Issue 04

Strumming the modern day American Stradivarius. Company Northfield Musical Products Website www.northfieldinstruments.com Location 130 W. Michigan Avenue, Marshall, MI 49068 County Calhoun Local Footprint 3,000 square feet Employees 10, in Marshall and Qingdao, China Executive Adrian Bagale Year Founded 2008 Annual Sales $500,000 Markets Professional musicians Festivals Performances Global Reach United States China Japan … […]

People are not your greatest asset. Talented people are! When your company or organization is ready to face the “talent” issue, you must decide whether you are building a house, doing an extreme makeover or putting on an addition—meaning you have something great in “one room” and are ready to expand to another “room,” department […]

From creating mindsets to sustainability…the work is never done. Every executive and business owner sets out to achieve immediate results for accelerated performance and lasting change. A few make it big, some lose what they gain, and some never even come close to achieving desired results. Culture is the key to moving an organization from […]

In any successful economy, we must work to harness our most important tool: Human capital. BusinessDictionary.com defines talent as (1) a natural ability to excel at a duty or action or (2) a group of people who have a particular aptitude for certain tasks. Albert Einstein spoke to talent in a more plain-spoken way, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its […]