The Gray Cat Blog
A growing library of practical business articles and insights created to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, franchisees, and multi-unit operators strengthen leadership, improve operations, drive growth, and build more profitable organizations.
Believe it or not, commerce actually was conducted prior to email, mobile phones and Slack.
In this fun clip from a recent podcast with Amisha Shrimanker, I was asked about business in a pre-tech wor...
Execution. Â Execution. Â Execution.
Execution makes or breaks a project. Â Leaving everything to chance creates confusion, cost overruns and wasted resource management.
Attempting to "war game" as muc...
Your lease is expiring. A newer shopping center has opened nearby. A better location with improved visibility and traffic has become available.
The opportunity is exciting—but so is the risk.
Every ...
Part of the challenge of tackling interim assignments is aligning the team to a common goal.
In most of my interim assignments - either departmental head or general manager of a division - I am gener...
"Drinking from a fire hose" was par for the course in my corporate days.
I honestly believe that my practical experience in the C-Suite provided significant hands-on experience that makes an academic...
Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to work with several high-growth companies. Some expanded organically by opening new locations, while others accelerated growth through acquisitions. Both s...
Most successful businesses begin with a simple idea—and an entrepreneur determined to make it work.
Whether the company starts in a garage, a spare bedroom, or around a kitchen table, entrepreneurs r...
More than a decade ago, I began writing a monthly blog focused on helping small businesses improve their operations, marketing, leadership, and strategic planning. Much of the content was inspired by ...
Life can come at you in a bunch of different ways.
From work to hobbies to relationships to health, balancing all that life gives us is a challenge.
In this podcast with Lorraine Chai, we discuss fa...
From a manager trainee at one location to managing 1,000's of stores.
It may seem easy, but not everyone positions themselves to take advantage of huge growth opportunities.
I was very fortunate to ...
“And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun…” - Gilmour, Mason, Waters and Wright
The original message still holds true: time p...
Want to have long-term clients?
Provide quantifiable value to their organization and they will always throw more work at you.
In this podcast episode with Eido Almog, I discuss how initial projects ...
