Celebrating The 4th At Global Resources!
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Happy Birthday, America! We anticipated our holiday weekend with an awesome 4th of July potluck lunch. The festivities started early with Deb’s firecracker cupcakes. These cleverly themed treats were filled with Pop Rocks candy (the fuses were black licorice ropes) and they had to be consumed, immediately, if we wanted to experience the cakes exploding like firecrackers in our mouth!
Snap, crackle, pop—Happy 4th of July!
Only a couple cupcakes remained by the start of lunch!
We kidded Joe that he had prepared ‘Magic Mike Baked Beans.’
Our appetites were merely whetted as we went on to enjoy hot …
The Risk Of Being Satisfied With The Status Quo
By Tom Ryan
After Prohibition ended, there were two prominent family breweries in St. Louis, the Busch family (that controlled Anheuser-Busch) and the Griesedieck family. The Griesediecks, at that time, operated two different breweries, Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Company and Falstaff Brewing Company. The two entities would later become one company under the Falstaff name. While unknown today, in the 1960’s, Falstaff outsold Budweiser by a 50% margin in St. Louis in a battle of the local beer brands and, at the height of its popularity, it was the third largest selling beer in the United States—a fact, that, most likely, surprises many of …
GR Reviews: Now Able To Focus On What Is Important!
Situation
The client was a family business involved in the manufacture of a specialty food product. Global Resources was brought in to improve operations via the professional development of the GM and his management team.
Process
“We are a family company with many members throughout the company. This makes change very difficult and stressful for some. The Global Resources consultant was able to share his knowledge and understanding of how change happens and ‘here is how it has been resolved’ based on other situations that he had been involved in.
During our weekly meetings, we developed plans and schedules to …
How To Avoid Bad Management Decisions: The AT&T Case Study
By Tom Ryan
We say that every business owner needs, from time-to-time, a third-party objective analysis to avoid serious mistakes, keep his business on track, and take advantage of an opportunity that he otherwise could miss.
While there are many examples of business executives failing to heed this wise advice, one of the more striking examples involved the executives from the original AT&T. It’s important to keep in mind that when referring to AT&T in this article, I am referring not to the AT&T that we know today, but the executives of the nation-wide monopoly that provided all U.S. local telephone service. This …
Global Resources Reviews: Ready For Breakthrough Improvement!
Situation
The clients, co-founders of a retail and tradeshow fixture design firm, needing to facilitate real change in their business, recognized that “although, we are the owners and we possess a great many skills, expertise, and abilities in a variety of fields, we also have limitations.” Change management training to achieve their organizational objectives was required. They, therefore, sought to “partner with someone outside the company who possesses the knowledge and experience to coach us and mentor our staff through the change process. In this case, it was Global Resources, LLC.”
Process
Their GR consultant taught them the importance of …
Wake Up & Smell The Coffee!
By Tom Ryan
Sometimes the difference between success or failure is simply having the wisdom to seek an outside opinion. The one thing that you can’t provide, yourself, is an objective point of view. No matter how smart you are, your viewpoint will always be subjective.
In business, not having this impartial, third-party perspective, on occasion, can lead to failure. Failure doesn’t have to mean closing your doors; failure could be missing an important business opportunity, or, perhaps, the opportunity of a lifetime.
Thirty years ago, if you asked a person what brand came to mind when you said the word ‘coffee,’ he …
Global Resources Celebrates Memorial Day With A Picnic!
The recruiting department at Global Resources organized an office ‘picnic’ before leaving to enjoy the 3-day weekend. In honor of Memorial Day, it was an all American picnic, serving grilled brats and hotdogs (kept warm using a couple crockpots) with all the traditional sides and toppings. There were baked beans, potato salad, Joe’s amazing pasta salad (see the recipe on our Facebook page) and an array of tempting desserts!
Shout out to Kerri and Deb for organizing this event!
Looking Forward To Running A Profitable Business!
Situation
This Global Resources client, the owner of roofing and siding company for over 20 years, was seeking guidance in determining whether the business was operating at a loss or making a profit. “My background was in roof installations and what little I know about running a business came from the school of hard knocks. I have survived, but I was always behind on my bills, or a job short of breaking even. I never knew if I truly was making or losing money.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant worked on refining and streamlining operations and finances. He took the …
Global Resources – Splish, Splash, We Had A Blast!
A Baby Shower requires favors! Kerri poses with the favors that she created
for our event (she used Avery 5160 address labels and Hershey’s Nuggets). Yum!
Global Resources held a ‘Baby Shower Drive’ collecting boxes of donations to benefit the Teen Parent Connection, an organization that empowers young families (providing support, education, and resources that will prevent child abuse and neglect among this at-risk population) while working at preventing teen pregnancy (parents who have successfully completed the program go on to speak at area schools and community events, educating teenagers about the harsh realities of being a teen parent).…
Global Resources Reviews: Moving Forward With Confidence
Situation
This client, a sanitation product/service provider for food and beverage plants, engaged Global Resources for assistance in handling the issues that arise from managing rapid corporate growth.
Process
“Our Global Resources consultant has given us fantastic tools to help our business.
We now have a budget to help with all the new growth that we are now experiencing, which includes moving into a new building and opening a satellite location in another state!
We can move forward with confidence that both of these projects will go smoothly.”
Additionally, the consultant provided a full management dashboard to make operation of …
