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Ten Reasons To Implement Choice Theory In Your Organization By : Kim Olver What is Choice Theory (CT)? CT is a theory of the explanation of human behavior. CT has applicability to both a person’s personal and professional life. It teaches us about our five basic needs, how to meet those needs in a responsible way, and how to take personal responsibility for getting those needs met. I have assisted many companies with implementing the concepts and principles of Choice Theory (CT) in the workplace over the years. Their reasons ranged from mere curi... Acquiring Construction Equipment By : Chris Warren Many companies and contractors in need of acquiring new or used construction equipment often don't have the financial resources needed to buy the construction equipment outright, unless it is a large corporation or some branch of the government. This is when the option of renting or leasing construction equipment comes into play. Deciding to rent or lease often depends on what the contractor or business manager feels most comfortable doing from a financial perspective after e... Diversity Means They Will Be Different By : Jeanie Marshall Diversity encases many more attributes than gender and skin tone, and a celebration and/or honoring of those differences. Many attributes are used to sort people out, to place them in categories, often with ideas of better or lesser. Plan To Succeed In Your Business By : Jennifer Givler Are you planning to succeed? Taking time to plan each day is essential - and can mean the difference between success and failure. Here are three easy steps to creating an effective plan. Rehabilitation Of Injured Workers Boosts The Bottom Line By : Jim Christian To most employers, Workers’ Compensation insurance is a necessary evil. Not only a statutory requirement, it ensures that employees injured in the course of their work are taken care of. It can, however, be very costly, particularly for larger companies where the premium is based, in part, on claims experience. Work accidents can never be completely prevented, however, with the implementation of safe work practices and a strong rehabilitation policy, the number of incident... How To Use An Action Plan By : Jude Wright Having a plan and executing that plan are two different things. Planning is good but it won't get you anywhere. Execution is good but without a plan, you won't get to where you want to be. I find that many online business owners tend to lean toward one and not the other. Which category do you fall into? While most people tend toward one or the other, it's the successful combination of planning and executing that will actually make a business successful. Help yoursel... Warning: Don't Let Your Business Become a Commodity By : Mary Eule Is your company viewed identically to your competitors? Are you forced to compete on price only? If so, you're headed for diaster. Find out how to avoid this dangerous marketing tactic. The Language of Success™ – A Different Way to Profit from Your Business By : Ike Krieger In what ways do you profit from your business? Is there any other way to realize profit besides financially? This Success Tips article by author and speaker, Ike Krieger, anwers that last question with a resounding ,"Yes." Business Success Without the Blindfold By : Kalinda Stevenson The trap of being doing business without a clear vision of where you are going is that you simply become busy. Being busy is no substitute for doing the real work of your business. Who’s Got The Monkey Now? Part 2: How To Make Delegation Work For You By : Bob Selden Less successful managers often refuse to delegate for fear of failure by their people, no time to train their people, or a lack of experienced staff. This article shows how successful managers quickly develop the initiative within their people to become real problem solvers and take action. Risk Assessment In The Workplace. Part 1. By : David Barnard What is risk assessment? A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of your workplace, to identify what could cause harm to people, so that you can decide as to whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm from being caused. Work accidents and work related ill health, can ruin lives, and seriously affect your business also, if output is lost, machinery is damaged, insurance costs increase, or you have to go to court. You are lega... Are Free Business Cards Really Free? By : Brandon Hopkins You have probably seen advertisements for "Free Business Cards" someone online. How could they possibly afford to give away free business cards without making someone, somewhere pay? It is a good question, and one I wanted to know myself. I choose a company that offered so called "Free Business Cards" and began to browse their website. I first noticed that they didn't just have the free business cards offer, but they also sold upgrades to the free package. Is that how t... Write A Winning Business Plan-The Neatest Trick In The Book By : MaryAnn Shank “Writing a business plan” sounds really tough, and it can be. But there are a number of things the smart entrepreneur can do to make it easier. For instance, justwhatkindofstuffyouthinkgetsreadlikethis? Imagine pages full of that, with virtually no margins, no paragraph breaks, no breathing room. Lenders, investors and angel investors are confronted with piles of business plans like that every day. Take a breath. Then lure your reader into the plan with snappy headlines... 10 Steps To Successfully Sell Your Business By : John J Reddish Successfully selling your business, at a price and on terms that will allow you to maintain lifestyle, involves planning and discipline. John Reddish, a veteran of the process, shows you 10 Steps to Success that will give you the best chance for getting the right terms and the right price for you. 3 Strategies to Minimize Stress When You're the Boss By : John J Reddish Sometimes leaders and entrepreneurs step up to the tasks of leadership reluctantly. They are splendid at what they do but are now stepping into unknown terrain -- terrain they neither understand fully or enjoy. Here’s how to lighten the burden and relieve stress. How To Create A Killer Business Plan! By : Jake Sebastian Are you considering starting a business or are looking to make your business larger or more efficient? The the first step is to sort out a proper business plan. Business plans are a great way to make sales projections for your business and to lay out all the steps that you need to go through to make your business larger or to start a new business. A business plan will take you step by step through all the areas that you need to be considering. It will also include profit proj... The 3 Most Effective Methods to Determine Your Company's Value By : John J Reddish Proceeds from the sale of your business represent your return on years of hard work and may also provide a significant portion of your retirement income. Knowing how your business will be valued and knowing how to calculate a rough valuation is your first step in preparing for your future. The Golden Rules Of Customer Service By : Kristie Tamsevicius Everything I know about customer service I learned from working at McDonalds as a teenager. Hard to believe, but true! In this day of highly competitive cyber business, the companies that will succeed will be those that offer superior customer service. The value of a lifetime customer is immeasurable. So once you get a customer, how do you keep him? The answer is killer customer service! Here are some of the secrets that have made McDonalds the success it is today! Servi... Work Efficiency - Are Employees Really Overworked? By : Bartosz Lewandowicz* The Statlook system’s unique function is tracking the company’s computer usage mode. A wide range of cross-sectional reports illustrates the users’ activities in each period of time and in the context of used software. By means of the Statlook system you can practically control all employee activity, beginning from the registration of Internet site visits, through the usage of each application and documents opened statistics, control of software installed, as far as the abili... Do You Know What Your Customers Want? By : George Dodge "The True Function of Any Successful Business is to Sell People Precisely What They Want To Buy" - Bob Serling I suppose the above seems rather obvious. After all, no customers, no business, right? But if the failure rate of businesses today is any indication, then perhaps it's not so obvious after all. What do I mean by that last statement? Have you noticed the ads that most business place, if they place any at all? Don't most of them focus on the business, and not ... Change By : Kim Olver One thing in life is certain---change. Things never stay the same. If you are hoping for the status quo, then I’m afraid you will be disappointed. Just think back to how things were five years ago and you will realize that there is so very much that’s already different in a very short time. I’m sure there are some of you who know people who refused to adapt to the computer age. I still know some “old timers” who want to use word processors or even typewriters instead! Imag... Your Business Plan: 9 Places To Look For A Great Opening Line By : MaryAnn Shank There it is. That blank screen with the little blinking line. And everything sounds so mundane. Jake’s Bakery will serve the best cakes in the county. (Yawn.) I researched the industry and found that it is fail-proof. (Yawn.) We came together to form a really good business. (Yawn.) It’s kind of like, “Hey, what’s your sign?” Everybody knows why everybody is here, but can’t I come up with a better opening line? Even the most prolific writers get blank screen-itis. T... Important Factors That Can Make Or Break Your Business By : Codi Morieta Several reasons can make a business. Some of these reasons may be subtle and superficial; but in spite of their seemingly harmless effects, they can make your business prosper even without spending a single cent. On the other hand, some factors can break your business, so much so that spending a fortune might not help to make your business recover. Just what are these factors? Obviously, they have something to do with the people running your business. If you are runnin... How To Write Killer Business Plans - Part 1 By : Neil Best First The Bad News.. There is no single magic formula for developing a winning business plan (But you knew that anyway. Right?) And Now The Good News.. There are some common elements which seem to appear in every successful business plan, that can be successfully modelled by everyone in business. (Hooray!) The problem is that generic / formulaic plans (perhaps built using a business plan template) are easily "seen through" by professional investors and plan revi... Eliminating Repetitive Strain Injuries In The Workplace By : Jeff P. Anliker, LMT Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI’s) that occur at work are best eliminated at the source; this is the fundamental goal of occupational health and safety. In the case of repetitive strain injuries, the prime source of injury is continuous repetitive and/or static flexion of the fingers and hands in a unidirectional (one way) motion. (i.e. Mouse use, typing, writing, gripping work tools, etc.) Other components, such as applied force, fixed body position, and the pace of work... How To Lower Your Advertising Budget And Increase Results At The Same Time At Your Self-Storage Site By : Derek Naylor By lowering the cost to aquire a new customer and cost to get an inquiry from a new customer you can drastically increase the profitability of your self-storage facility. Human Resources: What Drives An Organization By : Mary Murtha The field of Human Behavior Organization emphasizes the importance of human resources in any business organization. The business filed offers too much focus on manpower development for it is the lifeblood of an existing industry. This consideration provided several honchos in trade enterprise to create spin off departments to cater on different structural framework of human resource management development. Some of the most generic or common filed are the one below: • Hu... Why Corporations Need To Care About The Commute By : Dr. M. Mastria You would think corporations have enough to concern themselves about without also taking on the commute of their employees. How far someone lives from work should certainly be his or her own concern, shouldn’t it? Or should it? Over the years, studies and interviews have shown that the long distance commute has had adverse effects on the worker and work production. After 40 or 50 minutes on the road, the need to resist a break to relax and recoup is strong. Some people eve... Human Resources 101a By : Mary Murtha Managing an organization on its way to success has its own challenges, like dealing with economic factors that may or may not stand as obstacles. Ordinarily, one will claim that this is a Human Resource affair. However, some successful organizations have employed more workable techniques to succeed. This is the human resources of today. The Traditional Role of Human Resources Most people in an organization will identify the Human Resources Department to anything systema... Use Accountable Plans for Employee Business Expenses By : Alan D Campbell An accountable plan requires an employee to account for expenses reimbursed by the employer and to return any advances in a reasonable time. If an employer reimburses an expense incurred by an employee in an accountable plan, the reimbursement is excluded from the employee's gross income. If the employer pays an expense allowance that is not a part of an accountable plan, the payment is considered wagesa and subject to income taxes and payroll taxes. Are You Faced With Out-Of-Control Expenses By : Tim Renolds Perhaps you can relate to this scenario: The moment you thought you were back in the financial game of life, something else came along that smacked you back down into the land of money woes again. Was that an accurate scenario? For many people it is. Perhaps a tragic emergency or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came by and you had to pay more money than you expected to pay. Whatever the situation, you were just clawing your way back to having control of your expenses when... Dealing With Rising Costs By : Tim Renolds Sadly, we don’t live in a world where one can realistically be expected to save their money. It just doesn’t happen anymore! A few decades ago that could have happened but not any more. It used to be that your income was far greater than your expenses and you could put quite a bit away. But now our income is often outstripped by our expenses! Our income has not kept up with rising prices and rising taxes. So we’re forced to make due with our current income. Sure we can try... Fighting Fires at Work By : Jeanie Marshall This article compares the firefighter we recognize rather easily as a heavily-clad person, holding a fire hose, or performing some other tasks that reduce or end a conflagration with the manager in a business who is considered a firefighter. When is Negotiating Not Negotiating? 4 tips for improved success By : Bob Selden We all encounter many negotiation situations daily. Our problem is that we don't always recognise them as negotiations, nor ourselves as negotiators. As a result, we enter these discussions less prepared than we could be. The result? Sometimes a less-than-successful outcome! This article shows how to understand some of the key principles of negotiating and four steps to implementing these successfully in all your negotiating situations. Who Needs Employee Motivation Anyway? By : John Rivers Knowing how to motivate those who work for you is something that everyone needs to learn if they want to be a success in any industry that they are in. The people that work for you and the ones that make your product and/or provide the services that you are selling so make sure that they enjoy what they do and they will do it that much better. Sounds pretty simple huh? Well, it is and you can learn these things in just a little bit of time. You would be surprised to see what ... How To Get Security Clearance For U.S. Citizens By : Roger Thompson If you’re actively searching for a government or state job and are a U.S. citizen, chances are you’ve come across the term ‘security clearance’ a time or two, or want to know more about how to obtain it. Here are some facts about security clearance for U.S. citizens that will help in your job search, and may even help you to get the security clearance you need at your existing job. A security clearance is a determination, usually in written form, that a person is willing a... Stimulate Company Growth Using Accounts Receivable Factoring By : Henry Byers Accounts receivable factoring is the sale of part or all of a debt that someone owes to your company. When companies purchase a debt through accounts receivable factoring, they pay for your invoice at a discount. They then collect the debt directly from the company who owes you money. Accounts receivable factoring is distinct from using your accounts receivable as loan collateral because you are outright selling some or all of your receivable to a factor, such as a bank o... Leadership & Teamwork By : Kim Olver Strong, positive teamwork is defined by a leader who has a vision and the ability to inspire his or her team to work toward the realization of that vision. The leader is not threatened in the least by the expertise and diversity of his or her team. Rather, a good team leader engages his or her teammates in a discussion about what quality looks like, what is needed to perform and complete the job, and empowers the team members to always strive for quality improvement. L... Preventing RSI In The Workplace By : Daniel Smith There is no denying that computers have forever changed the workplace. They have made organization and complicated tasks much easier for millions of workers each day. While computers have been helpful they also can propose some risks. Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) can happen from repetitive motion of the hands and arms. Typing on a keyboard all day long can lead to RSI. Preventing RSI in the workplace can be done by taking precautions and following correct procedures for typ... Conference Call Services For Your Organization By : Mark Woodcock A conference call is a phone call that involves more than two participating parties at the same time. It can be done over traditional telephones, speakerphones, and even utilizing VoIP technology. Conference calling is utilized by nearly every United States corporation. Conference calling is convenient for getting groups of people together from different locations in order to have scheduled meetings, spur-of-the-moment conferences, and to keep the lines of communications open... Keeping Your Business Out Of Bankruptcy By : Brandon C. Hall Business debt is the easiest debt to get into and the most difficult to get out of. Debt consolidation is an easy, effective way of making sure that a business has its cash flow available at a time when it needs it. There are many struggling businesses today that have borrowed large sums of money from lending institutions but have no way to pay them back. This happens either because of unprofitable operations, or because the company has grown more quickly than its operating c... Incorporation Services: What Are The Benefits And Privileges By : Robert Thatcher In a very few years that Internet has been exiting, it has fast become a virtual shopping site where everything from the most common to the hard to find items can be found. Incorporation services are one. Most businesses choose to incorporate because of the benefits that can be derived from it. Not long ago, only big businesses were incorporated. These businesses can provide the best compensation packages and benefits that are near to impossible in smaller establishments t... Why Business Plans Don't Work And What To Do About Yours By : Michael Clark I am often asked to assist with writing business plans. While a business plan is often needed when you are getting financing for your business, I find that most business owners don’t find them very useful. Why not? Because usually they are written from a very long term frame (typically five years) and once they are written, they are put on a shelf and never looked at again. I’m going to suggest some ways that you can get more out of your business plan. 1) Review your busin... Why Would a Telecoms Company want To Cut Off 90% Of Its Customers ? By : Alastair Dryburgh How can a company reach the point where it is losing money on 90% of its customers ? It is not unique incompetence or bad luck, but an unlucky combination of problems common to many businesses. Could the same happen to you, and what can you do to prevent it ? Restaurant Training - Selecting Your Restaurant Cast By : Robert Duprey The hospitality business is like show business. When you are casting, it is important to place people in suitable roles. The costs involved with hiring an individual should be a strong deterrent to rushing into decisions you may regret in 1 weeks time. Remember, once the casting decision has been made, your entire production's reviews are going to depend on the various people you've chosen for the performance. Don't be fooled by first appearances and beware of being ove... How to Manage the Employee with Attitude By : Paul Phillips Handling problem employees is every manager's nightmare. We say they have an attitude problem and we don't know how to change them. Read how to tackle these problems. Call Center Consolidation By : Lorna Mclaren Call Center Consolidation - what does it mean for you? Beware the Chicken Little Consultant By : The author cautions business people about paid experts who prey on their insecurities. Passing Your Family Business to the Next Generation - Succession Planning By : Dave Kauppi When you consider retiring from your family business, don't assume that your kids want to follow in your footsteps. Selling may be the best economic decision for your family. Read on.... Modern Call Center Solutions - Keeping You Up to date and in touch By : Trevor Mulholland Call center solutions solve a range of age-old problems. As far back as ancient times, the success of a business has always depended on how well that business can communicate with clients and meet their needs. It is necessary to be available, in touch, easy to reach, and pleasant to deal with. Why Choose Delaware as Your Corporate Home? By : Jay Stockman All factors considered, Delaware is a premiere legal home to companies all around the world. Building Your Success Team By : Jason Johns None of the most successful people in the world do everything themselves. It is physically impossible for you to be an expert lawyer, accountant, programmer, marketer, etc. You need a success team around you to take on these tasks so you can focus on your core skills. This article will help you to build that team and achieve the success you desire. Avian Flu Crisis BMO Nesbitt Burns Economic Update By : Dave Gosine Human infection still very limited but lack of preparedness and planning could be devastating. Top 10 Indicators that You Need Help in Your Business By : Donna Gunter When you first started on your self-employment adventure, you could easily handle much of the day-to-day aspects of running your business yourself. However, once you've been in business for a year or two, the pressures mount and your amount of free time decreases dramatically. If you think you can do it all alone, you're sadly mistaken. Here are 10 indicators that you might need some help in your business: Add Value by Documenting Your Business By : Justin Woolich By documenting your business you communicate to your people exactly how your business operates and what work needs to be completed. Testimonials: A Marketer’s Best Friend By : Rene Graeber Testimonials are a great way to build consumer confidence in your product. Hearing from other people who have purchased the product and are satisfied with the results goes a long way toward making sales. Testimonials can range from short blurbs (a sentence or two, or a paragraph) to letter-length endorsements. The blurbs are great for interspersing with the text of your autoresponder messages; longer testimonials are excellent for posting on your web site. How do you get t... The “Right” Approach to Running an Organization By : Carl Hoffman In my last edition of leadership we dealt with selection of leadership style, based on individual and organizational variables. Another way to look at leadership is to consider how it is used. We will now explore the leader’s selection of the “right” approach to running an organization. One way to deal with approaches to leadership is to consider builders and fixers. 20 Tips On Presenting Corporate & Office Areas By : Trevor C Krueger 1. If you operate an office that receives visiting clients you probably have a reception area. Such an area can be used to great advantage. While your client is waiting to see you why not give them the opportunity to learn about you and the company? Large photographs of the factory or the products / services you provide help to make it clear what your company does or stands for. It also gives an insight into areas your visitor may not be able to access under normal circumstan... 17 "Must Ask" Questions for Planning Successful Projects By : Adele Sommers Why do some projects proceed without a hitch, yet others flounder? One reason could be the type and quality of the questions people ask at the very start. This article suggests 17 insightful queries that can expose the uncertain aspects of your project, and thereby help you avoid expensive surprises later. You can thus achieve your project goals with much less guesswork and far fewer problems than you may have experienced in the past. Answering Service - A Must Have for Your Online Business By : Tyson J Stevenson If you are serious about growing your business and providing superior customer service, you need a solution that provides 24/7 answering services with live operators that handle every call correctly and professionally. Why Do We Quit? By : Angie Hembree You've tried home businesses but you don't understand why they didn't work. Here are 5 examples of why they didn't work. Being Competitive With Pay - Linking to the Market By : Paul Phillips Deciding what to pay people is often difficult and often winds up with winners and losers instead of a sensible and fair agreement. Looking to the market in a systematic way along with a well designed salary system can ease the pain. Billing Solutions: Is outsourcing your invoice processing service a good thing? By : Clint Waite Outsourcing your bill printing can alleviate many headaches and is generally less expensive than doing the printing yourselves. However, there are many reasons why companies outsource this function. According to information pulled from the Best Practice System's website the top five reasons that companies outsource are to improve company focus, resources are not available internally, free up resources for other purposes, make capital funds available, and reduce and control operating costs: Which Internet Fax Service Is Right For You? By : Titus Hoskins Internet or online faxing services are becoming extremely popular in our computer obsessed world. The ability to receive and send faxes anywhere anytime is just too good for most people to resist, but which of the many Internet fax services is right for you? Lean Change: Applying Process Improvement to Change Management By : Dutch Holland For companies to thrive in today’s world of continuous change they must be continuously changing. If so, then change becomes a process constantly at work - just like any other business process they practice. And process improvement techniques - like Lean Manufacture - can be used to get really good at it. Yes and No - Effective Decision Making By : Martin Haworth Every decision we make, in business, in life in general, is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other - there are no variances to this. Because it's as simple as Yes or No - and so often we get it wrong... How To Select A Consultant - The Three Imperatives By : Bob Selden If you’ve ever been faced with the task of selecting a consultant, or you do so regularly, Bob Selden of the National Learning Institute provides some helpful hints and perhaps some new approaches to selecting the most appropriate consultant. Industrial Injuries - Prevent Problems With Your Employer By : Julian Hall Vibration white finger from working with vibrating tools, occupational asthma linked to white-collar employment? Is it possible to make a medical link with the environment or equipment you used at work and your complaint? Developing Effective Managers By : ian Williamson Effective managers are people who possess great skills. In todays work environment managing a team requires more than just telling others what to do and how to do it. A great manager possesses the skills to motivate, evaluate, problem solve, resolve conflict and produce extraordinary results. Change Management In Practice: Why Does Change Fail? By : Jonathan Palmer “Resistance to change may be active or passive, overt or covert, individual or organised, aggressive or timid……… and on occasions totally justified.” Sadly most significant change fails to meet the expectations and targets of the proposers. The failure is given the catchall name “resistance”, yet resistance can be principled and creative as well as from vested interest. Top management is frequently unreasonable in its expectations and time scale, forgetting the process it... Direct Public Offerings: Benefits and Drawbacks By : Joel Arberman Direct public offerings enable virtually any company to become publicly traded. Neither an underwriter nor a reverse merger is utilized in the transaction. Going Public: The Disadvantages By : Joel Arberman There are a number of disadvantages for private companies seeking to go public. Management needs to be aware of the drawbacks to properly weigh the advantages and opportunities. Is eFax Right For Your Business? By : Titus Hoskins Online faxing is the a very popular trend amount many businesses, big and small. It can save any company money and time but is E-Fax right for your business? Six Sigma Training Basics By : Tony Jacowski The 1-2-3's of Six Sigma Training! Six Sigma Defined - Praises and Criticisms By : Tony Jacowski The good, the bad, and the ugly of Six Sigma! Six Sigma Software Tools By : Tony Jacowski What you will need to get the Six Sigma ball rolling! Why Six Sigma? By : Tony Jacowski What is Six Sigma... and how can it help you? Find out now! Six Sigma Certification – Benefits for your Business By : Tony Jacowski Six Sigma Certification - Will It Really Benefit Your Organization? How To Write Killer Business Plans - Part 2 By : Neil Best Keep your eye on the Executive Summary The first thing your potential funding audience needs to be reading is your executive summary. There is a saying in the film industry that no great script is written, only rewritten, and in a way that's how you need to treat your executive summary. It's the most essential part of your plan because it acts like a shop window to the plan inside, and it needs to draw the potential investor in. Why use 5 words when you can use 3? Why b... Six Sigma Online Training By : Tony Jacowski Online Training vs. Tradional Classroom Save Your Business-Buy Refurbished Laptops By : Mike Johnson Refurbished laptops are a great investment into the well being of any business. They come with almost limitless capabilities and a low price. Laptop computers can be a necessary part of a company to help them stay in touch and stay on top. Lean Six Sigma – 5 Reasons Your Organization Needs It By : Tony Jacowski Lean Six Sigma – 5 Reasons Your Organization Needs It Signing Contracts With Wedding Professionals By : Pepper Montero When you are ready to sign a contract with a wedding professional, you need to make sure the contract contains certain elements. If anything you and a vendor agree on or discuss is not in the contract you sign, the vendor is not contractually obligated to do it. When looking over a contract, check to make sure all pertinent details are included. If you see that any element you discussed is not there, request that an addition be made. Not only must you sign any addition, d... How To Get Things Done: A Guide To Strategic Planning By : Paul Lemberg A step-by-step program for creating a strategic plan and tactical plan guaranteed to help you get more of what you want done. You are pursuing a strategy en route to your vision. Whether it is revolutionary or evolutionary, it does not matter. You are on the road, committedly driving your business in a direction of your own choosing. The important thing is that you have, in fact, chosen this course. And, once you have made this choice, how are you going to realize this ... Strategy As Invention By : Paul Lemberg Rather than view strategy as a selection of options, here is another approach: creation or invention. Strategic planning is not strategy Strategic Planning, often synonymous with Annual Planning, details how you are going to get where you have decided to go. It is a description of how you will achieve your goals -- those milestones you established in structuring your business plan. Strategic Planning is operational in nature, it examines the particular actions you inte... The Vital Few By : Paul Lemberg Back in the 19th century, an Italian economist quantified the general relationship between a minority of producers and a majority of output. Sound familiar? The simplified version of Vilfredo Pareto's ratio, known as the 80/20 rule or the Pareto Principle, says that in most cases, 80% of production comes from 20% of producers. Quality guru J.M. Juran referred to Pareto's principle as "The Vital Few and the Trivial Many". If you are running a company, the 80/20 rule has po... How to Be An Effective Team Leader in Your Cleaning Business By : Steve Hanson Whether your cleaning business has 2 employees or 20, it is important that your staff works together as a team. Working together as a team helps to create a more positive workforce, is valuable for sharing ideas and energy for problem solving, and provides more bodies to share the work and responsibilities. Six Sigma Training – An Overview By : Tony Jacowski Six Sigma Training – A step-by-step guide to choosing the right provider for you! Six Sigma Black Belts – What should they know? By : Tony Jacowski Six Sigma Black Belts – What should they know? Your First Quarter Review – Are You Awesome Or Average? By : Michael Clark One fourth of the year is over. How are you doing in meeting your goals? How are you doing compared to your budget? In my last article, I talked about how business systems aren’t just for big business. Guess what? Neither are goals and budgets. Big businesses put tremendous effort into creating detailed budgets and detailed goals each year and checking their progress against them monthly and quarterly. Investors eagerly await the announcement of quarterly earnings and stoc... Fundraising For Youth Groups By : D. David Dugan Youth Groups are almost always in need of funds. Holding fundraisers to finance important trips like tournaments, museums, and musical events are just some of the needs that have to be met through fundraising. Others include the need for uniforms, sports equipment, art supplies, musical instruments, and more. There are a lot of different ways your youth group can raise the funds they need. In this article, I will explore some of those with you and try to help you avoid som... Key Indicators, How they will Benefit your Business By : Justin Woolich Key Indicators allow you to track the health and growth of your business. By deciding what values are critical, then measuring them over time, you can determine exactly where you are in your progress towards your business development goals. Six Sigma Certification By : Tony Jacowski What Six Sigma certification really require? Business is Growing! Are You Keeping Up? 3 Simple Ways to Tell. By : Dannielle Brantley ...are you all ready to handle 10 clients per month instead of 2 clients per month, right? Well, if you've answered, No, to the question, then we've got a few things to talk about. Here's some suggestions to get you going... Negotiating your Way to Happiness: Part 2 By : Tom Kline Whether you’re buying a new home or deciding on a vacation, chances are you’ll get your way if you learn closing skills. Win in any situation with these closing tips. How Can a Drug Store Founded in 1838 Survive in The 21st.Century? By : Wayne Messick The story of Bigelow Apothecaries is both a fascinating piece of New York nostalgia, and a demonstration of the importance of change in business. Be Careful What You Wish For – When Having a Large Benefactor is Not a Good Thing By : Jacob Ackart Fundraising groups often spend so much time and resources chasing too many small donors and too few large donors that sometimes they can’t help but wish their organization had one large benefactor. Workplace Agreements In Australia. By : Steve Szasz A Workplace Agreement (Australian AWA) is an individual written agreement of terms and conditions of employment between an employer and employee and or employees. Except for Occupational Health and safety, Workers' Compensation or training arrangements an Workplace Agreement can override employment conditions in state or territory laws, but an Australian Workplace Agreement must meet the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard. Australian Workplace Agreements which fa... Mismanagement at The New York Times By : A value investor discusses the recent vote of no confidence by The New York Times Company's major shareholders. He then asks if the stock is now a bargain. Mismanagement at the New York Times? By : Geoffrey Gannon A value investor discusses the recent vote of no confidence by major shareholders and asks whether the New York Times company is now a bargain.
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