In the Kill Zone

What does a future pandemic mean to American employers? Dr. Ramirez discusses the possible impact of pandemic avian flu on the workforce.

Online Strategy Games

Introduction of the Internet has revolutionized the gaming scenario worldwide. Their popularity has grown tremendously over the years. Unlike other normal games, strategy games require a lot of planning and thinking on behalf of the player. Online strategy games enable people across the world to interact and play each other. They help in enlarging the scope and dimension of the gaming community worldwide. Such games help people from one country match their skills and powers with opponents from other countries.

Sales Strategy

The success of any organization depends on its ability to sell its products or services. The profits or revenues earned from sales play an important role in fuelling the growth and development of the business. Intense competition has made it important for companies to draft a suitable and efficient sales strategy.

Finding the Right Business Investment

Whether you are strategic planning to start your own business, looking forward to some profitable work from home opportunities or searching for a suitable business partner, preparing the perfect setup for a business is one of the first and most important steps that you need to take.

What Should Your Executable Strategic Plan Cost in Terms of Money, Time and Results?

Creating an executable strategic plan does not come without a price tag. Learn some of the key issues of this necessary tool from an investment perspective.

The Tornado in Your Business

The recent tragic news from Florida points out the vulnerability to the unexpected that we all face in life and in business. In the disaster field office we have learned that the only safeguard against uncertainly is preparedness. But when do you prepare?

How to Build Successful Strategic Alliances

A strategic alliance is a partnership, a collaborative agreement and/or a relationship between two or more companies or organizations formed to pursue a set of agreed upon goals while remaining independent companies or organizations. Strategic alliances exist in a variety of shapes and sizes and include a wide range of scopes of cooperation levels. Strategic alliances usually are most effective when the entities involved have complementary strengths. Here are the ten (10) suggested actions to take to build successful strategic alliances.

Seven Reasons Why You Need A Strategic Planning Facilitator

A professional facilitator brings an independent and open-minded perspective to your strategic planning process. He or she will keep the discussion focused, keep the process on track, and will encourage team members to act as equals in the process. Some organizations choose to “go it alone” and attempt to conduct the strategic planning process entirely “in house.” In my own personal and professional experiences over more than 35 years, I have always witnessed better outcomes of the strategic planning process when an outside professional facilitator is brought in. Here are seven reasons why it is recommended that you hire an outside facilitator.

The Tea Room Business Plan – Basic Concepts

Business planning and the start of a new tea room venture is more of a process than an event. A new business is a separate entity that is very much like a garden: planning is required to start, certain mandatory steps are required and constant management and pruning must occur to produce a successful venture.

Sun Zi Art of War - A Critical Point to Note for Strategy Planning

In Chapter Seven, Sun Zi mentioned about rushing troops to battlefields and what is the results of it. Inside those sentences lies a very critical point about Strategy Planning? Want to know what it is? Read on to find out more.

What Essential Marketing Models Are Within Your Strategic Plan?

Marketing is an essential piece of any strategic plan. What models are you using to increase your sales or bottom line results?

How Planning the Work and Working the Plan Can Catapult Your Marketing Success

A marketing plan is vital to the success of your business. Without a plan, even the best intentions may never be realized. You must plan the work and then work the plan, or your goals will not be accomplished. They key is to not only have a plan but to implement that plan. Implementation is golden.

Does Your Strategic Plan Address Increasing Employee Costs and Decreasing Employee Productivity?

Does your strategic plan include employee costs? Are you aware that current research suggests that almost 60% of all U.S. employees are not engaged? What else don't you know and are not addressing in your strategic plan?

Top Business Coach Teaches You How To Plan Your Growth

Business coach. As a business coach I show business owners how to grow their business. In this article I show you how super successful business owners plan their business growth by preparing months, quarters and even years in advance.

Marketing Not Your Specialty? Try This Affordable Plan Within Your Strategic Plan

Small business owners to even corporate executives enjoy to increase sales, but seem to lack the same enthusiasm regarding effective marketing. Many think the buying of promotional items, attending networking events will deliver them incredible sales results. Unfortunately, effective marketing goes beyond the traditional marketing activities. Possibly now is the time to tray an affordable marketing plan.