This slide presentation on startup expert Dr. Susan L. Reed's six tips to recession-proof your business reviews some of the basics of building a good business in the first place. Great customer service, increased value, connecting to give instead of get: It's all part of creating a great business no matter what the economic environment. See the Read More
Small and medium sized businesses need to think simultaneously about three goals: short term, medium term, and long term. Find out how to keep track of all of these goals at once! Read More
The Currency Market: Ruled by Rhetoric Is there an easier market to trade right now than the currency market? There are basically 2 trades going on: risk taking and risk aversion. While this will come as no surprise to anyone who's in this market, investors in both the stock and commodities markets should also pay attention. Read More
How is “Culture” created within organisations? Well, if we start from the bottom and work our way up, staff look to their bosses and replicate what they see and what they specifically replicate are the “behaviours” that they see, the “how” things are done. This works its way up the food chain and what companies end up with is a company of people Read More
Agreement is a powerful thing. Managing agreement can be as tricky as managing conflict. Read More
According to research, the retention rate as a result of Training lies at about 20% — depending on which sources you check. If followed by Coaching, the retention increases dramatically to over 80%. This pretty much follows the Pareto Principal. It is also claimed that Coaching can increase ROI to 6-1. Read More
Another interesting outcome is that blog posts now have a much longer lifespan. In 2007, only 6% of total engagement happened after the day of posting , while in 2008 it was up to 17%. This year it has more than doubled with a full 36% of engagement happening after day one. Read More
Every time something changes, something starts — and something else comes to an end. Think about your life so far: birth, school, work, redundancy, marriage, relocation, separation. Each time you encountered one of life's inevitable changes, something began while something else ended. Read More
Blog outlining some simple steps for SMEs to introduce a backup and DR facility. Read More
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