Business Topics for Discussion
- Leadership/Culture
- Organizational Culture
- Decision Making
- Maintaining Organizational Focus
- Corporate Responsibility/Ethics
- Authority/Responsibility/Accountability
- Delegation
Planning/Strategy/Communication
- Strategy
- Internal Communication
- Planning
- Leadership Transition
- Succession Planning
- Market Research
- Competitive Research
- Strategy Execution
- Organizational Structure
- Business Writing
Sales & Marketing
- Marketing
- Sales
- Difficult Customer
- Job Costing/Estimating
- Pricing/Price Increases
- Price consistency
- Price confidentiality
- Unprofitable Customer
- Customer Concentration
- Form Contracts
- Offers/Quotes
- Acknowledgements/Acceptance
Operations
- Productivity
- Quality Assurance
- Process Orientation
- Process Improvement (Lean)
- Technology
- Cost Control/Reduction
- Inventory Management
- Risk Management
- Insurance
- Data Management
- Supplier Agreements
- Vendor Agreements
Personnel/Employee Management
- Managing People
- Compensation
- Incentives/Bonus Plans
- Hiring/Recruiting
- Firing
- Disruptive Employee
- Difficult Conversations
- Feedback to Employees
- Formal Reviews
- Pay Increments
- Promotions
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Education
- Feedback from Employees
- Training (Skills or Supervision)
- Benefits Strategies
- Remote Work (WFH)
- Supervision
- Employment Agreements
- Non-compete agreements
- Confidential Information/Trade Secrets
