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Sep 24, 2009 - Closing Commentary - The Culver Cache™
Today is the closing issue of The Culver Cache™ business reports published on SpecialChem4Coatings.com. It is both a sad time and a joyous experience. A joyous memory was generated by writing to you each week about various business topics, getting the opportunity to challenge your thinking and sharing insightful commentary with you. Looking back over the extensive archive of business reports published, The Culver Cache™ collective articles have undoubtedly covered the majority of critical business challenges that you, whether in a role as supplier, customer, downstream client, distributor, complementary player, stakeholder, top-level manager, middle manager, line manager or trench employee, will encounter in the business environment. Likewise, it is generally a sad time when one must leave such an awesome assembly of friends, readers and business partners. A special note of appreciation goes to SpecialChem4Coatings.com for publishing The Culver Cache™ articles in a very timely and professional fashion. For the final issue of The Culver Cache™ column on SpecialChem4Coatings.com, please enjoy the following collage of "closing commentary" on a variety of life and business related issues. Here we go!
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Sep 10, 2009 - The Herd Mentality - The Culver Cache™
How would you characterize your company, your personnel, your business model or your approach to serving the marketplace? Are you a "leader" who perpetually innovates, a "me-too" player who copies the hard work of others or somewhat of a "hybrid"...
Aug 27, 2009 - Not So Secret Formula - The Culver Cache™
How does an astute company identify and capitalize on global growth opportunities? Where are the mysterious, elusive, profitable growth centers of the world and how does an enterprise leverage the alleged profit centers to elevate their bottom-line...
Aug 20, 2009 - Information Deluge - The Culver Cache™
How is your company managing the information deluge present in today's world? How many e-mails, hardcopy pieces and phone messages do your employees receive during a 24 hour period? Is the information deluge cutting into their work productivity? Do...
Aug 13, 2009 - Common Uniqueness - The Culver Cache™
What is the structure of your particular enterprise? Does the company entity consist of a singular, stand-alone business or a collage of several highly integrated businesses? How many departments compose the singular, stand-alone business? Within the...
Aug 6, 2009 - Damage Done - The Culver Cache™
What steps have you taken lately to improve the ultimately efficiency of your company, your organization, your people and your financial performance? Are you pursuing all the seemingly correct steps to reduce costs and control waste and yet the...
Jul 30, 2009 - The Business View - The Culver Cache™
How do you view your current business model? When you step back and take a big picture look at the enterprise, what do you see? What perspectives and dimensions of the business are you daily managing in order to achieve financial success? What goals...
Jul 23, 2009 - The UDK Factor - The Culver Cache™
If someone asked you to write down all the information that you know about a particular customer or group of customers, would you be able to competently accomplish the task in a timely fashion? Ok, then, what if asked you to write down all the...
Jul 16, 2009 - Seven Basic Job Skills - The Culver Cache™
When you meet a person for the first time, what goes through your mind? What are you watching and observing about the person? Did you carefully examine how they are dressed or how they walked or their posture in the sitting position? Was the person...
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Jul 9, 2009 - Pricing Territory-The Culver Cache™
How do your company personnel effectively and efficiently manage "pricing territory"? Who are your pricing managers and gurus? How do you decide on the timing of your attempted price increases? In what economic climates do you increase and decrease...
Jun 25, 2009 - Success Formulas - The Culver Cache™
What is the secret formula for success? How do you personally define success? What are the elusive variables that participate in and contribute to the "success formula"? What constitutes achieving success in your life and business?...
Jun 18, 2009 - Customer Domain Knowledge-The Culver Cache™
Are you struggling with understanding your customer landscape? Who values what and why? What are your customers really attempting to do with their business models? Have you systematically catalogued your customer's value propositions and value...
Jun 11, 2009 - Playing Globally - The Culver Cache™
Are you planning on playing on a global landscape? Do you desire to grow your business from a local or regional scope into a global giant? How will you accomplish the transition from a local or regional player into a global entity?
Jun 4, 2009 - Sector Attractiveness - The Culver Cache™
If your challenge is to profitably grow the business, how will you accomplish the task? Will you grow the business via organic growth initiatives and pathways? Will you grow the business via joint ventures, acquisitions, alliances and/or unique...
May 28, 2009 - Leverage Lives - The Culver Cache™
Is "leverage" alive and well? How many examples of the effective use of business leverage can you cite? Is the practice of business leverage commonplace within your industry value system? Who are the bright and shining examples that are daily...
May 21, 2009 - Wasted Words - The Culver Cache™
How many thousands of dollars does your firm spend each year on ads, press releases, literature, articles, speeches, presentations, formulators' notes, data sheets, brochures, sales publications, marketing spins, and branding initiatives? Is each and...
May 14, 2009 - Innovation Insights - The Culver Cache™
What is the nature of the "innovation process" that your enterprise practices? How long has your company been pursing that particular innovation process? How effective has the innovation process proven? What are the various operational dimensions of...
May 7, 2009 - Mutual Explorations - The Culver Cache™
Do you desire to grow your business, but have experienced little success? Are you short of capital, equipment and people resources? Are you assuming that you must "go it alone" in any new business venture or during the expansion of an existing...
Apr 30, 2009 - The Stagnant Pool - The Culver Cache™
Have you noticed how some businesses appear extremely similar to a "stagnant pool" of contaminated water? Those business just sit there day after passing day in major depression, trapped, with nowhere to go, no passion, no energy. No movement, not...
Apr 23, 2009 - Reciprocal Secrecy - The Culver Cache™
How frequently is your particular company involved with partnerships, alliances, or joint ventures? Are you responsible for assessing the potential for profitable business relationships with complementary players in the industry value system?
Apr 16, 2009 - Career Revisit - The Culver Cache™
How frequently is your particular company involved with partnerships, alliances, or joint ventures? Are you responsible for assessing the potential for profitable business relationships with complementary players in the industry value system? Does...
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Apr 9, 2009 - Survey Street - The Culver Cache™
How many strolls do you take down "Survey Street" each week, each month or each year? As you stroll along "Survey Street" are you in the role of a supplier, a customer, a distributor, a converter, or perhaps a downstream consumer? As a supplier, how...
Apr 2, 2009 - Prepare to Play - The Culver Cache™
When are your next sets of meetings with customers scheduled? What will you say? What will you do? How will you set the tone of the meetings to achieve a productive end-result for both you and the customer? Do you trust the customer and does the...
Mar 26, 2009 - Decision Drama - The Culver Cache™
How frequently is your company faced with making extremely complex or complicated business, technology, marketing and/or investment decisions? How many of your critical business decisions contain both a qualitative and a quantitative dimension? What...
Mar 19, 2009 - Creativity Crash - The Culver Cache™
When is the last time that someone in your enterprise had a "creative" thought? Not a "me too" thought, but an "original" creative thought. A creative thought that was actually realistic, feasible and executable. A creative thought that would...
Mar 12, 2009 - Profit Possibilities - The Culver Cache™
How does your firm determine the profit potential for your respective business or customer segments? What are the key profit drivers for each business or customer segment? What makes one business or customer segment more or less profitable that the...
Mar 5, 2009 - The Value Safari - The Culver Cache™
Is your management team on a daily hunt for value? Where is value hiding? What tools and methodologies are your personnel using to measure value generation for the enterprise? Where are your business analysts looking for value? Do your financial...
Feb 26, 2009 - Customer Drill-down - The Culver Cache™
How does your company conduct an analysis of a customer or a set of customers to support business strategy development or day-to-day tactical business decisions? How much do you truly know about your customer's personnel, business practices, value...
Feb 19, 2009 - Journey to Solutions - The Culver Cache™
Once upon a time there was a company that desired to develop a unique strategy, a strategy that was highly differentiated, a strategy that was superior to its competitors, a strategy delivering exceptional profitability, a strategy that would drive...
Feb 12, 2009 - JVAAD Mentalities - The Culver Cache™
What is your company's approach to JVAAD (joint ventures, acquisitions, alliances, divestitures)? How do business partnerships and relationships with industry complementary players fit into the JVAAD picture? How are the members of your enterprise...
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