Project Management, A Forgotten Perspective Project Managers naturally focus on project team members, delegation, project management software and monitoring the overall progress. So what was forgetten? Read on...
Hows Your HUB? The buzzword in marketing today is HUB - Hottest Undeniable Benefit. Find out what yours is and start using it in all of your marketing strategies.
Are Your Marketing Pieces Up to Date? Our businesses are constantly changing and so are the ways we present ourselves. Keep on top of these important marketing concepts and avoid last minute hassles.
Dissenion Down On The Cubicle Farm Only 29% of people are crazy about their jobs. The other 71% have jobs that drive them crazy. Find out why and what employers can do to change this.
Having Your Phil Do you seem to be doing the same things over and over and getting the same results? Take a lesson from Groundhog Day, and your small business will take a positive leap.
How to Manage Your Most Valuable Assets - People? People management and leadership has become a major topic of conversation in today's market place and have assumed mythical qualities. Managing you people is not that difficult if you are willing to invest one thing in their development; YOU.
How to Coach Your Emplyees and Increase Motivation Addresses the role of the supervisor as a coach, how to tell the difference between a solid, motivated team of employees and that which is not, and finally how to turn one into the other.
The Idol-Makers Dedicate time, energy, and resources for helping your employees develop and your small business will soar.
Business Knowledge Management Knowledge processes cannot be managed following the standard business process management paradigm. In the following article some guidelines are given for organizations willing to better manage their knowledge processes.
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Diversity in the Workplace: Ethnic Considerations Research shows that an organization can create a success-oriented, cooperative and caring work environment that draws intellectual strength and produces innovative solutions from the synergy of its people. However, a diverse workforce means that the managers within your organization must be capable of capitalizing on the mixture of genders, cultural backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles present in your staff to respond to business opportunities more rapidly and creatively. This article illustrates how decisions made by large companies can have unintended morale consequences at the local level.
The Top Six Reasons to Buy Rather Than Build an Inventory Management Solution The issues that companies face when they decide to build a solution in house are numerous: Scarce development resources, project cost overruns, delivery delays, unexpected technical issues, long-term maintenance issues. For these reasons, you should consider purchasing your inventory management solution.
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Managerial Influence The old adage that "people leave their managers, not organizations" is often true. Of all the workplace stressors, a bad immediate manager is one of the worst and will directly impact the emotional health, productivity, and retention of an employee. This article tells the story of an HR department that diagnoses and deals with a managerial problem after recognizing its effects on the organization's employees.
Reflections in the Glass Ceiling Why do we still have so few women filling the top jobs in corporate America? New research indicates that the results may surprise you...
Great Employees = Passionate Consumers Companies spend millions of dollars each year identifying their brand, and then communicating their brand promise through various media. But they always forget their primary "media": their employees.
The Significance of the Mundane The common and ordinary things of life, the mundane, offer untapped opportunities to create great communication strategies.
The Top 5 Signals That Your Business Is Running You Starting your own business is a great undertaking but running the day-to-day aspects of your business is the true challenge you will face as an entrepreneur. Do you find that the business you started to suit your lifestyle somehow taken over your life and home? If this sounds familiar, then your business is running you. Learn how to run your business again with these top five warning signs and helpful tips.
Technology & Communication With more managers communicating through new technologies, rather than travel and face-to-face meetings, we need to consider what can happen to important messages when they are transmitted through the new media.
Balance - Wedding Budget Blues Exactly how much should you spend on what? What is the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to your wedding budget? What are the most common pitfalls that...
When Is An Ad Not An Ad? One marketing technique used by advertisers old and new is to conceal sales pages as something else. The Infomercial, for example, extends the TV Advertisment i...
Anger And Your Driving Are you driving under the influence of impaired emotions? Dateline: December 4, 2002. Orange County ,California. A 29 year old man was shot to death, an apparen...
The Power of Ritual Ritual is a form of prayer that has "come to life" by practice. Repetition of ritual creates impact in the visible and invisible worlds. Learn the secrets of po...
Marketing on the Cheap: Write? Right!! We all know the value of writing articles for promoting your website or online store. However, writing articles to promote your old-fashioned, traditional brick...
The X Factor You're finally in the "Top 10" of the search engines; you're thrilled--but that excitement quickly turns to confusion when you begin to realize that your busine...
Writing A Marketing Strategy It is my belief that if anyone is to suceed in any type of business then the business needs to be marketed to it's target consumers in an effective manner. In o...
Market Direct Advertising: Numbers Count Keywords, people, content, ideas, product, or services - they all matter when you are marketing your business. If you reach the market you want when you advert...
How To Be An Internet Marketing Champion How bad do you want to make money on the internet? You know thousands of people are doing it and maybe you've had a little success. But do you really want your ...
Beach Wedding Challenges Beach weddings are romantic and beautiful, and by keeping a few things in mind when preparing for your beach wedding it will surely be the most perfect day of y...
Being a Great Boss Are you a great boss or one that employees love to hate. Being an effective leader doesn't really take a lot of effort.
To Go or No Go, That Is The Question A feasibility plan is just that: a written plan that is created for the sole purpose of validating the feasibility of a business idea. Some call it a "Go/No Go"...
What You Need to Know About Planting Roses Roses come in a wide variety of types; there are shrub roses, miniature roses, and vine roses just to name a few. Roses are a wonderful addition to any landsca...
Face Lift Information As you age, your skin becomes slack and your muscles become less taut. This makes your skin sag and you look older than you actually are. People ask you if you ...
Do I Need A Real Estate Survey? Although not required getting a survey done on your real estate property can tell you many things.
Body Detoxification Via An Ionizing Footbath What is an ionic cleansing foot bath and how can it help you detoxify the body of dangerous toxins? This article answers these questions and more....
