A leaderless organization can hardly be seen as much. Save a few examples, businesses are driven by the individuals that define and speak for them. While their methods and intentions may vary, leaders inspire those below them and, in effect, push the company toward wider success and fulfillment.
In assessing the qualities and qualifications of leaders, it’s important not to limit analysis to merely the business landscape. Leadership is an integral part of art, politics, sports, ...
Whether you’re a freelance graphic designer, owner of a massage parlor or a private financial consultant, you need to know how to sell. Even though business owners may not be salesmen, per se, they have likely reached the success of their position through a specific blend of ingenuity, confidence, experience and sales finesse.
However, just as business owners are salespeople in their own right, so are their employees. Yes, there is the sales team, but it’s ...
Marketing in a slow economy is a challenge in and of itself. With such low consumer activity, inciting customers to visit a store or website – let alone to make a purchase – is anything but a breeze.
With the holiday shopping season approaching, many businesses are leveraging the natural spike in consumer trends to boost their sales. However, the holidays are not a boon for all business types, particularly business-to-business services. So how can B2B ...
As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to intensify, the conversation about how to get the country out of its current economic mess is as well. At the core of the debate is a radically unequal distribution of wealth, rampant student debt and stubbornly high unemployment rates.
This week, USA Today released a report showing U.S. student debt is expected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time ever this year. Meanwhile, the jobless rate is ...
A study released earlier this year by research firm GFK found employees with a PhD tend to be more engaged than workers with less than a high school education. Even so, professionals with higher education were more burdened by stresses related to job security, adequate resources, workplace environment and their work-life balance.
“Having more education may mean an employee is more sought after in the job market, however these educated employees are also feeling job stress ...
Investment is critical to success. Whether in the form of money, personnel or time, the allocation of resources should be viewed as a strategy, wherein a return can be not only observed but promoted.
But how should you make your investments? If your business is growing, you know that conditions change rapidly, and what may seem like a solid investment this month may be utterly futile a few weeks from now.
“Budgeting is a paramount concern for ...
Yes, unemployment is high – 9.1 percent, to be precise – and it’s likely to stay that way for some time. A number of economists have even projected jobless rates to remain above 8 percent through next year. Suffice to say, it’s an employer’s market. But does that mean it’s been a cakewalk for companies to find the right kind of talent? Of course not. In fact, this may be a core problem with the ...
It may seem far off, but small and large businesses alike are already beginning to plan for this years holiday shopping season. Especially if you’re a retail business, you need to take time now to outline an effective marketing strategy to take advantage of the surge in consumer activity.
According to a report released earlier this week by Accenture, nearly nine in 10 U.S. consumers – 88 percent – expect to spend the same or more ...
In this economy, there are problems everywhere. Look toward Washington and you’ll find a bevy of reelection-minded partisans stifling the democratic process through political gamesmanship. Look toward Wall Street and you’ll find a throng of companies gambling the economic stakes of Western markets. And among the populace you’ll find rampant unemployment, consumer debt and widespread uncertainty.
In such conditions, it can be quite a challenge sustaining employee motivation – let alone satisfaction. But that’s no excuse ...
The most recent World Payments Report projected mobile payments will expand globally from 4.6 billion transactions in 2010 to 15.3 billion in 2013 – a growth rate of 48.8 percent per year. Last month, market intelligence firm IE Market Research projected the global value of such transactions will reach $945 billion in 2015, compared to $31.5 billion last year.
It’s clear, mobile payment technology is the future of payments. But what is it? Where are they ...
