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Talk On Touchy Topics Can Lead To Office Tension
How to avoid conflict, specifically petty drama, in the workplace is explored by business consultant and Author Larry Mandelberg.
There’s No ‘Usual’ In Business Today
In our current economy, our customers are buying differently. They are also generally responding to marketing in entirely new ways. Evaluate your business model and processes to take these fundamental changes into account.
Calendar’s Daily Quotes Offer Wisdom
Business owners and Managers, reflect positively on the past year and look forward to what you can accomplish in 2012.
Prepare Today For Future Economic Recovery
Want to grow your business in the current economy? The first step is evaluating how your customers are spending differently right now.
Seek Input To Avoid Bad Decisions
As a manager or business owner, your ability to encourage information sharing is critical to avoid bad decisions. Contributing to bad decision making is a lack of knowledge and experience. Recognize that you have limitations and embrace input.
Big Change Is Necessary To Ensure Your Survival
Stagnant and ailing businesses need to revamp their business models and stop waiting for the slow economic recovery ahead of us all.
Social Media Is Here To Stay; It’s Time To Jump In
Keep your business relevant and marketable by taking advantage of social media!
Efficiency Is Key To Success In A Recession
The top steps to efficiency in your business are outlined by business consultant and author Larry Mandelberg.
It Is Time To Update Your Strategic Plan
Business strategy creates purpose, instills the sense of need, provides direction and focus, and clearly helps you know what’s important.
Make Your Technology Work For You
Reviewing your business operations includes looking at your I.T. Establish what is actually working for you and stop wasting time with what is not. There are often inexpensive options that can see you profit the most from your technology.
Get Organized To Create More Time In Your Day
Many people are energized by the confusion and stress of impending deadlines, but over the long haul, you will not be able to use your limited time wisely if you work in an unorganized environment.
Recession Has Taken A Toll On Service
Customer service has been hit by the recession and still struggles to make a full come back. How can small businesses cope and encourage staff?
Planning, Preparation Matter Now More Than Ever
A business plan is important throughout the life of your business – not just at the start – and one of the crucial things you should identify in that plan is why your existing customers should and do buy from you.
Giving Away Something Of Value Could Bring in Cash
The fastest way to increase sales is to give away something of value. Not something you think is valuable; something your target market thinks is valuable.
Send Workers Home To Boost Productivity
How can business successfully create virtual positions? Telecommuting has proven itself as a good business practice by helping to reduce turnover, improve morale, increase productivity, and often reduce costs. Larry Mandelberg outlines three key aspects managers should heed in creating virtual positions.
Measuring Is The Key To Getting Better
Why a business is doing well or poorly is in the details. Measuring takes time and discipline, and forces management to think strategically. Subsequently measuring is often ignored. Measuring results, however, is the only way you can possibly improve upon them.
Why Do Customers Buy From You?
The mindset of a buyer is much different than that of a seller. The buyer tends to be focused on “what’s in it for me,” whereas the seller tends to focus on the technical aspects of “what we do”. Business needs to understand why customers buy from them so they can focus their marketing efforts on those emotions.
Empower Employees To Be Responsible
As technology limits the need for an office, the self-management model will be the norm, not the exception. Self-management is about pushing authority and responsibility down to the lowest levels of the organization where the people doing the work can impact the work environment in real time.
Focus on the Positive to Help Your Staff
Create a mindset in the work place that is encouraging and embraces change. Everyone in this tough economy is either having a hard time or is scared at losing it all. It is time for criticism to be more unusual and praise to be more common.
Blogging Is Inexpensive, Easy, Essential
Embrace social media tools for your business. Become an adviser in your field to increase your profile.