Four Tips to Build Next Year’s Budget
You need a budget in place to plan ahead, prioritize your distribution of funds, and measure if your financial predictions are met. It also allows you to make decisions in order to improve your business operations with clarity and efficiency.
What to Include in Your Year-End Business Checklist
Before you ring in the New Year, now is the time to get your office in order and get your business in line to reach your goals.
How to Manage Your Time When You’re Overwhelmed
Leaders have many responsibilities that keep their schedules packed, and oftentimes overflowing. As business leaders tackle multiple roles from managing a team of employees, to looking for new marketing opportunities, and securing new business, effective time management becomes harder and harder to achieve.
Lean Customer Care Strategies for the Automotive Aftermarket
Have you ever interacted with a company that is clearly cutting back on customer service? Cheap customer service does not create positive experiences. Lean customer service, on the other hand, does.
Four Reasons Job Seekers Should Study Lean Management
Should you study Lean management during your job hunt? A top Lean manager shares four reasons that studying Lean management benefits job seekers.
Culture vs. Strategy
The culture vs. strategy debates continue but can one trump the other? Let’s look at both side. What happens when you focus on one over the other?
Three Don’ts in Closing New Business
Most of us climb the corporate ladder because we’re good at our craft, but quickly have to learn how to sell. John Grizz provides three don’ts in landing new business.
Filling the Gap of Talented Workers in Manufacturing
Manufacturing is an essential sector to the U.S. economy yet finding skilled workers have left some no choice than to close business and relocate, sometime overseas.
Six Ways to Use Social Media to Improve Internal Communication
Social media is often considered the go-to tool for customer support and acquisition. It’s often overlooked as a great tool for internal communications.
Introverts and Extroverts Working Together
Introverts make up nearly half of the business population, yet companies are structured to favor extroverts. Susan Cain offers tips on the two working together.