Archive for the ‘Management’ Category

How to Hire A Web Design Firm

How many times have you heard stories of people who hired web firms to design and develop their web sites and either got substandard sites or the developer ran off with their money? Or what about the entrepreneur who "hired" his nephew/friend/daughter to design the site for free, and the results were disasterous and this small business owner didn't feel comfortable offering much constructive criticism on a job done for… Continue reading

July 3 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: entrepreneur, home-based-business, small business, web-design, website | 1 comment»

How to Get Promoted

If you work in a large organization and are ambitious for career progression then here are a number of things that you can do to assist your journey. 1. Do your job well. I know that this is stating the obvious but it is the starting point. For promotion it is a necessary but not a sufficient requirement that you perform your current duties diligently. Many people think that this is… Continue reading

June 22 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: ambition, ambitious, career, corporate, manager, progression, promotion, work | 10 comments»

5 Components Your Business Web Site Needs

Last week I talked about why a strong web site is crucial to your business. Today I'm going to talk about five components your web site needs and why you need them. Bear in mind, however, that these five aren't the only components you need. At the end of the article, I'll mention a couple of other things you may want to include. Now, you can't just slap these components… Continue reading

June 17 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: content, entrepreneur, home-based-business, small business, website | 11 comments»

Are you Satisfied?

In September of 1960, J.F. Kennedy engaged Richard Nixon in the first presidential candidates’ debate. Kennedy’s opening statement in that debate has now become the famous “I am not satisfied” speech. What Kennedy’s team rightly strategized was that in any competitive environment, political or businesses, sustainable success starts with focusing on your own house. You will not win the race by focusing on the competition. There are a number of reasons for this... Continue reading

June 16 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: branding, business, coaching, competition, customer, entreprenuership, leadership, Management, marketing, success | 6 comments»

Why A Good Web Site Matters To Your Business

For most businesses, a web site is one of the most important investments you can make. Entrepreneurs are either overspending or underspending on their web sites, and many have no idea what they're doing or why. So today I'm going to talk about why a good, solid web site really matters to your business, and in the next two weeks, I'll follow up with articles on the core components your… Continue reading

June 9 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: entrepreneur, Management, small_business, Technology, web_site | 27 comments»

The Fast Track Past A Failed Project: 5 Steps

I've been working on a pretty big project — a book — for going on eight months. This week, I got word that the project had been scrapped, at least as far as the publisher was concerned. It was a pretty big let down for me: we were only about two months away from the end of the project. Since I've gotten word, I've been working through everything from shock… Continue reading

May 21 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: disappointment, failure, project | 9 comments»

Build Your Personal Brand by Working for Free

After reading that headline, you may think I'm insane or tell yourself that working for free is out of the question. There have been millions of layoffs since the end of 2007 up until now and for college graduates, the competition might make you comatose. The NACE reports that 41% of students haven't even started the job search and 27% of graduates are going to graduate school because… Continue reading

May 21 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: career, personal branding, work | 15 comments»

Make Your Passion A Priority At Work

Maybe one of your goals involves traveling the world or maybe you're looking for enough time to help with a cause you feel passionate about. Either way, though, you likely have a prior commitment to an employer — or at least to paying rent and eating on a regular basis. Most of us are not in a position to quit working and spend all our time on those activities that… Continue reading

May 19 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: employment, job, passion | 12 comments»

Are You Doing Business In The Cloud?

All of my email addresses are directed to my Gmail account. Most of the documents I need on a daily basis are on Google Docs. I've been slowly moving towards living in the cloud. In a way, this has been very good for me: I can access just about everything I want, whether I'm in my office, at someone else's office, a friend's house or anywhere else with an internet… Continue reading

May 12 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: cloud, data, employer | 22 comments»

You Want Engagement? Then Start Being Clear!

You want engagement. But no one’s buying. If you want something done you have to spell it out in detail, or even give up and get to that ugly “I’ll just do it myself” place of the defeated manager. You feel like every time you turn your back, the wheels come off the bus again. You’ve got zero engagement. So how do you fix that? Continue reading

May 8 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, change, clarity, commitment, engagement, entrepreneurship, growth, hopefulness, leadership, organizational development, teamwork, vision | 17 comments»

A New Employer: 8 Steps to Put Your Best Foot Forward

When you're fist starting out at a new job, it can be difficult to find your footing. You're probably transitioning from a job or other environment where you knew everything from how to get the coffee pot going to who to ask for help with the filing system. In a new office, that's probably no longer the case. You have to learn just about everything from scratch — even if… Continue reading

May 7 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: coworker, employment, job, supervisor | 16 comments»

3 Areas You Must Invest in During an Economic Recession

The global economy is plummeting and people are starting to lose hope, faith in our government practices and in their ability to be successful during these challenging times. With millions of job losses and the media poisoning our minds with information that may be only half accurate, we need to start taking the time to invest in three main areas: our financial education, our personal brands and building strong relationships… Continue reading

May 1 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: finance, invest, Money, personal brand, personal branding, self-promotion, success | 26 comments»

3 People You Need to Train to Use the Inbox

When you get to your desk, is there a message slip on your keyboard? Maybe a Post-It note on your monitor? Perhaps a stack of important files on your chair? Each of those piles of paperwork needs your attention, but there's not exactly any order to it. The files will get stacked somewhere else on your desk so you can sit down. The message slip will get pushed off to… Continue reading

April 28 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: filing, inbox, paper | 14 comments»

Overplanning Can Kill Your Business Idea

Most articles about starting a business cover planning. Creating your business plan. Creating your marketing plan. Creating page upon page of plans, plans with great intentions and perhaps excellent potential for success. There’s nothing wrong with planning itself; if there was, I’m sure we wouldn’t see such an emphasis on it in business literature. But not so often mentioned is the dark side of planning, and it’s the dark side that… Continue reading

April 27 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: business, ideas, Money, planning | 7 comments»

6 Steps to Effective Notes

When I'm reading a book, I usually wind up taking quite a few notes. I keep track of ideas I want to follow up on, topics I want to read further about and even the occasional quote that seems just perfect for a project. I know my note-taking may be on overdrive — I'm usually reading for information on a specific topic that I'm writing about — but over the… Continue reading

April 21 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: note-taking | 15 comments»

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