In my 18 years of consulting I have heard it all. Everything from competition to managed care as reasons why it’s hard to create the business of your dreams. New customers are needed to keep any business going but it is how you and your staff manage these customers that determines your success in business.
There has been much talk lately about Coca-Cola and its potential as a value stock – as it now spots a dividend yield of 2.6% (which is the highest dividend yield since the late 1980s) and a P/E or less than 21 – right at the bottom of its five-year low.
The South African small and medium business environment has matured over the past year and currently creates a very good climate for entrepreneurs, direct foreign investment and emigrants. This is supported by all well-recognised business indicators confirming that business outlook has never been positive.
Are you solving problems or improving the process? In other words, if you find a problem in a process and implement change to fix it, then did you improve the process? Well, maybe... Sure, solving problems may be an important thing to do, but it is not the same as improving the process. Why is this so?
Results are limitless. That's not a supposition. That's a fact. Leaders who don't believe that don't understand the power of leadership to achieve great results. Leaders who believe it and live by their belief have an unmatched advantage over those leaders who don't.
Here’s my take on the yellow page ads. If you use one, make it a powerful marketing tool for your business. No, Virginia, I don’t work for the yellow page company! Do you underestimate the marketing power of your yellow page ad?
When you’re marketing your business you put a great deal of time and thought into the preparation of your materials. You analyze every word and picture to make sure you not only portray the service you provide, but that you entice potential clients to take action!
A large percentage of business are stuck, tied to narrow ways of thinking about themselves and their products. In the business environment you can’t be stuck and survive. Using the techniques of stage Improv, companies and their employees can free their minds so that profit will follow.
If you have less than perfect credit and are looking to get approved for a mortgage loan, be careful not to make some common, costly mistakes. When dealing with sub-prime mortgage lenders or bad credit mortgage lenders, many people are taken advantage of because of their eagerness to get approved.
