REBUILD is a business leadership series for owners, executives, managers, and manufacturers. Each article identifies a common business problem before its symptoms appear, challenges conventional thinking, exposes weaknesses in the business framework, and offers practical guidance for building stronger organizations through better leadership, structure, and strategy.
New articles are published regularly. The most recent appear first.
REBUILD #36 | FOUNDATION | Customer Alignment Every department in a business has responsibilities, priorities, and measures of success. Sales wants more opportunities. Engineering needs accurate information. Estimating needs complete requirements. Operations needs predictable workflow. Accounting needs timely payment. Each
REBUILD #40 | REINFORCEMENT | Recognition Every organization pays attention to results. Strong organizations also pay attention to the people and behaviors producing them. When someone solves a difficult problem, helps a customer, reaches an important milestone, supports a teammate,
REBUILD #40 | REINFORCEMENT | Recognition Every organization pays attention to results. Strong organizations also pay attention to the people and behaviors producing them. When someone solves a difficult problem, helps a customer, reaches an important milestone, supports a teammate,
REBUILD #42 | OPENINGS | Vision Experience gives business leaders something extremely valuable: perspective built over time. But there is a risk. The longer we operate within the same business, market, or industry, the more likely we are to see
REBUILD #43 | FINISHES | Focus Starting something new usually comes with enthusiasm. Finishing it requires something different: focus, discipline, and commitment. In business, unfinished work is rarely caused by a lack of ideas. More often, attention shifts. A new
Rebuilding starts with seeing the problem clearly.
