Business Evolved

The difference between planning and strategy is more than just semantics.  Commonly the two are used interchangeably when in fact they are descriptive of two very separate ways of thinking and acting. The foremost difference is in the environment that each take place.  Planning is a way of identifying actions required for a specific outcome in a fixed environment with fixed variables.  You can plan to bake bread because there are constants such as the ingredients in particular amounts using heat at a specific temperature.  You can plan a goal and action list for any hypothetical situation where there are no ‘what if’ factors. Strategy on the other hand is a way of setting goals that are not specific in a dynamic environment.... (more...)

Success in itself is antisuccessful term, almost trite in nature.  A majority of people envision success as a material object or group of objects like a new house, car, money or anything of monetary value.  This is only perpetuated by leadership and business books, movies, television and (of course) informercials. When these  goals are not reached due to lack of information or just plain too many obstacles to reach that specific item - we only achieve a feeling of dissappointment and inhibit our desire to go after a new goal. Success becomes harder to reach because we only set our sights on objects. Even when we finally achieve them, we no more fulfill ourselves emotionally and spiritually than if we were to gain ten times more cars, boats... (more...)

Business Evolved has captured business owners, leaders and managers for many years with its articles based on growing small to medium sized businesses.  With today’s pressures on the business leaders, I felt like this blog needed to evolve as well. The truth is businesses are no longer what need to evolve - I may have been wrong in thinking so from the beginning.  While many of the readers of Business Evolved have thanked me and my contributors (and I thank all of them for their support), I feel that it is the leaders of business that need to evolve in order to bring their companies to new heights.  Its the evolution in leadership that drives the true vision of a company. Some changes that you will see: 1.  All the old content has... (more...)