It’s funny, every once in a while I find myself in similar conversations with different executives. Each starts in a different place, but the underlying issues are all the same. A core issue has come up. It’s actually one that concerns me deeply. “Do we have enough confidence and trust in our people to let […]
Best Practices
Diversity & Inclusion: Best Practices for Project Managers
A project manager will be expected to undertake a significant amount of training to gain professional qualifications during the course of their career. In truth, they never really finish learning as there are always new methods and ways of thinking coming to the fore. These are things that can really help them not only to […]
3 Tips for Keeping 2 Branches Well-Connected
Reaching the point in your business where you can have two separate offices or branches of the same company is an important milestone. However, you need to make sure that you are maintaining good levels of communication between these two branches, especially if you are then going to be handling similar or even the same […]
5 Key Areas Where Business Policy Needs To Be Readdressed
For small and large business owners, the business policy is the heart and soul of their brand. Everything rests on their ability to create and implement effective policies in all areas of their business. It’s a matter of fact, that good policy leads to good businesses. The opposite is true for bad policy. So it’s […]
Too Busy to Do What We Know is Right
The sales team knew the sales process helped improve the results they produced—they had tested it, they’d seen profound improvements in result, but they weren’t using it. They struggled to produce results. The manager knew he was supposed to coach his people. He knew that coaching was the most effective way to improve performance and […]
Learn to Never Handle a Paper or Email Twice
We all do it… to our own detriment. So, let’s make a pact that we will try, if not succeed, to handle our incoming messages more efficiently. Personal time management helps immensely to make a better manager of you and me. All of us have time management tips and tricks to help us get through […]
These 3 Practices Might Seem Obvious, But Are You Doing Them Right?
The business world has never been more competitive than it is right. With the advance of technology, this has allowed everyone, not matter education or income, to start a business and be successful. Business owners and operations managers know the struggle it can be to juggle all of the tasks that need to be done, […]
Why and How to Back Up Your Digital Assets
When launching a startup, preparing for data loss is probably the last thing on your mind. Although most organizations consider data to be their most valuable asset, a lot of them are complacent when it comes to cybersecurity and data-loss prevention (DLP). In fact, here are some scary statistics on how small businesses handle data: […]
