Your employees are the biggest asset you have. Their performance and attitude can result in the success or failure of your business. The most difficult part of any managers job is people management. He or she is required to lead, motivate, train, inspire, and encourage.
What Makes a Good Boss?
According to Rob Sheehan, director of executive education at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, Being a good boss is important in any organization, but its particularly important for small business.
Successful Organizational Leadership: Effective Execution through Strategic Alignment
Strategic alignment is the linkage between the goals of the business and the goals of each of the key contributors. The tighter the linkage and the better the alignment, the likelihood of flawless corporate execution becomes stronger. Strategic alignment has several advantages once implemented properly and practiced.
Time Management for SME Owners
SME owners have to manage everything: from the hiring and managing of employees to seeking clients to planning the business strategies for the company. Is there a more efficient way out?
How To Cultivate The Trust Factor In Business
In todays highly competitive economy, it is difficult to maintain a significant market advantage based on your professional skills alone. Developing trusting relationships with your clients is vital to your business success as well. No matter what business you are in, the most powerful value-added contribution you can make to any business relationship is the trust factor.
The trust factor is even more critical in todays business climate with the level of trust in Corpora…
Managing Your Time – How To Prioritize Your Tasks
The ability to choose and complete tasks in the order of importance highly desirable and more challenging for some business types than others.
Mangement Through Measurement
In 1996, in the movie Jerry McGuire, actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. made famous the phrase Show Me the Money! Ten years later, a variation of that command, now Show Me the Data! rings in conference rooms throughout the country. Managers far and wide, at least the successful ones, are looking at the data. Dont tell me your opinion, show me the data. Can you back it up with data?
If you cant measure it, you cant manage it. Companies may be able to survive for a while if mana…
Are Corporate Awards and Corporate Gifts Beneficial for your Business?
With the increased challenges that all companies are faced with, many corporations have implemented various initiatives to continue to grow corporate earnings and shareholder value, some have discovered the strategic value of corporate awards and corporate gifts.
Corporate Identity Management
Competition is great in the market world today and in order to get your business noticed, you will need good corporate identity management. You need to bring together all of the good qualities of your company as well as emphasizing what a great benefit your company will be to those who use your services. Good corporate identity management will do just that if handled properly. It will give your business a clear positioning towards your customers and prospective customers as w…
Sales Training Tip How To Retain Top Sales People
Keeping your sales staff is a tough job as there doesnt seem to be any loyalty any more. Read this article for tips on how to retain your best sales staff!
Angel Investors: 7 Online Business Plan Scams and 1 Real Deal
We’ve all seen the hype: “We’ll put your plan in front of thousands of investors!” “We’ll write you an award-winning online business plan!” “Only $3,000 for thousands of investors to learn about your company!”