In business, the idea of getting the absolute truth from your customers and your employees is something that we know, deep down, to be essential, but when we take the appropriate steps to get feedback, we do it with our...
An e-mail comes to your Inbox and the exclamation mark attached to it already drowns your body in cold sweat even before reading it. You know you are not doing great, but is it necessary to go all the way and...
If you have had enough of the office and would rather do your own thing when you feel like, freelancing might be for you. However, not all people who start this business will make enough money to keep them going...
Who are your customers? What do they want from you? How can you keep them coming back to you? All important questions, especially where business success is concerned. If you don't know who they are… If you don't know what...
There are a lot of reasons why people are changing jobs nowadays. Sometimes are let go due to cutbacks. Other times, people decide to quit because they want a change in their lives or they've simply become tired of the...
It happens to the best of us. We join a company, grow to enjoy coming into its office, appreciate its culture, befriend our colleagues, feel grateful for our bosses, and love our jobs — actually, wholeheartedly, unequivocally love our...
Every business is eager to increase its profit margins, but in a world of spiraling costs, that is easier said than done. Constantly hiking prices is a great way to alienate customers and make them look elsewhere, so is obviously...
You say board members and the first thing that comes to mind is a shady congregation of overlords that puppet the company from behind the curtain and are often more influential than the owners. Before becoming a board member, one...
Many employers have made the mistake of keeping an underperforming employee around for too long. Managers question on whether to let an under-performing employee go or wait until a replacement is found. Apart from poor performance, some other common reasons that employees...
Thanks in part to many brave, outspoken individuals like Ellen Degeneres, Chris Evans, and J.K. Rowling, the topic of mental health is no longer something we shy away from in the mainstream. This wave of communication is far different from...
Your number one job as a business owner is to keep your customers satisfied from the moment they engage with your business. This means grabbing their attention in a positive way through advertising, making their online experience on your website...
No matter what they say, all business owners have experienced a period of downtime in terms of business sales. It shouldn’t be going on for too long, though, and if the slump turns out to be a permanent thing, you...
As the climate continues to change around the world, people are becoming more aware of the impact that their actions have on the environment. The main culprit behind rising levels of greenhouse gases isn’t families, however. The blame lies largely...
Education is the key to a successful life. If anyone is eyeing great future, he or she are encouraged to start planning early enough. The planning entails setting strategic plans to achieve good results. It is said that life without...
Workplace Stress: A 21st Century Health Epidemic In 2017, the World Health Organisation declared stress as the “health epidemic of the 21st century.” It is widely accepted that people today are more stressed than ever and one of the biggest contributors to this...