When margin starts compressing, the instinct is to look at the org chart. Headcount is visible, controllable, and produces an immediate P&L effect. But in most mid-market companies, the actual cause of margin erosion is structural, and it has nothing to do with how many people are on payroll. Structural margin problems live in three […]
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For most mid-market companies, pricing problems aren’t caused by bad pricing decisions. They’re caused by the absence of a pricing process and the slow erosion that follows when pricing is held constant while every other variable in the business changes. The companies that leave the most money on the table aren’t the ones that set
This is a common occurrence. Your company has come a long way and now the growth is stalled. You have hard working employees and they are all aligned to your mission. You set goals and develop KPIs, but every year you fall short of your targets. Something is blocking the progress. But what? Lack of
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This is a story oft repeated in the management and leadership meetings every where. Annual/quarterly goals are set, and a “strategy” is developed to achieve these goals. These “strategies” then drive action items. Leaders are then measured on their performance against these strategic objectives. In reality, most of the time this not strategy. The team
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Many companies pride themselves on maintaining strong profit margins. Executives often view margins as a key indicator of operational discipline and business health. But an excessive focus on maintaining high margins can unintentionally limit growth. In practice, many companies reject initiatives that would increase total profits simply because those initiatives dilute their margin percentage. This
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Introduction: The Channel Strategy Question Many small consumer products businesses start out selling direct to consumer. Once they establish themselves as a profitable enterprise, the next boost in growth is likely to come from wholesale and other channels. When and why to pivot from DTC to wholesale is critical to know. We will take a
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