Recent Articles from Paul Larkins
Take a best practice to a next practice
The Balanced Scorecard is a decades-old business alignment tool that has helped companies, non-profit organizations and government entities around the world focus on the most important and appropriate activities to move forward, while driving financial outcomes. At SquareTwo Financial, we recently expanded our balanced scorecard tool – called the PowerCard – so it not only […]
Make the investment in professional development
Influential writer and management consultant Peter Drucker once said, “Knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.” It is also the foundation of innovation for many of today’s companies. We are all part of a rapidly changing global market that requires each of us to constantly learn new skills, new information and new […]
Achieving peak performance
In last month’s article, Culture: The soul of your company, I talked about the importance of developing and nurturing a strong corporate culture. In fact, a great corporate culture combined with operational excellence is the secret to helping employees achieve peak performance day in and day out. Today’s companies should strive for peak performance on […]
Culture: The soul of your company
The start of a new year is a time of reflection for a lot of individuals, but it is also a good time to evaluate whether the culture of your company will help you be more successful over the months and years ahead. Although intangibles like creating and maintaining a strong corporate culture and helping […]