What Sets One Business Apart As A Success From Others?

How often have you pondered over why some businesses excel while others seem to struggle to hard. They are in similar markets, have similar products or services and the owners work hard at being successful, yet some just make it and others don't. It is not that the business owner is any less deserving. Have you ever this about yourself or maybe someone you know feels this frustration sometimes? In my experience as a business coach I have met people at both ends of the spectrum and have read widely on the subject. As we all know, there is no shortage of good material available to define how to become successful in business.

Business Continuity and Healthcare Disaster Planning

Healthcare desperately needs a planning professional who can combine the healthcare vulnerability analysis with the business process vulnerability analysis.

Every Business Needs a BHAG

Do you have a BHAG? Do you know what a BHAG is? Read on and all your questions will be answered.

Developing a Solid Business Plan - Part II

Developing a Solid Business Plan: essential categories that you'll want to include in your plan.

Proven Cartesis Performance Offers Foundation for Customers' Fast Close Success

Learn more about how to achieve a faster close. The benefits of a fast close include faster access to financial information, better-informed decision making, more efficient processes, reduced man-hours, cost savings and a healthier image in the market.

Have You Considered Succession Planning?

Here today. Gone tomorrow. This is obviously something most businesses do not want to think about, but should for the benefit of a business carrying on after the loss of key employees or owners.

Story of Refco Bankruptcy

This article tell about the story of one American company's collapse. It give major reasons and events that led it to the crash.

Snapshot of Events on Refco Scandal

This article shows what consequences did Refco scandal have. It explains the reason of the collapse.

Business Growth Strageties Your 4 Part Marketing Plan

Every business should have four basic strategies for generating revenue. In this article the four basic strategies are presented on order of difficulty and cost from low to high. The priority you place on each plan depends on your unique situation and goals. These strategies work regardless if you sell products or provide a service.

Planning To Manage Time Or Managing Time To Plan?

Isn't the year flying by? Have you done all the things you were going to do? So where did it go wrong, already? Or is just that so far the year has been busy and you will implement the changes next month. (The great thing about that sort of planning is that you are usually dead right, you will implement it next month and it has been next month for the last X years!) Or is it simply that it will be ok when you can just find the time.

Corporate Data Backup a Must in Today's Business World

In today's fast-paced and cutthroat business world, the loss of vital business documents can mean ruin and disaster for any company. Remote online backup is the most practical and cost effective way for businesses to ensure the protection of such documents.

Execution and Executability

Robert Bradford discusses the three basic steps to improving execution of your strategic plan.

Tips for Better Strategic Planning in the Smaller Company

Robert Bradford offers 8 solid tips for better strategic planning in smaller companies with a limited management staff and less than 50 employees, based on 20 years of experience doing strategic planning.

Five Actions to Avoid in Business Planning

While there are many areas to be considered in a business plan, there are also some traps that should be avoided. Being aware of the five most critical, we can take steps to limit their effects.

Can Finance Really Become a Strategic Partner to the Business?

Much has been written about how finance organizations can become strategic partners with the businesses they support. Despite significant effort, not much progress has been made. Paradoxically, the link between finance and the business has been under finance's proverbial nose for some time - resource allocation. A serious concerted effort to optimize an organization's resource allocation ultimately enables finance to develop the bridge between finance and strategy. This discipline known as corporate portfolio management works to actively manage the company's resource allocation as a portfolio of discretionary investments.