L. G Everist Case Study

One frequently asked question in business today that is least answered is, as stated by David Chaudron, PhD (2003), “What can we do to make our business flourish, survive and grow?” With the rapid changes in technology and the rise in the globalization of markets, we must have a game plan in place for adjusting to these changes. It has become increasingly difficult to predict what is going to happen, and there are thousands of obstacles and opportunities along the way. To add to the confusion, there are thousands of products, solutions and methods for dealing with these changes. With many brands, sizes and varieties it is very difficult to choose what is best for your organization. Add to that,

It’s 2016, 30 years later, and the world is moving faster than ever. Ferris Bueller and his pals took a ‘day off’ to experience life before it all got too serious. As we are constantly surrounded by and reliant on the ease of technology and the speed of change, leaders continue to ask what will enhance the performance of their business and the people they lead to stay ahead of the pack.

Many businesses jump to the conclusion of thinking that if a company can be successful in one area, that it can be just as successful in another. Before making this assumption, businesses need to expand on potential challenges that they might encounter

According to sources, the new location is a one-stop shop for both industrial accounts and contractors. It has a vast selection of tractors, power equipment, aerial lifts, and genuine Caterpillar parts. The latest Cat excavation and earthmoving equipment can also be found in the facility, along with other general construction machinery, such as welders, generators, boom and scissor lifts, and compressors.

Seth Godin uses examples of successful situations of management and business solutions to inform the world of how things are changing. Seth Godin mentions the record business and how executives failed to change their plans resulting in a collapse of the industry. ‘The new thing is never as good as the old thing, at least right now.” and the fact that “past performance is no guarantee of future success.” These are just some of the current problems we see in the record business, the successful way the record was run during the baby Boomer days has completely changed and record executives are scrambling to figure it

Big business versus small business has been an issue since business started. Small businesses need to have a solid structure and a large backing of consumers to survive against big business. Josh Novak had a successful model for Glow-Foods and International Food Group (IFG) saw that. They were so impressed with his IT plan at Glow-Foods, they offered him a job at their IT office with a team to help their demographic. Josh was excited yet hesitant as he knew IFG was

The photo below was taken in 1925, and the gentleman in the horn-rimmed glasses is the namesake of our company, Lucius G. Everist. I never knew him, but I am grateful that he had the guts and ambition to put his name on a sign and take a risk on a business venture.

Determining age is extremely difficult when is comes to providing an accurate method that does not require the killing or substantial harm of animal. Most aging methods of marine animals involve counting of growth rings in hard structures, such as bone or teeth. For the Beluga and most Odontocetes scientists have been counting the growth layer groups (GLG) on their teeth. However, there have been conflicting reports on if Belugas lay growth bands annually or biannually. This is because scientists will use a variety of methods to confirm their hypothesis of 1 or 2 GLGs a year. Solving this discrepancy and finding an accurate method for aging is critical to the understanding of the Belugas life history. Knowing an animals life history allows

Many owners/ managers have a myopic behavior or attitude. Having a myopic attitude when in a leadership position can be very bad for the future of the business. Myopic behavior is the lack of imagination, nearsighted, and intellectual insight. Being a boss with no imagination or sense of the future will cause you to fall behind the growth curve. While other surrounding businesses are becoming a more high tech, user-friendly, and accessible, a myopic business owner is not up to par with the others, which can cause business owners to lose customers. A way to make sure your business does not fall behind is to take risks, while also being smart about what risks are worth the possibility of failure and which are not. Another way to keep up with the competition and the evolving world is by continuously improving functions, such as machinery, advertisement, and work ethic among the employees. Apple is an extremely successful organization that has used these tactics to stay up to date with technology. Apple's biggest competitor

According to Christina L. Darwall, executive director of the Harvard Business School California Research Center, Built to flip is an essential element of competing in the new economy, successful businesses are necessarily to be short in time. (Palowski, 2000) In the 21st century, there is a rising impatience within the economy. Investors are no longer interested in long-term and sustaining companies, but most of the businesses are aiming to do quickly and get acquired within a short period, which are the “Build to flip” companies. (Collin, 2000; p. 1) Under the culture of entitlement, managers now see themselves are entitled to make money, and in a case that ‘The faster I go, the faster I feel I need to go’. (Thrift, 2000; p. 26) As well as the rapid growth of consumer demand, leads to the massive expansion in customer service entitlements. (2014, Lecture 4; p. 8) This is an unquestionable sign of a boom in decay. (Thrift, 2000; p. 26) In addition, impermanence is a feature in different phenomenon, and everything will come to the stage of deterioration. (Zsolnai, 2014; p. 63) If it was permanent in everything, we do not have to make choices, judgments, responsibilities and entitlements. (2014, Lecture 9; p. 1) Yet, the successes of mass-production and consumption in the new economy seem cause us entirely forgot to notify finitude and limits of the whole world. This problem would be a threat in our future and the next generation.

Jim Collins and his research team of 20 compared and contrasted how many companies made the leap to greatness and how other companies didn’t. Based on bundles of evidence and a large quantity of data, he and his team uncovered how

This book is about failed businesses that seemed to be doing everything “right.” They were top of their industry, had responsible and attentive management, and created shareholder wealth. And yet, these business failed. “Good management” is only situationally appropriate, and when faced with change in the market and change in technology, they were not equipped to change accordingly.

Many of today’s business are finding new ways to find to obtain and keep the

Merely to stay in business, IT companies, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, have been forced to take the lead in developing brand-new managerial concepts. As Business Week enthused: 'With their flatter, more democratic organisations, giant talent pools, enormous web of interlocking relationships among companies, super speed and can-do

In this turbulent era of our time, we can’t possibly expect everything to go according to the plan. Business world with its many surprises got dynamic along with modern time. The vitality of it changes through the many