Oh, to be the person who comes up with “the great idea”! Solar power! The artificial heart! Potato chips that stack in a can! Great ideas are everywhere, and yet they always seem to be the brainchild of somebody else. So how do you become one of those “somebodies”? How do you become the person…
I recently had a chat with an ex-colleague from my previous employer. As he used to do so frequently before, he told me a few things that were going on in the company. And so I thought, how would I have dealt with these challenges if I were still a manager there? I further asked…
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are commonplace in the world of business, some very successful in terms of revenue, and some which are spectacular failures. An acquisition is a corporate action whereby a company buys most or all of the target company’s ownership stakes in order to gain control of it. There have been many famous…
So you truly believe that you are able to have a business. Why, because others have one? Or because you think you would be good at it. So did I until I failed for the first three times. Then, I got a clue. Business doesn’t just happen!!! Before you make that move into what may…
What are the duties of a bodyguard? Their employment is to guarantee the individual security of the assigned customer. Customers normally fall into the following classes: – Superstar – Lawmaker/politician – Businessman – Individual at danger of assault They follow the customer everywhere the client goes to scout out potential peril. Notwithstanding having the capacity…
The expansion of businesses is largely a positive thing. This gives them the opportunity to meet more needs and to increase the amount of profits that they glean. This growth, however, also comes with a number of inherent challenges. As companies expand, they have to do all that they can to ensure that they are…
Every year more Americans take a career-motivated leap to a new life in China. The trend has now brought over 110,000 Americans to the People’s Republic, and their numbers are rising for various reasons. Whether it’s high unemployment back home or the excitement of new opportunities in the world’s fastest growing economy, China offers both…
Company loyalty is dead. That’s what we continuously hear. This crop of employees is not loyal to their company or to their boss. Have you ever experienced this: a key employee quits out of the blue for a “better” job and you wondered, how could she? Turnover is high in your organization and you thought,…
According to the U.S. Census Department, approximately fifty-four million Americans are disabled, or have considered themselves disabled at one time or another. While this number represents a large percentage of the workforce, the vast majority of individuals with disabilities are unemployed. In fact, about seventy percent of Americans with disabilities who want to work are…
In today’s fast-paced world of business, management teams are under pressure to take predictive and preventative measures to keep the business running as cost-effectively and as efficiently as possible. For this reason, it’s not uncommon for businesses to outsource facility maintenance tasks and processes. These can include electrical, mechanical and building systems, as well as…
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