The business climate is changing dramatically and only those who understand how to manage wisely in the new era we are entering will lead their organizations to profitability and success in their industries.
A recent series of interviews with some of the world’s most successful CEOs uncovered the following traits or strategies they shared when it came to management:
Looking for new staff? Maybe it’s time you got LinkedIn…LinkedIn has emerged as one of the most powerful recruiting platforms on the web, perhaps most popular as an affordable alternative for small business owners but also regularly used by corporate giants like Hewlett Packard and top executive recruiters.
If you are using a free email service like Yahoo!, gmail, or hotmail for your business you could be risking a lot. Check out the following five ways free email services like Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail could be hurting you and your organization.
Partnerships can be essential for launching and growing young businesses but they also have the potential for blowing up and resulting in financial disaster for those who aren’t prepared. What do you need to watch out for and what do you do when your partner isn’t holding up their end of the deal?
It doesn’t matter whether you are considering taking on a partner for getting your business idea funded and off the ground or if you have been approached with a partnership proposition to collaborate and cross promote services with another organization, the wrong partnerships can not only destroy your dream business but ruin your reputation too. Watch out for these 5 deadly business partnership killers...
Because of the economy, companies around the world are having to cut back on their financial-incentive programs, but few have used other ways of inspiring talent as they should. Numerous studies have concluded that for people with satisfactory salaries, other motivators are more effective than extra cash in building long-term employee engagement in most sectors, job functions, and business contexts.
Many financial rewards mainly generate short-term boosts of energy. Indeed, the economic crisis, with its imperative to reduce costs and to balance short- and long-term performance effectively, gives business leaders a great opportunity to reassess their incentives and decide what will serve their company best through and beyond the downturn.
