The Gray Cat Blog
A comprehensive collection of blogs designed to assist small business owners and multi-unit operators.
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” – from the movie, Cool Hand Luke
Fire. Aim. Ready. If this is your communications...
Gray Cat often gets asked to step into a senior-level role to manage an enterprise-wide project (https://www.graycatenterprises.com/blog/project-management)
We get tasked with leading...
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Introducing the Gray Cat Learning Series
I am John Matthews, Founder and President of Gray Cat...
Effective leadership involves a myriad of skillsets that when properly combined and executed creates a dynamic leader that can take their teams to levels never thought possible. It involves...
Fire. Aim. Ready.
Is this your corporate communications strategy?
The art of corporate communications stems around the strategic management of information within an organization and its...
Most people that know me know that I like to get involved in the details and one area that I really like to dissect is a profit & loss (P&L) statement. In my opinion, this is where...
I have been putting together business plans for over 30 years and it is clear to me that the strength of its core rests solely on being able to execute the plan. Each year I approach business...
One of the questions I ask audiences when I deliver presentations on retail marketing is “How many did a grand opening celebration for your store?” I am generally amazed that...
Change is inevitable.
We change where we live; we change relationships; and we change our jobs. Change has been with us throughout time, but the worldwide pandemic seemed to put change...
One of the greatest benefits of being a sole proprietor is that I can wield tremendous influence over my schedule and thus, add balance to my life. Gone are the days of “punching a...
