Is the Family Dysfunctional, the Business Dysfunctional, or Both?

Family businesses have more stress because of pressures imposed across generaions, marriage,or sibling relationships. This stress must be acknowledged and resolved to enhanse the business and strengthen the family.

The Fastest Growing Company in the World Part 2 What is the S-WORD?

The Fastest Growing Company in the World Part 2 What is the S-WORD? In our last article we noted that companies like Microsoft had this S-WORD and some other companies were close or lost it over time. There is another company that has the S-WORD built on tradition. What company is it?

Franchise Outlet Training and New Hires

Often in franchising, franchise outlets will have turnover of key personnel. They may seek the services of the franchisor to train the new employee. In some cases franchise or training of managers may actually be required to be done by the franchise himself.

Turnarounds: From the Oval Office to the Corner Office

The headlines recently have focused on how the replacement of President George W. Bush’s chief of staff may serve to salvage the President’s second term. His new chief of staff has set an agenda, made announcements and started lopping off heads, so to speak, in a very public way. This is not too different from what has happened at corporations during turnarounds. Whether looking at financial institutions, industrial companies, airlines, consumer goods companies or telecommunications giants, the visible dynamics are they same.

Organisational Change That Lasts

Attempts at improvement in most organisations do not lead to lasting change. Here's a change management process to alter all that.

Convert Ideas into Growth

Ideation is the flow of ideas that can be converted into growth on a consistent basis. Ideas for new products and/or services can come from two places: inside your organization or outside of it.

Performance Appraisal System

Learn the importance of an effective performance appraisal system.

Why Dinosaurs & Businesses Die Off

Why do businesses die? What similarities are there between dinosaurs and businesses becoming extinct? Find out in this article.

Efficient, Effective Meetings

Most professionals report spending between 15% and 30% of their time in meetings. How about yourself - do you know the inside of the conference rooms better than you know your office? And of the time that you spend in the meetings, how much of it is really valuable to you, and how much does it cost?

How to Design a Good Incentive Plan

Incentive plans should not result in arbitrary distributions of money casually decided upon by senior management. Instead, a good incentive plan must be quantified, must be a predictable result to the employee and must be directly related to measurable performance beyond the norm. This differentiates incentive plans from savings or retirement plans.

A New Vision of Leadership

Across the board in today’s society, people are demanding more involvement in the decisions that affect them. No longer do we find the blind acceptance of previously unchallenged authorities such as governments, institutions, or even workplace management. Whether leaders like it or not, today’s norm of rapid-fire, on-demand information transfer has set up a cultural expectation of choice, responsibility and freedom. These challenges call for a fundamental transformation of management style and culture.

Beautiful Flower Syndrome: Differentiation May Not Always Be The Best Strategy

Most companies with a long and storied corporate history have a similarly colorful story behind their internal processes. System limitations, management fads and product introductions have shaped everything from invoice generation to marketing campaign design.

Does your Business Capitalize on Trends or do Trends Cannibalize your Business?

This article describes the dangers present to companies that blindly follow the latest trends without doing any analysis upfront.

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 Set New Standards in Trucking Industry

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 set new standards in trucking industry. Before the legislation, licenses had only 18,000 truckers and by 1990, this number increased to 45,500. First only a half of carriers had a right to move freight freely within 48 states and in 1990 – 20,000.