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  1. Business Plan Location Success Tips 2007

    by Daryl Des Marais - 2007-02-14
    What does it take to convey your idea to financiers?- How will you organize all that information? What you need is a clear outline and focus.- First you must identify your audience. Who are your poten...
  2. Seven Reasons Why You Need A Strategic Planning Facilitator

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-14
    A professional facilitator brings an independent and open-minded perspective to your strategic planning process. He or she will keep the discussion focused, keep the process on track, and will encour...
  3. Ten Major Mistakes To Avoid In Preparing Business Plans

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-14
    How many times have you heard about a business failure and one of the keys to that failure was lack of planning and/or a poor business plan? I was recently interviewed for a business publication stor...
  4. Seven Benefits Of Strategic Thinking And Planning For A New Business Year

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-13
    As another new calendar or fiscal year begins, it is wise to take a good hard look ahead at where your business is heading in light of the business environment of the new year. It is also wise to dev...
  5. How to Build Successful Strategic Alliances

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-13
    First of all, what is a strategic alliance? A strategic alliance is a partnership, a collaborative agreement and/or a relationship between two or more companies or organizations formed to pursue a se...
  6. How Clear Is Your Vision For Your Business? Is It Time For A Business Vision Examination?

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-13
    When was the last time you really examined your vision for your business? As the calendar year or the fiscal year draws to a close, this could present perfect timing for an examination of your vision...
  7. Do You Know Where Your Succession Plan Is? And Do You Know What To Do If You Can't Find It?

    by Glenn Ebersole - 2007-02-13
    A Strategic Thinking Coach focuses on bringing new perspectives to clients. With an understanding and appreciation of the past, the strategic thinking business coach helps shape the future of the cli...
  8. Business Performance Management-The Critical Piece of the BI Puzzle

    by Dean Lombardo - 2007-02-05
    In today's regulatory environment, timely, accurate and comprehensive information is more critical than ever. While traditional business intelligence (BI) solutions have dominated the corporate enviro...
  9. How To Get A Loan For Your Small Business

    by Peter J Hale - 2007-01-31
    Small business loans are almost a prerequisite when starting a new business. Generally the main problems when starting out are around cashflow.Your investment upfront to develop your product or servic...
  10. The Philosophy of the Internet Newbie

    by Christine Morgan - 2007-01-30
    The newbie was told that millions are being made on the Internet and you can too. They were told that they could build a business for a fraction of the cost of a traditional business. They were told, ...
  11. Comparing Running a Business to Playing Poker

    by Jeffrey Hauser - 2007-01-29
    There are some amazing similarities between running a business and playing poker. It's a game of strategy and intent. Both have the ultimate goals of achieving a degree of success. The game dictates v...
  12. A Dual Strategy Doubles the Chances of Success

    by Duke Okes - 2007-01-28
    Strategic planning is the process of reviewing where one is, identifying where one wants to go, and developing plans to get from the current to the future state. Hopefully most business professionals...
  13. Strategic Alliances for Supply Chain Success

    by E.R. Rigsbee - 2007-01-27
    No matter the industry, there has always been conflict in the supply chain. That, I believe, will continue to be true. More times than I can remember, I have presented my keynote presentation titled, ...
  14. Why People In Arab Culture Commit Escalation Of Commitment Error To Save Face?

    by Mohammed Alzain - 2007-01-27
    The objective of this paper is to explore the reasons behind people in Arab Culture who commit the error of escalation of commitment just to save face. Several middle managers from government, power a...
  15. Customer-Service Provider Relationships-Is Yours A Blessing Or A Nightmare?

    by Dahlia Benaroya - 2007-01-25
    We are all dependent on service providers for our businesses to succeed. The better you manage that relationship, the more successful you will be in achieving your goals in a cost-effective manner. Th...
  16. Definite Goals And The Burning Ambition To Achieve Them: How To Be A Winner

    by Nigel Griffiths - 2007-01-25
    Did you know that the vast majority of truly successful people in the world have clearly stated goals for themselves and the businesses and organizations for which they are responsible?If you are seri...
  17. The Industrialized World Isn't Safe From Pandemic

    by Maurice Ramirez - 2007-01-22
    The recent cover stories in USA Today, beautifully depict the potential spectrum of disease and the implications of human vulnerability to pandemic flu and specifically the H5N1 avian flu strain.But t...
  18. Why Business Incentives Work

    by Roger Gurung - 2007-01-21
    In 2005 General Motors launched a consumer incentive program after a few years of sluggish sales. From this promotion alone, the auto maker's share of the US market jumped almost seven per cent in jus...
  19. Strategic Planning Before Grant Writing

    by Angela Epps - 2007-01-19
    People sign up for my grant writing workshops to learn to write grant proposals. I often find they have great ideas, big hearts, and lots of activities that they believe will make a difference. What I...
  20. Planning For Sales Success-10 Things Your People Need To Do Now

    by Kevin Cahalane - 2007-01-18
    Is it possible for your people (or you, their leader) to make a sales call today, without a goal/target and an outcome clearly in mind?A sales call today is costing your organisation between $150 - $5...