Archive for November, 2007

Meeting maniac or meeting starved?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

I received an email from someone who works at a boat dealership in a southeastern state.  He lamented that he never knows what the dealership manager is thinking or what priorities are for the business because his manager rarely holds meetings and seldom communicates with the team.  As an employee, he is meeting starved!  (Read More…)

Marine industry taken off guard?
Friday, November 9th, 2007

The state of the economy today reminds me of a frog analogy I heard years ago. If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will immediately jump out. But if you put a frog in water that’s room temperature and then slowly heat it up, the frog will just sit there and boil to death. (Read More…)

Will the Goliaths gobble the Davids?
Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Many in the industry say 2008 will be a make- or break-year. We agree with that and we speculate that it will be a survival of the fittest story, with the Goliaths gobbling up the Davids. (Read More…)