Volume

24

Issue

11

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2012

Abstract

Oops, My Bad: Five Ways Your Business Can

Improve by Admitting to Mistakes According to

Michael Houlihan, owner of Barefoot Cellars,

mistakes are a fact of life. No matter how much you

try, you can’t completely avoid making them. It

improves your company’s effectiveness and

reputation if you handle them well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Market Trends That Will Affect Your Bottom Line

Global trends are like a river. Sometimes they are

powerful, sometimes they are weak and sometimes

they’re so mellow your business can glide along them

like a leisurely, summer afternoon pontoon boat ride.

Read the three big and scary trends that are NOT

going to be a leisurely pontoon business boat ride. . . . . 5

The Growth Gamble: Why Business Leaders Need

A Vegas-Mindset to Successfully Grow For many

top-level business leaders, business growth is a

gamble they aren’t sure how to approach. Professors

Ed Hess and Jeanne Liedtka provide insight on how to

think differently about this essential aspect of running

a business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The 4 Things You Have to Get Right in Business

Michael Menard gives us four things you need to get

right in order to make better decisions so you can

maximize your company’s Capital Efficient Profitable

Growth (CEPG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Real Estate Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Environment & Business Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Lists:

Title Companies in the Inland Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Fastest Growing Private Companies in the I.E. . . . . . . . . 12

Inland Empire’s Largest Office Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Commercial Real Estate Brokers Serving the I.E. . . . . . . 28

Investments and Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Business Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 & 13

Financial Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Computer Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Executive Time Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Close-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Inland Empire People and Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Restaurant Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Manager’s Bookshelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

County of Riverside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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