http://ameristride.com Your performance, our focus. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Metalworking Solutions in Chattanooga, TN continues to grow their company in this difficult economy.  Metalworking Solutions has doubled their business in the five months that we have been privileged to have them as our client. CEO Bill Hewgly has a young executive team that is eager to learn and lead the ... http://ameristride.com/news/metalworking-solutions-featured-in-ffjournal-net Terry Massey, Partner at AmeriStride will be conducting a business growth workshop for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce this Wednesday in the Chamber Board Room.  This workshop is part of the Business Building Block Series that the Chamber puts on each year. Details on the event and how to ... http://ameristride.com/news/ameristride-to-conduct-business-building-workshop-for-chamber This economy has produced a myriad of Solopreneurs.  Unfortunately many have joined this new business journey unwillingly.   In my speaking circuit I have had various discussions with these new business owners finding that they have very few avenues of assistance.  While there are several well meaning non-profit organizations that ... http://ameristride.com/uncategorized/solopreneurs-a-new-market-for-ameristride I recently had the pleasure of hearing David Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, for the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta speak on the economy.  He put forth two very intriguing hypotheses on the current job situation. 1.  Corporate America kicks their employees to the curb having transferred an ... http://ameristride.com/blog/have-corporations-transferred-an-unfair-amount-of-risk-to-the-employees (Contributed by Matt Lauth, Certified Six Disciplines Business Coach) It’s May already, and here you are in the middle of Q2.  Two questions you need to ask yourself:  1. Are you on track?  2. If not, what are you going to do about it? By “change initiatives” we’re referring to those ... http://ameristride.com/blog/is-2010-progressing-the-way-you-expected-if-not-something-must-change Organization learning occurs when the following takes place: A belief that your ultimate core competence is based on the "master process" - the ability to execute strategy. You use a shared repeatable methodology that helps you organize your efforts so you can learn to execute better and speak the same language. You utilize ... http://ameristride.com/blog/is-your-organization-learning Do you have a methodology for building a sustainable business? Do you even believe there is such a thing? AmeriStride adheres to the Six Disciplines Methodology for building small and medium enterprises that consistently execute and formulate their strategy resulting in better outcomes and sustainable growth. This methodology was built from ... http://ameristride.com/blog/consistent-business-building-methodology Recently, I have had several business associates ask to learn more about Six Disciplines. The Six Disciplines for Excellence is a book written by best selling author Gary Harpst, former CEO of Solomon Software and current CEO of Six Disciplines, LLC.  In this book Gary identifies the Six Disciplines for ... http://ameristride.com/blog/what-is-six-disciplines My entire career has been spent in either direct sales or sales management. Even as I climbed the ladder to executive positions, sales has always fallen under my purview. Therefore, I tend to be a tad bit partial to the old adage "that nothing happens until someone sells something," which ... http://ameristride.com/blog/are-sales-still-in-a-slump Chattanooga has the good fortune of several marquee companies making significant investments in our local economy. Is your company poised to take advantage of the inevitable growth coming to our area? Business leaders of smaller companies face significant challenges. Most are having to work with less resources. The resources that are ... http://ameristride.com/news/chattanooga-executive-roundtables