Professionalisms
Branding Gone Bad: 10 Most Ill-Advised Ads Of All Time
We've all seen our share of groan-inducing commercials, but these take the cake for the most controversial, disturbing, and ill-advised ads of all time.
Six Ways To Boost Your Bottom Line
How often have you spent an entire business week working to "make payroll" without a single moment's thought about your bottom line? You're not alone. Author of "Six Steps to Creating Profit" Patricia Sigmon challenges you to think different about profit.
11 Negotiation Strategies To Boost Your Business
The best way to boost your effectiveness as a manager or boss is to learn some basic skills used by professional negotiators. Negotiation expert and author of "Start With No", Jim Camp, shares how.
Not Making Your Sales? Maybe What’s Lacking Is Trust.
In the world of sales, trust is king. You can advertise, promote, tweet, post, blog and sell like Dale Carnegie on steroids, but if you haven’t built trust with your potential customer, it’s truly a waste of good resources, says Marsha Friedman, author of 'Celebritize Yourself'.
You Got the Job – Now How Do You Negotiate Salary?
Some employers feel that they can probably get away with a lowball offer, and many job hunters will grab it just so they can have a job. The truth is there are ways to get the job and still get what you want.
Five Questions About Social Media Marketing Answered
Susan Gunelius, President and CEO of marketing communications company KeySplash Creative, Inc, and the author of multiple business books including "30-Minute Social Media Marketing", answers som questions on how small businesses can approach social media marketing.
Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance — And Maybe Even...
If your employees don’t trust leaders, they won’t feel safe—and when they don’t feel safe, they spend all their creative energy covering their butts. (Hint: This is terrible for business!) The new book, Unusually Excellent, offers some tips on how to build your employee “trust fund”…starting now.
Fortune Cookies Contain Good Marketing Advice
Too many business owners bury themselves in things that don't matter. Marketing expert Gil Effron challenges you to think, plan and work on a powerful marketing strategy before diving into your marketing efforts.
Silver Bullet Marketing
Marketing expert Gil Effron explores why going to market relying on a single, magical marketing message - a silver bullet - may not be the best idea for businesses.
Can We Prevent Everyday Conflicts?
Tim Scudder explores how conflict, both at work and at home, can actually be an opportunity to resolve long-standing issues and help you lead more fulfilling and productive lives.
Fire The Slugs… And Other Great No Nonsense Ways To Retain Your Best People
Jeff Kortes, author of the book "No Nonsense Retention", shares some tips on how to retain the human assets you've worked so hard to acquire.
Hiring A Web Developer: 11 Questions You Must Ask Ahead Of Time
If you are a business owner who is not an expert in web development, finding someone (or an agency) you can trust to build your website is critical. Founder of web development firm Pixafy, Uri Foox, shares eleven questions to ask your would-be developers before you make a decision.
Is Email Taking Over Your Life? 7 Ways To Get Your Life Back
Email consumes enormous amounts of time, yet we rarely think about strategies to use it more effectively. Phil Cooke, author of "Jolt! Get the Jump on a World That’s Constantly Changing", shares some ideas to gain some ground in the daily email war.
At Work, Do You Make Things Happen Or Just Fill Time?
Innovative gadgets and mobile devices have brought great ease and efficiency to the workplace, but they’ve also become huge time-wasters. Phil Cooke, author of "Jolt! Get the Jump on a World That’s Constantly Changing", has five suggestions to help you quit wasting time and boost productivity.
Project Management – Four Problems to Avoid
Brian Tracy, Author of "Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, And Bring Out the Best In Your People", shares four main problems in project management and how to go go about them.
Is Your Team Failing Elegantly? Seven Leadership Mistakes That Wear Away At Your Company’s...
For any team, the only acceptable result should be winning. But all too often, things don’t go as planned—and when first this project and then that project veer off course, teams start showing signs of a disease that can kill execution. John Hamm describes how the disease of “failing elegantly” can infect your organization and how to cure it.
[Video] What Kids’ Football Shows Us About Organizational Performance
This amusing yet informative video by the Center for Organizational Performance about kids playing football shows the many issues that plague companies, but also how to solve them.
Tapping The Cloud To Grow Your Business
Terry Hicks, General Manager and Vice President, Intuit Global Small Business shares how cloud computing can propel the growth of small and medium firms in Singapore.
Leading Creativity – How To Capitalize On Creativity And Drive Innovation (Part I)
Being creative is sexy, says Nigel Collin. Collin will be speaking at the upcoming ad:tech Singapore conference, happening on Jun 16-17 next week.
Leading Creativity – How To Capitalize On Creativity And Drive Innovation (Part II)
To improve creativity, Nigel Collin says you need to provide your creatives with the right environment that will support and stimulate their creativity - a Zoo. Collin will be speaking at the upcoming ad:tech Singapore conference later this week.
Do Agencies Need A Moral Compass?
Uwe Hook of BatesHook believes that agencies need a moral compass to be able to deliver excellence.
Five Sensible Business Lessons You Must Learn to Embrace — No App Necessary!
No, you can’t download good old-fashioned common sense onto your phone or tablet… but you can develop it with practice. Michael Feuer, author of "The Benevolent Dictator", offers a few commonsense guidelines no one should do business without.
Seven By-THE-BOOK Ways To Transform Your Poor Performers Into High Achievers
Confronting poor performers in your organization can be nerve-wracking, difficult, and confusing. But according to author of "How to Lead by THE BOOK", Dave Anderson, it is possible to approach these conversations with love, respect, and the promise of improvement while boosting your business in the process.
Making It Stick: Five Rules For Delivering Effective Feedback
Part of being a leader is telling your team members how their performances are measuring up. Whether you’re handing out praise or facing a you-need-to-improve conversation, here are five tips by author of "How to Lead by The Book", Dave Anderson, that will help you make the most of your feedback.
Five Ways To Tell If Your Company’s CEO Earns His/Her Pay
According to Dr Linda Henman, author of "Landing in the Executive Chair", company top dogs who actually earn their money are easy to spot.
Seven Invoice Mistakes To Avoid
Forget hounding people to pay their invoices on time – the mere act of creating and submitting an invoice can lead to drama. here are seven blunders to avoid when it comes to invoicing.
Going Green Is The Next Black
President of SeaYu Enterprises, Quincy Yu, offers some advice for small business owners to take stock of how they operate in order to pave the way toward greener pastures.
The Not-So-Secret Secrets To Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel...
Achievements are often less dependent on your technical know-how and more dependent on how you organize and think. Michael Feuer shares five tips on how focus, discipline, and commitment look like in practice.
Show Them The Love When You Can’t Show Them The Money
No matter how much they want to reward their employees, many leaders just don’t have the financial resources to give out much-deserved raises and bonuses. Fortunately, according to Todd Patkin, you don’t need to spend a cent to show your people beyond a shadow of a doubt that you care about them and appreciate their hard work.
Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by “Hugging” Your Customers
In today’s tough economy, small business owners are faced with the difficult task of doing much more with a lot less. Ed Hess reminds them that even though they might be making cuts to their prices and budgets, now is not the time to start cutting great customer service out of their business plans.