David Crysler

There's a big difference between flexibility and inconsistency. One builds trust. The other erodes it. The problem is most leaders think they're doing the first one.

Three changes. Zero new hires. Double the throughput. Fix the inventory. Split the process. Control the release. The capacity was already there. We simply helped our client capture it.

One rep sent three times more emails. His colleague booked twice as many calls. When we measured for activity, we got activity. Effective volume > sheer volume. Every single time.

Everyone wants to skip to the simple dashboard. But you can't simplify what you haven't fully captured first. The ingestion work is the most critical part of the foundation everybody shortcuts.

"I can't understate your presence in the operations and your presence within the company." - Operations Manager, Custom Medical Manufacturer That's not something a vendor hears. That's something a partner earns. The difference is showing up every week, not just delivering a report. This is why I built Operations On-demand.

A client wasn’t looking for a deliverable. They wanted the capability. "Teach me how to build it so I don't need you next time." If your team can't maintain the tool without outside help, you don't own it. It owns you.

Ask any family manufacturer how the next generation will take over. The answer is almost always the same: "They'll figure it out." That's not a plan. That's a prayer.

Before your next new hire starts, ask every person on your team one question: "What is one thing you wish someone had told you on your first day?" You will build a better onboarding plan in 15 minutes than most companies build in a year.

"Can you introduce me to your colleague?" Your customer says sure. Then nothing happens. Because making introductions for you is not their job. Try this instead: "Do you mind if I drop your name when I reach out?" Same relationship. Same trust. But now you control the outreach.

Your team just had their first sales win. Your instinct is to set a quota. But the fastest way to kill momentum is to turn a breakthrough into an obligation. Celebrate first. Add metrics later. You can always add structure BUT you’ll never get the enthusiasm back.

Five different task tools in three years: Teams, Planner, Trello, shared inboxes, sticky notes. Every single one failed for the same two reasons: people didn't open the app, and people didn't update the app. It was never a tool problem. It was an adoption problem because it started from the top and not with the people who had to use it everyday.

One of my clients thought structured documentation was overkill but did the exercise anyway. 5 pages of notes and paragraphs nobody would read turned into nine key steps and that’s when it clicked for him. Resistance usually breaks the moment someone actually tries the thing they're afraid of.

Dot matrix printer. Blank wall. Sticky notes. "Share your ideas." First week: complaints. Third week: real process improvements from people who'd been sitting on them for years. Continuous improvement in action is less methodology and more showing up to close the loop.

Next time you walk the floor, ask three people: what does our mission statement mean for the decisions you make today? If you get three different answers, you don't have a vision problem. You have a clarity problem.

@trentjhughes Let me know if ever need another one… my wife is trying to figure out what her “next move” looks like!

Hired a stay at home mom as a part time sales rep She made $4k to $5k a month 20 hours a week Was great on the phones She was a college grad and very talented Stay at home parents working sales on the side isn't a bad play...

@samiamiu @dcsc @NigelTPacker @Bewickwren @BigelowBethany @SteveAndApril1 @AZMetals @SocialSMktg @IamBillGarland @burleyfires @paul_kiesche @DondiScumaci @hoosiermomma2_0 @B89Adam @kathy_amos @RomaFence @GlimmerGlassGft @BearPlumbing @The_Last_Hurdle @JacWinters @lippyent Right back at you Phil and friends! Have a fantastic Easter weekend!

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Winning 60% of your quotes sounds great until you realize the market is telling you to charge more. Your win rate is not a success metric. It is a pricing signal. If it is too high, you are leaving money on every job that walks through the door.

People do not randomly pick which system they trust. They gravitate toward whichever one gives them the answer they need in the moment. That is not a data problem. That is a clarity problem.

Legacy is only an asset when it's transferable. If it lives in someone's head, it's a liability with a countdown.

Your team spends more time figuring out what to work on than actually working. This is not a productivity problem but rather a systems problem. The fix is simple: Push the task to them vs making them hunt for it.