by Philip Beyer | Mar 12, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
Bob, a burned-out, small business owner, is driving home one night after another hectic fourteen-hour day. Exhausted, he takes a few aspirin and collapses on his bed, falling into a deep sleep. Suddenly, a peculiar sound awakens him, and he finds himself face-to-face...
by Philip Beyer | Mar 5, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
A cry we’ve heard many times from small business owners and managers is how to ensure employee accountability in the workplace. If you are in management, then you know; as a rule, most people hate micro-management. In other words, employees don’t like someone...
by Philip Beyer | Feb 26, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
As a small business owner or sales manager, you’ve no doubt interviewed those outgoing, larger-than-life “personalities” disguised as business sales professionals. The ones with great smiles, who crack funny jokes, while promising an “amazing”...
by Philip Beyer | Feb 19, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
Extreme Business Organization reminds me of Extreme sports performers— “daredevils” we call them. To be sure, they do the most amazing feats. Audiences are thrilled to watch them defy gravity, death even, from high wires and other high places; being shot out of...
by Philip Beyer | Feb 12, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
Consistent Business Follow-up is sorely lacking in most small companies. How often have you heard someone say, “I’ll get back to you next week,” or “I’ll follow-up with you later concerning your issue?” And then nothing! Similarly, the most misused farewell line...
by Philip Beyer | Feb 5, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
One of Tennessee’s (also the world’s) most famous 150-year-old companies has quite an interesting Business Mantra. My wife and I took a tour of the famed Jack Daniels Distillery a few years back and found it extremely well-organized. Their business mantra is, “Every...
by Philip Beyer | Jan 26, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
A mystery that eludes most business professionals is, the WHY—a cause for their business system collapse. I discovered the simple truth, as to WHY, the hard way. Unexpectedly, in the process of my relentless tweaking of our written systems, I discovered the solution...
by Philip Beyer | Jan 22, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
Who would you say are the enemies of the state of business organization? Amazingly, business owners themselves are Business Organization Enemy No. 1. In other words, the owner is his or her own worst enemy; the one standing in the way of bringing order to their...
by Philip Beyer | Jan 5, 2019 | The Organizer Blog
Systematizing a business is NOT for everyone! Truth is, some business owners shouldn’t waste time systematizing business processes they will never use; and, in fact, don’t like. Nor will they ever have their employees use the systems. Over the years, I’ve preached...
by Philip Beyer | Dec 27, 2018 | The Organizer Blog
The Business Axiom of Systematic Management changed my life when reading just two chapters of a well-known business book. The axioms contained in its pages took me on a 30-year adventure of spreading a gospel of business management using well-designed systems. Equally...
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