The Gray Cat Blog
A comprehensive collection of blogs designed to assist small business owners and multi-unit operators.
Become an Effective and Ethical Leader
Effective leadership involves a myriad of skillsets that when properly combined and executed creates a dynamic leader that is capable of taking their teams to l...
One of the core philosophies of Gray Cat is “more than consulting, we actually get work done.” Â
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I recently created a new presentation called There’s a New Store in Town – Are You Ready for the Disruption?   This presentation covered a myriad of topics – with examples from both
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I love to create something from the ground up.Â
 As an avid gardener, I have done this many times over – taking a raw piece of dirt and creating a magical paradise creating signature items such as p...
One of the most important, yet biggest challenges facing a retailer is creating a new store vision for your chain, while simultaneously running your day-to-day business.  There are only so many resour...
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Recently, I appeared on the Big Pixel podcast where we chatted on a number of business topics including incentives for employees.
Here is a minute-long clip on an incentive program we tied to overall...
Change is inevitable.Â
We change where we live; we change relationships; and we change our jobs. Change has been with us throughout time, but the worldwide pandemic seemed to put change on hyperdriv...
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” – from the movie, Cool Hand Luke
Fire. Aim. Ready. If this is your communications plan…..you may want to read on.
Amazingly, many companies do not t...
Gray Cat often gets asked to step into a senior-level role to manage an enterprise-wide project (https://www.graycatenterprises.com/blog/project-management)Â
We get tasked with leading the project ...
Want to improve your business-building skills but don’t know where to turn?Â
Introducing the Gray Cat Learning Series
I am John Matthews, Founder and President of Gray Cat Enterprises, Inc. Over my ...
