Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Business

  • “Culture Fit” Is Ruining Your Diversity Goals – Here’s the Fix

    “Culture Fit” Is Ruining Your Diversity Goals – Here’s the Fix

    The term “culture fit,” to most hiring managers, seems like a very intentional way to create a cohesive, welcoming environment. However, in actuality, this term is often used as a euphemism for “this person looks and acts like I do.” Since the interviewer’s instincts guide them to find candidates that have many similarities in terms of background,…

  • How To Make Better Use of Limited Resources

    How To Make Better Use of Limited Resources

    No business has unlimited resources, and it doesn’t matter whether a company is brand new or it’s been going for years – there always seems to be something that’s competing for your time, money, attention, and manpower.  That means you’ve got a challenge on your hands, and it’s not necessarily to find more resources, although…

  • How To Give Your New Business The Best Chance Of Success

    How To Give Your New Business The Best Chance Of Success

    Starting a business is exciting, but it can also be pretty terrifying if we’re being honest. No matter how confident you are in your idea, there are always going to be things you can’t control. Customer habits change, competitors appear out of nowhere, and sometimes the market decides it likes something completely different. That’s just…

  • 10 Ways to Focus on Business Expansion As You’re Mid-Growth

    10 Ways to Focus on Business Expansion As You’re Mid-Growth

    When it comes to being in business, you can often strive hard in the early days to get anywhere close to where you initially intended to be. As such, you get used to the long hours and putting the work in. So, when you find yourself amidst success and things actually working out for you,…

  • The Hidden Costs of Doing Admin Work as a Founder

    The Hidden Costs of Doing Admin Work as a Founder

    As a founder, you may well be used to doing everything yourself because when you first founded the business, you may well have been the sole worker of the company. Handling your own invoicing, scheduling, and data entry will, at some point, become more of a hindrance than what it might have started as aka,…

  • How to Optimize Your Distribution Network for Regional Shipping

    How to Optimize Your Distribution Network for Regional Shipping

    Nearly 64% of total business logistics costs are transportation-related, says the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. A surprising number of operators don’t know this; they assume inefficiency must reside in warehousing or labor. Movement is where it lies and regional movement, in particular, is where all those marginal decisions compound quickly. Fixing your regional…