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Using Business Goal Management to Ensure Team Performance

By Cindy HawthorneJune 13, 2019No Comments

An organization’s performance is governed by the performance of the people and how well they communicate with each other within internal teams. It is more effective in smaller organizations and contradictorily, as the team size increases, its ability to effectively communicate becomes much difficult. However, the organizational leaders’ ability to define the goals helps to cut through this complexity of team structure.

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Accounting Trends Every Business Leader Should Know

Financial Management

Accounting Trends Every Business Leader Should Know

By Fatima MansoorJune 11, 2019No Comments

With any industry you look at, consistent and unparalleled innovation has had a massive impact on business as well as our day-to-day lives. Sure, predicting changes in the technological ecosystem of the accounting industry is undoubtedly a daunting task. There are, however, some major trends that have transpired during the course of 2018 and right into 2019 that every business leader should know.

Plenty of accountants have effectively acclimatized themselves to utilize the best digital accounting tools and software that successfully enhance every minor and major accounting process in a diligent attempt to go paperless. Technology continues to dominate the latest trends in accounting which every business leader should know.

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The Advantages Of Ecommerce For Web Based Businesses

Business Development

The Advantages Of Ecommerce For Web Based Businesses

By Melissa CrooksMay 30, 2019No Comments

Ecommerce development has created a brave new world for various businesses. The days of relying strictly on a brick and mortar location to drive revenue have come and gone. Now, the top web development companies provide their clients with the necessary ecommerce development assistance. The advantages that are associated with ecommerce are numerous.

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A 10-Point Checklist for Global Business Expansion

Business Development

A 10-Point Checklist for Global Business Expansion

By Fatima MansoorMay 14, 2019Comments Disabled

Transforming your business into a global venture can be a lucrative and appealing endeavor. Plenty of entrepreneurs would risk taking this chance; however, it is vital to understand that taking your business global may prove to be a treacherous and frustratingly daunting experience if you are not prepared and careful.

There’s a lot to do – researching a new client base, learning and adhering to new standards, laws and regulations, searching for reliable and trustworthy global partners, and familiarizing yourself with the local traditions and culture just to name a few.

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5 Steps to an Effective PIP

Management and Leadership

5 Steps to an Effective PIP

By Kris Cavanaugh CastroMay 07, 2019Comments Disabled

The Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is an HR tool designed to help an employee reach the expected level of performance within their designated role. However, the mere mention of a PIP can also cause an already challenging situation to become even more tense if not handled correctly.

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Attracting New Customers: How Entrepreneurs Can Draw in Business and Keep it

Business Development

Attracting New Customers: How Entrepreneurs Can Draw in Business and Keep it

By Lucy ReedMay 03, 2019Comments Disabled

Attracting new customers when you’re in e-commerce — especially when you’re new to the field — can take a lot of time and patience; something you may be short of when trying to build a company from the ground up. The key to finding success doesn’t lie with any one practice. It takes several parts moving together to make a business that works, which means you’ll need to think five steps ahead at all times. Not only do you need to find new customers who are looking for what you’re selling, you also need to find a way to keep customers coming back.

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Detecting Integrity in Others

Management and Leadership

Detecting Integrity in Others

By Kris Cavanaugh CastroApril 30, 2019Comments Disabled

The best way to detect lack of integrity in others

Integrity is one of my most important core values. So much so that I refuse to make even a small promise if I am not 100% sure I can keep it based on everything over which I have control. And when things spin out of my control, I still do my best to find innovative solutions to maintain that promise if I can.

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Debt Consolidation with Smart Financial Planning

Financial Management

Debt Consolidation with Smart Financial Planning

By Cindy HawthorneApril 25, 2019Comments Disabled

A timely decision of debt consolidation can save your business from prematurely breaking down. An entrepreneur constructs and erects a business with so many dreams, so many visions, so much planning and careful steps. That is why an entrepreneur dares to get indebted, too. The business capital is funded from direct business loans or lines of credit, credit cards, etc. All these forms of debt taken for the business are invested to grow the business; not to break it. But when the business does not generate enough revenue to pay back the loan on time, then comes the real problem. The business can break under this financial pressure. The scariest end result is when the entrepreneur may have to declare bankruptcy, stop the business, sell all assets and liquidate them to collect cash to pay the loan, or just let the creditors auction the collateral.

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How Steve Jobs’ Product Management Took Apple to World’s Most Valuable Company

Products and services

How Steve Jobs’ Product Management Took Apple to World’s Most Valuable Company

By Fatima MansoorApril 23, 2019Comments Disabled

How Steve Jobs’ Product Management in the 90s took Apple from Nearly Bankrupt to World’s Most Valuable Company

A business is ultimately defined by its products and services. As such, product management is one of the crucial skills every business leader should master. A perfect example of this is Steve Job’s brilliant product management that rewrote Apple’s fate.

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