Being a Christian in Business

Being a Christian in Business To listen to some Christians anyone would think that business is something of a lower calling compared to other pursuits. In reality, the Bible has heaps to say about business – much of it positive. I remember sitting down to lunch with a famous evangelist a few years ago and asking him how he managed to afford to hold such huge crusades in poor, third world nations. I'll never forget his reply...

Opening A Dollar Store - Merchandise Handling Equipment

Are you opening a dollar store? If your plans include a larger or a higher volume store, then think about merchandise handling and storage before you open your store. Pre-plan so that all of the equipment is in place and ready to use prior to opening. Pre-plan so that the right amount of space has been delegated to back room storage. Insure that back stock storage shelves have been installed prior to the excess inventory arriving.

Innovation - The Bright Light in the Night Sky

When innovation shifts the mindset of an industry, those companies designed to construct and distribute the older model are typically averse to adopting the new shift. This aversion allows new players into the industry often times leaving the industry leader under the old mindset, lost, scrambling, or simply, trying to figure out what happened!

Motivating People: Analysing Motivation & Recognizing Needs

To inspire people to work - individually or in groups - in ways that produce the best results, you need to tap into their own personal motivational forces. For an employee, the chief advantage of being motivated is job satisfaction. For the employer, it means good quality work.

(Re)designing Organizations

Is bigger better? Are off-the-shelf solutions always the answer? Finding the right architecture for your company does not depend on size and cannot be find on the shelf. It depends on what you care about. Find out how to make your preferences work for your company.

Business Alchemy - Converting Complexity into Profit

A few, cutting edge companies are employing the arcane field of Holistic Business Systems Theory to deliver quantum leaps in sales and profit.

Christian Business Basics - Having the Right Attitude

Christian Business Basics - Having the Right Attitude When it comes being a Christian in business, one of the things that will help you reach your goals and face the inevitable trials that life will throw in you pathway is to maintain the right attitude. One way to do that is to be convinced of your purpose in life.

Management Or Labor - Which Will It Be

I once coined a phrase or saying that goes something like this: Every engineer should get his or her start in Arkansas as I did, cutting chicken necks. In that manner your peers will always marvel at how far you've come – or understand why you achieved so little.

Delegation with Confidence - Five Essential Steps

The effective manager is one who understands his or her limitations and has confidence in both their ability to delegate and their subordinates. There are five steps that insure that the delegation process will yield the best results for the manager and the recipient of delegated tasks.

Project Management and Time Management - Software

Information and resources relating to Project Management Courses

Creative Thinking - A Powerful Tool To Sustain Organisational Success

Creative thinking skills are critical to survive and grow your business. In the present world is flat situation, your employees need to think differently so that you can continue to create new ideas and products.

6 Questions To Answer For A Knockem Dead Executive Summary

Call it what you will; Executive Summary, Executive Overview, etc. but it is the first thing read in most proposals. These few pages set the tone for the remainder of the proposal and, admit it or not, it can be the only part of the proposal a busy evaluator actually reads. All too often more time is spent arguing over when it should be written than what it should contain.

Best Practice Guide To Project Success

As a project sponsor how can you improve your project success rates. Here are 25 practical ways in which you can improve your rates of project success.

Tracking an Employee's Success or Failure

If you have given your employee a deadline for performance improvement, then you have also given yourself deadlines for following up on the status. Letting deadlines slide benefit no one.