Education and Career

The way we work has changed pretty radically over the past couple of decades, with today’s office landscape almost unrecognisable from what’s gone before. Many start-ups are forgoing rented space altogether, happy to combine a virtual remote office with the occasional café meeting or teambuilding exercise, while shared working spaces...

The moment you decided to move out of your garage, and find a real office space is the time that you realize your business is growing. Pulling right customer to your business is must; after all, you need funds to keep your startup alive, getting strong, and growing. So, what...

Why do leaders falter and fail? Is it due to a lack of knowledge, misguided strategy, or poorly-applied techniques? Rarely. At the core of leadership dysfunction is a behaviour that is hardly ever seen, let alone taught in leadership books and trainings. It’s something everyone faces and most of us...

Sales order processing isn’t limited to your internal procedures. In fact, it presents real costs to your customer acquisition, cash flow and the return on investment you ultimately realize from employees. Here’s a look at how sales order processing impacts your business and how sales order processing software could be...

The very nature of being a CEO demands that the person in that role is wholly focused on their responsibilities within an organization. Indeed, it might be considered unusual if long hours - along with consistent dedication to achieving positive results, reaching targets and growing the company - were not...

A CEO was asked how many people work in his company: ‘About half of them,’ he responded. This is a joke, of course, but it has a troubling undertone. The truth is that in many companies, a significant number of people are “checked out.” They show up to work to...

Increasing employee productivity is a goal most companies attempt to achieve whether it's through Six Sigma methodologies or the implementation of performanace based methods of encouraging better work ethics. Recently, there have been new developments in the IT industry that focus on the use of video conferencing as a means...

The numbers don’t lie: Some 80 percent of American parents say they want to see diverse families represented in brand messaging, and another 66 percent report that diverse family representation factors into their purchasing decisions.   Clearly, consumers are tired of seeing brands blast the same messaging that features the same family —...

Many companies lack comprehensive strategies for data analytics, despite broadening opportunities to identify areas for internal investment or savings. That’s an important consideration, given that the digital universe will grow significantly through 2020, with the vast majority of enterprise data volume coming from new sources. What’s more, corporate America is starting...

There’s a fine line between caring emotionally about everything in your company and trying to accomplish every task yourself. While it may be essential for success, caring can be draining, but trying to do everything by yourself is a recipe for disaster.   I know — it feels good to...