Ways To Maximize Customer Loyalty Programs

Be near.
This is a very simple rule of thumb when trying to making customer loyalty programs work. Just start within the area you are most capable of reaching. Don't go over the fence if you have not secured for yourself a very effective and viable base in your own backyard.

The Human Element of Asset Management

A professional level of management is key to all assets. Generally people think of asset management as relating to investments. People are assets and should be professionally managed too.

EMR Software Please!

New technological advancements are happening all the time in the health care industry. But what about its process for sharing and storing information? The age old process of pen and paper is still being used today. Are electronic medical records the future for the health care industry? Read this article to find out.

Social Network Analysis - Are You Important?

There is a reason why an IT organization is successful. The quality of relationships that IT leaders develop with each other, customers, and other business units directly relate to the success that the IT organization achieves as a whole.

The Best Inventory Management Practice For Office Furniture

Those people whose employment involves inventory responsibilities has interest in a system that will help them perform their job more efficiently.

Is Your Child Running A Better Business Then You? Getting Back To The Basics Of Business

The basics of business often lead to the demise of a company. The question is asked, is a child running a lemonade stand a better manager and owner then you?

Courageous Leadership - 5 Steps to Survive Uncertain Times

In this fast paced market, are you fit to survive? This article gives the 21 Century leader strategies to thrive in a competitive market place. Upgrade your leadership skills for success in a rapidly changing market.

Discover Why You Need Product Marketing Management Now!

Marketing don't build anything, they don't sell anything and they spend all our money! So the big question is why do we need product management or marketing at all? Who is the champion of the value proposition? Is it the R&D group, Operations or Engineering people, or perhaps Sales? This business article explores this key business question and provides a dynamic answer.

Enabling Your Employees To Think Smart - Seven Principles of Creative Problem Solving

Should we attempt to solve the problem straightaway or should we be asking - Should I really be solving this problem. Smart breakthrough creative problem solving enable us to divert our resources for the enhancement of organiational success. Learning to question the purpose of the problem is the beginning of breakthrough creative problem solving.

PM Quick Tips - 5 Ways For PM's to Succeed

A few months back I wrote an article about a list which I had started some 10 years ago when I began managing projects. This list is a hodge-podge of things which worked and things which didn't. I've added items as years have years passed, sometimes subtracted and also updated statements to be more relative as I've grown personally and professionally.

Managing Versus Doing - Getting the Balance Right

One of the biggest challenges facing those taking on a management or supervisory role is finding the time to manage. How can you start to address this dilemma?

Leadership Matters Change - Ready Managers And The Law of Business

In and of itself, change is prevalent in your organization. Compounding this are the changing demographics of the workforce on top of issues such as management of strategies for new revenue growth, planned culture shifts and initiatives to contain costs.

So What's Next? The Secret to Assessments

If you're like most human development professionals, you're very familiar with personality tests and probably use at least one in your work with clients. But personality tests and other psychometric instruments are only a part of the tool kit today's coaches, consultants, trainers and managers need.

Winning the Battle and the War - Negotiation Success

Everyday we enter into a variety of negotiations with prospective employees, current employees, and vendors. Though the situations are different, there are some basic guidelines that will ensure negotiation success.

Why Culture Surveys Don't Work

Culture surveys have become commonplace for organisations today. But the basic premise of many of them is 'off base' and will not achieve the results they are looking to gain. And the reason for this is actually quite simple. This article attempts to outline the current state of play and begins to discuss some simple solutions.