When I set a growth target of 30% for our Sales department at our Sales Kick-off in January, I was able to look at many astonished faces. Even without knowing about corona, the target was quite ambitious.
When business thinned out a bit in April and May, I dreaded I was ultimately going to have to say goodbye to these goals.
Lets be honest, weight gain is a dirty word - it only happens to undisciplined, weak people. Well - maybe they have a disease, but isn't that more of an excuse? Let's think about it.
Again, someone has asked me why it's been so many weeks since my last blog post. Folks, it's just difficult. Let me explain. It's not the writing that's difficult. Finding topics? Thats easy, I come up with at least five every day. But no matter what I come up with, Im not allowed to hurt anyone. And I can't damage our business. So only very rarely does a topic come into consideration.
We have just shipped the new Jarltech Main Catalogue. This time, it features a particularly elegantly designed cover. We are very proud of our product specialists' and our Marketing department's new piece.
This morning I also received an encouraging e-mail from Mr. Geiger, the owner of SCM, and I quote:
Yesterday, Josef Schneider from Pyramid conducted a small LinkedIn live interview with me on the topic of how we stay in touch with our customers during the pandemic. What are our plans?
The following case is from my circle of acquaintances: a mother, son (22) and daughter (14) live together in one household. The son goes on holiday to Croatia - the clubs are open there and parties are held. PARTY, PARTY! They returned last Tuesday, and there is no regulation for a test or quarantine. He feels perfectly healthy.
I am a fan of Eintracht Frankfurt, whether they are in the first or second Bundesliga, and I never miss a game. Yesterday, Frankfurt "lost" 3:3 against Freiburg with 35:10 goal kicks. How can something like that happen? Eintracht has a highly praised management, and the players have had weeks for individual training. The coaches could also ponder the situation.
Many governments are announcing financial aid, the floodgates are being opened and infrastructure projects should protect against the damage caused by the Corona virus.
The Department of Public Health has described our concept as »exemplary«, and I receive many inquiries about how we do this. This is really not a trade secret, and perhaps it will help some of you contribute in delaying the infection.