Process documents are a necessary part of employee training. They help your entry-level employees learn how to get from A to B in your workflow system, and introduce them to your task and software basics. For any type of complex procedure or management systems, process documents are a must. However, this doesn’t mean they’re always […]
The Impossible Dream: One-Page Board Papers
“Impossible.” That was management’s view when the Chair of a major Corporation said they wanted board papers to be one page long with a maximum of 10 supporting “PowerPoint charts.” But it has happened. This Chair is not alone — other Boards that are sick of being inundated with massive, inconsistent and poorly thought out […]
Flevy Tools Featured on Indezine
Indezine has done an in-depth review on Flevy Tools, our free PowerPoint plugin. Indezine is one of the largest, most reputable online communities for PowerPoint users. Here is the introduction from the review: Most PowerPoint users either waste so much time recreating the same foundational business diagrams again and again. Others just copy something similar […]
3PL: The Benefits of Third Party Logistics
The speed and efficiency with which your supply chain moves can make or break your company. Inefficiencies add up, costing money unnecessarily. In today’s cutthroat business environment, with consumers focused on value and speed, only the most efficient companies thrive. Many companies find that working with a third party logistics (3PL) provider helps them operate […]
Helpful Resources for Confident Business Decision Making
Ah, company pride. Your business has grown from the one-person startup in your living room’s corner into a rented office space with 20 employees. You’re finally a major competitor in your market segment. It’s time to expand operations. You’ve made all the right choices for your business so far. To expand safely, you need to […]
Safety in the Cloud: 5 Best Practices for Cloud Storage Security
As companies migrate to the cloud for broader access to applications and scalable storage at a reasonable price, concerns about security in the cloud are rising. The 2012 SailPoint Market Pulse Survey found that over one-third of U.S. businesses have or plan to have high-risk data stored in the cloud, and more than 95 percent […]
Flevy Tools 2.0 Released, Our Free PowerPoint Plugin for Business Diagrams
We just released the second version of Flevy Tools, our FREE PowerPoint plugin for creating common business diagrams and slides. The latest version expands the number of diagram types from 4 to 10. You can find them listed below and displayed in the screenshot. It also now supports PowerPoint on both the Mac and Windows. […]
Business Continuity Planning
Business Continuity Planning (BCP), sometimes also called Business Continuity and Resiliency Planning (BCRP), helps a company continue operations under adverse conditions, such as a disaster striking and shutting down the company’s headquarters. It does this by identifying the core underlying processes of the organization that directly affect its bottom line and finding alternate or back-up […]
10 Principles of Change Management
Think of a Paradigm Shift as a change from one way of thinking to another. It’s a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change. Change initiators would do well to involve their potential implementers early in the process, perhaps sharing responsibility […]
ITIL Business Relationship Management, the “Hidden” Process
The Business Relationship Management (BRM) process was introduced into the Service Strategy element of the ITIL Service Lifecycle in 2011, but you’d be forgiven for not being aware of this. BRM is perhaps a little ambiguous, and the line between it and its better-known cousin, Service Level Management (SLM), is certainly blurred. To better understand […]
When Did You Last Have a Critical Look at Your IT (Service) Strategy?
The CIO and the IT Department need to position themselves as a premium provider of IT services and focus on value to cost. Nowadays, IT’s significance is often challenged: “Do we really need a CIO and IT department to bother us with technology when we can use the cloud?” To avoid this line of questioning, […]
How to Best Manage the Effects of Technology on Our Lives
The first two decades of the 21st century has brought upon all of us an array of very perplexed issues and problems which are, by their own nature, very difficult to manage and resolve to any level of satisfaction: Continuing world financial crises; New technical and scientific developments; Starvation of over 1 billion people across […]
