For the past few weeks, we have been exploring the value elements of your business – The People, The Culture, The Sustainability, and today we look at The Profitability.  We specifically kept this element for last for a couple of reasons.  The first and possibly the most important one is that the value of your business – its profitability will naturally flow from getting the first three elements in place and done well.  The profit of your business is the result of doing the other elements first.  The second reason is that when a leader is asked why they are in business, a typical response is that they are in business to make money.  Although this is not an incorrect statement, the money only comes when all other parts of the business are operating at their very best. 

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When that magical dream of business leadership arrives, whether it be as an owner or part of the leadership team, your role just got bigger.  Not because you are in charge of a business or a department, but because you are now part of the organization’s sustainability mechanism.  People and culture are now more dependent on you to perform at peak levels. As the saying might go, you have families to feed, clothe, and make prosperous.

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As we explore the various value elements of your business, this week, we will focus on your culture. Last week, we looked at the people value aspect in your business.  A critical extension of the people is the culture in which they exist within your business.  A vibrant culture stimulates greater contribution.  A lackluster culture drags people down, leading to turnover, mistakes, and stagnation, which in turn lead to a downturn in business success.

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As we look ahead to July 4th, may we, as a Representative Republic, be thankful for our forefathers’ authentic insight in crafting a constitution that affords such freedoms.  May these freedoms that we have not be taken for granted or contorted for the benefit of one group or another.  Yes, our society has its challenges, and our country is not without its share of issues, but the United States of America remains the best place on planet Earth.

On this, the 250th Anniversary of our nation, may we all give thanks to God that our country has and will continue to be a nation under God.

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