by Patty Lawrence | Growth
Patty with her team after winning the USTA League Championships in 2022I play competitive tennis on several teams because I can, and because I love it.This particular weekend, our 18+ team was competing in league playoffs. For our match, my partner and I were on a...
by Patty Lawrence | Growth
The 4 D’s are Drivers, Demands, Disciplines, and Decisions. Together they make up the 4-Ds of growth planning, a framework for a proven business growth method that achieves results. This framework comes from Verne Harnish’s book Scaling Up, a book about how to...
by Patty Lawrence | Growth
There was a business owner who was hemorrhaging cash. He decided he needed someone to reign him in, help him see what was going on, and make better decisions. He realized he wasn’t paying attention to the big, whole picture of the business’s financials, and knew that...
by Patty Lawrence | Business Management, Employee Management, Growth, Uncategorized
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – Halford Luccock I’ve talked a lot about surrounding yourself with people you trust to help in making the best decisions for your business. But that’s way easier said than done. After all, your...
by Patty Lawrence | Budget & Forecasting, Cash Flow, Financial Analysis, Financial Processes, Growth, Uncategorized
We’re still experiencing some lean times right now, there’s no doubt about that. As the economy continues to fluctuate and there remains some uncertainty about when, if and how things will reopen, most of us are looking at ways to get our businesses through the rest...
by Patty Lawrence | Business Management, Financial Analysis, Growth, Uncategorized
I’m going to paint a picture for you. Imagine you’re driving a big pickup truck off-road. It’s the latest model, you’re feeling free and confident, and then suddenly…everything stops. You’ve run into a patch of mud you didn’t see coming, and you’re stuck. What...
