To me, one of the great technological advances in automotive engineering has been the invention of cruise control. It gives the driver the ability to drive at a comfortable, safe, and legal speed without having to worry about slowly creeping up in speed and suddenly discovering in a panic that Im driving well over [...]

Schizophrenic patients suffer split personalities, characterised by withdrawal from reality
and behavioural disturbances. Management needs to have very sharp and emphatic focus
rather than become schizophrenic.
It does not take very long to mess up a company especially when the focus of the key
management is muddled. Just a couple of months should do the job. All it takes [...]

Launching a continuous improvement initiative is a priority for most organizations today. The goal is to drive change in a way that helps them reinvent themselves as better competitors with a deeper understanding of customer needs and resilient to adverse changes in business conditions. Terms such as TQM (Total Quality Management), Six Sigma, Breakthrough Management, [...]

The 2006 Atlantic tropical hurricane season can be very good time for change management in your corporation or company. When dealing with disaster preparedness or even mandatory evacuations company management is put into crisis mode and as they handle this crisis and adversity they are forced to work together and bond together.
It is well [...]

Why do you believe in what you believe?
I am not talking about your Religious beliefs. I am talking about the belief people have in something that will work, or not work.
Lets take business practices you believe are successfully to doing business. Or, the procedures you take in doing business because you believe it [...]

If you are thinking of adding promotional items to the scope of your marketing techniques, congratulations. The statistics prove that promotional items increase the effectiveness of several aspects of any business. They can assist you in establishing your brand, enhancing brand identity, encouraging would-be clients to choose you over other competitors. They also [...]

How can companies use the increasing demands for legislative and regulatory compliance to provide benefit? Whilst good governance, effective risk management and compliance management are undoubtedly a challenge for many businesses and can be viewed as onerous they can also be viewed in a more attractive light as a catalyst for change. If [...]

Do your employees behave toward your customers the way you would expect them to? Is the culture of your senior executive team consistent with the culture of your lowest level line workers in the field? Do you really know what your companys culture is? Why is employee culture important?
Your companys culture can [...]

Re-invention; Six Random thoughts If it aint broke dont fix it term often heard at Hurttes Texaco 1964 I had just started working as a car wash boy (a strapping ten years old) when I first heard mechanic Von use the term. I bet youve heard it used too. To some [...]

In reviewing the complaints of franchisees over the last 20-years we see some similarities to the over all society as a whole. Franchisees are often too quick to Blame their Franchisors for their Own Failures, insufficient capital and poor use of business acumen.
Why is this you wonder? Well, although few talk about this, I believe [...]