June Jewell: 3 Problem Areas Where Professional Firms Can Find Lost Money

Architectural, Engineering & Environmental Firms Lose an Average 100K a Year, CPA Says June Jewell, a CPA and owner of Acuity Business Solutions consulting, says the architectural, engineering and environmental firms she works for easily lose $1...

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Chris Hurn: 5 Resolutions for Your Business

Almost on a daily basis, news reports detail the marketplace factors that can affect businesses large and small. No matter what the potentially game-changing info coming out of Washington, D.C., or China, though, there are winning strategies that...

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Kathleen Brush: What Will 21st Century Managers Need to Succeed?

Kathleen Brush: Expert Shares 7 Skills for Competing Globally Are the young, multiplying countries of Africa the next frontier? Which countries will be members of the EU in five years? Where is the ground safe in the Middle East? What will...

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The Business Growth Strategy For The 21st Century

When planning your company's business growth strategy what do you consider is the most important element? Remember, the success of your business growth strategy for the future success depends on the decisions you're making right now. Businesse...

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The 5 Phases of Business Development Process

The Business Development process in Government Contracting relates to the identification of suitable contracts and preparation of proposals in response to Government solicitations for these contracts. It typically consists of five separate and...

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The Perils and Potentials of Doing Business with Family Business

The Opportunity Doing business with family members has NEVER been a neutral topic. Family businesses are a time-honored tradition. In contrast, many companies have formal policies against doing business with people you have outside ties ...

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What's Important About Your Business Development Strategies?

Someone once reminded me that there is only one direction you can coast, down. Unless your business development strategies are in place and taking you toward success you are headed toward failure. I spent a lifetime as a consultant to long-...

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Leveraging Social Media For Effective Business Development

Today leveraging social media is a key element of business strategic development because, while leveraging social media is typically employed to generate results for the short term, it is a necessary element of a well considered strategic plannin...

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The Essentials of Business Strategic Development

While the expression may seem complicated, the essentials of business strategic development are straightforward and easy to understand. What may be confusing as you try to connect the dots is that the essentials of business strategic developme...

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Business Development Strategies That Work by Diane Kennedy, CPA

In the almost 30 years that I've worked as a CPA, I've had the opportunity to see businesses go on to achieve amazing results in the marketplace and for their community and for the owners. And I've seen many more businesses founder and fail. ...

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Developing a Pricing Strategy Part 1

Developing a pricing strategy does not have to be sophisticated, it just has to be done. And executed. I know you've heard the expression, "we're losing a few dollars on every sale, but we're making it up in volume" usually told as a joke. But...

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Motivation & Leadership The Secrets of Change Management

Motivation and leadership. Motivating teams. How to make things happen - change management, motivating people, leadership styles - motivational speech by Patrick Dixon. Strategy, teams, leadership styles, motivation at work, business success. Tra...

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The Fundamentals of Business Strategic Development

...And What They Mean Business strategic development joins elements of strategic planning, marketing and advertising, leadership and management development. It supplies a platform around which the choices impacting the long term failure or succe...

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Video: Cathy Sohn, Senior VP,Worldwide Business Development and Strategic Alliances, GlaxoSmithKline

Elements of business development strategies impact that growth in several ways. That's why we chose videos dealing with business communication training, workplace conflict resolution, strategic planning courses, leadership strategies and a range ...

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Video: Small Business Succes Story

"Lead with your heart and the rest will follow" sums up Ray Li and John Vitug's Heart Juice story. These two young guys, with a passion to make a difference, were inspired by a young professor's heart attack, a family history of heart disease,...

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Video: Rapid Strategy Development and Implementation Get Engagement and Results Quicker!!!

Innovation Partners International (IPI) is a truly unique consulting firm that has developed a revolutionary approach for Rapid Strategy Development and Implementation, with a foundation in Appreciative Inquiry and other whole-system change model...

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Video: Strategy 101: How the Macro-Environment Influences Business Strategies

The Macro environment can affect our strategies in many ways. In the political environment there may be new laws we have to adjust to. In the economic environment there may be financial crisis we must deal with. In the social cultural envir...

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Video: Closing the gap between strategy and execution: Strategy and

Closing the gap between strategy and execution. Individuals and organizations who think strategically, plan comprehensively, and execute flawlessly will almost certainly eclipse those who simply set goals and hope for the best. In the first...

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Video: Business Plan Template Website

There are lots of variations on what makes up a business plan. It's not necessary to pay consultants to create yours. In fact it's not the fine points within the layout of the business plan that's important. It's that you have gone through the...

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