businesses lose 50 percent of their customers every five years, often due to poor […]
Serving A Vendor With A Helpful Rebuke
Jul 6, 2015 – Rick Boxx Have you ever thought about the importance of constructive criticism, or a timely rebuke? Several years ago, a printer we had been using for some […]
The Priority of Employee Appreciation
Rick Boxx Dr. Paul White, co-author of Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, discovered in his research that 51 percent of managers believed they were doing a good job in striving […]
Assigning Responsibility
Assigning Responsibility Rick Boxx When I have a project that requires only my expertise, I find I can easily focus on producing an excellent outcome. If a project requires an […]
Lighting Our Way Through the Workplace
Lighting Our Way Through the Workplace Rick Boxx Early in my business career, while working for a certain bank president, many times I needed specific direction for handling critical issues […]
Protect Your Supply Lines
Protect Your Supply Lines Rick Boxx One of our consulting clients typically experiences lean winter seasons because business is slow during those months. Some time ago, as we reviewed and […]
Easiest Customers to Get — Ones You Already Have
Easiest Customers to Get — Ones You Already Have Rick Boxx Many business leaders love to go “on the hunt” for new customers. Perhaps there is the “thrill of the […]
Focused on Fear of Failure
Focused on Fear of Failure Rick Boxx In 2000, TV host, comedian and entertainer Conan O’Brien spoke to graduates at his alma mater, Harvard University, the distinguished Ivy League institution. […]
A Dangerous Path To Follow
A Dangerous Path To Follow Rick Boxx While I was speaking with Drayton, a highly successful Christian businessman, we began reflecting on the importance of having the right motives in […]
Destroyed Trust Difficult To Restore
Destroyed Trust Difficult To Restore Rick Boxx Have you ever considered how much we trust in the gasoline pump to tell us how many gallons or liters (outside of […]
Not Just Keeping the Law, But Exceeding It
Not Just Keeping the Law, But Exceeding It Rick Boxx When I began consulting with business and professional leaders, seeking to bring truths from the Bible into every scenario, it […]
Adrift In Business With Rudderless Ethics
Adrift In Business With Rudderless Ethics Rick Boxx An article in the respected business periodical, Wall Street Journal, was titled, “Does an ‘A’ in Ethics Have Any Value?” The article […]
Pitfalls Of Instant Success
Pitfalls Of Instant Success Rick Boxx In these days when gloom and doom seem to attract attention, when negative news receives so much coverage, our own focus is often directed […]
Benefits of Full Disclosure
Benefits of Full Disclosure Rick Boxx A friend I will call Tim made a critical mistake during his process of hiring a key executive. After the hiring proved to be […]
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