Rich Russakoff
You too can follow a star to the bucks
By Richard L. Russakoff
rich@bottomlineconsultants.com
November 17, 2008
In February Starbucks reached the conclusion that the consistency and quality of their product/experience was slipping. As a result they made the decision to close all 7,100 stores throughout the world and hold a three-hour training session beginning at 5:30 local time. This reinforced Starbuck commitment to two of their [...]
How Brutal Facts Make Great Companies Great
Bottom Line Up Contsultants www.bottomlineupenterprises.com
November 16, 2008
Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be, change before you have to, and allocate resources based upon return, not upon need; theses are the three overriding principles of strategic leadership that guided Jack Welch, the legendary former CEO of General [...]
Managing People For Fun, Profit, and RESULTS
Richard L. Russakoff rich@bottomlineconsultants.com
November 17, 2008
My goal is to share with you and encourage you to implement an approach to management that will, over time, make managing people one of your favorite and most rewarding challenges and skills as a business owner.
In his book, The Official Guide to Success, Tom Hopkins states that unless you [...]
The Nine Essential Characteristics of Highly Impressive Loan Officers
Richard L. Russakoff rich@bottomlineconsultants.com
December 16, 2008
Exceptional loan officers can, and will, take business away from someone. These individuals share essential characteristics that make it possible for them to easily prevail over their competitors.
In my consulting practice, Bottom Line Consultants, I work with CEOs across the country assisting them in the process of obtaining bank financing. [...]
New Years Resolution: Trim the Fat
The end of a year like no other is fast approaching. Many of us have begun making New Years resolutions. The most common resolution Americans make is to get rid of fat.
In this spirit, an extremely successful entrepreneur we work with invited us in to help him with his New Years resolution of eliminating the [...]
Follow The Money
By Rich Russakoff rich@bottomlineconsultants.com
It was the week of September 15 and we were a week away from presenting a loan package for a 2 million dollar company to 8 banks. Suddenly we found ourselves in a perfect storm. Major financial institutions were collapsing. Fear, uncertainty, and questionable assets on the books of banks, was causing [...]