In order to keep their offices seemingly safe and secure, business owners often spend a lot of money on “fake” security products that are designed to fool burglars. While these security measures have great intentions, most burglars are well aware of product impostors. To keep a retail location as safe as possible, consider doing away […]
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8 Easy Time-Saving Tips for Excel
Microsoft Excel is perhaps one of the most used software programs in companies worldwide. In spite of the popularity of the program, most people tend not to know the shortcuts and features of Excel that can increase their work efficiency almost instantaneously. That’s why we’ve collected 8 simple tips that will increase your work efficiency […]
We Just Launched FlevyPro, a Subscription Service for On-demand Business Frameworks and Analysis Tools
Flevy has just launched FlevyPro. FlevyPro is a subscription service for on-demand business frameworks and analysis tools. Subscribers receive access to an exclusive library of curated business documents—business framework primers, presentation templates, Lean Six Sigma tools, and more—among other benefits. More information about FlevyPro can be found here: https://flevy.com/pro. In the initial launch of FlevyPro, […]
How to Attract Younger Workers to Your Company
As the Baby Boomer labor force retires, employers need to attract younger workers although they are getting harder to recruit. Facing a skills shortage in new technical areas such as big data analytics, insurance companies have stepped up recruitment efforts on campus, the Boston Globe reports. The federal government is also feeling the effects of an […]
Behaviors of Mobile Shoppers That Retailers Need to Know
Between smartphones, tablets and e-readers, mobile technology is arguably one of the single strongest influencers of first-world culture in the modern era. This includes the buying behaviors and interactions of consumers with businesses. As a smart business owner, you must understand these new mobile behaviors and market to them to get the most out of […]
Industrial Engineer’s Silver Lining
So what does an Industrial Engineer really do? The number of Industrial Engineers graduating every year in Pakistan is significantly higher than the average runs that our cricket team accumulates these days. Yet, ironically, like our batting line itself in the modern version of the gentlemen’s game, we seem to have not yet found our […]
8 Transformational Levers for BIG Organizational Change
There are plenty of theories on change management, and this isn’t one of them. This is a simple checklist for anyone driving big, complex organizational change. But first, you have to recognize when you are facing what we’ll call “Big Change.” Some examples: You are changing leaders, and the new person is bringing new “direction.” […]
Blogging 101: How to Effectively Promote Your Posts
New to the world of blogging? There’s more to it than headline writing and thinking up ideas for fresh posts. These days it seems like everyone has a blog. How will you stand out? Use these tips to effectively promote your posts: Post Regularly We’ve all had that one coworker or friend who ambitiously starts […]
This Is a Major Issue for Family Business Owners: Asking for Help
There are a lot of stories about how men are reluctant to read the directions before starting to do an assembly or not asking for directions when they are lost! According to one study by an insurance firm in Britain, the average male driver travels about 276 extra miles a year because of not wanting […]
5 Simple Exercises to Break your Patterns
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. This wonderful quote of Leon C. Megginson is still so relevant in our fast changing world. That’s why it’s important for you to break your routines once in a while and […]
Make the Most of Any Holiday: 3 Strategic Marketing Tips
It’s not all that difficult to market your business at the end of the year for those huge Christmas and New Years sales, but the smaller holidays are less intuitive. For Valentines Day, Mother’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays, it can be challenging to come up with creative hooks to bring in new […]
Young Professionals: It’s Not an Oxymoron, Right?
Note from the Editor: This article was originally published in the Reading Eagle’s Business Weekly and is re-posted with their permission. It was contributed by Dr. Santo D. Marabella, The Practical Prof(R). * * * * Young professionals. Is this a contradiction of terms, or what is called an oxymoron? After more than 25 years, I still love […]
