Sometimes it seems you just can’t win.

Sometimes, every action seems right and feels right. Yet, when we add all the actions together we do not get a productive result.

That, in a nutshell, is a common small-business problem.

Often, this problem exists because of one or more of the following:

• The small-business Culture is not aligned with personal Values
• The Rules are either not clear or not aligned with personal Values or not enforced
• The overall Goals are either non-existent or ambiguous
• The consequences for performance failure are either not clear or not taken seriously
• Personal accountability takes a back-seat, assuming someone else will do the driving