From Jack Mitchell's book Hug Your People: The Proven Way to Hire, Inspire, and Recognize Your Employees and Achieve Remarkable Results, here are five principles on how to create a cordial, friendly, motivated and productive work environment: NICE: It’s How You Treat One Another Jack Mitchell believes it all starts here – creating a culture at work for your people to feel … [Read more...] about How to Create a Productive Work Environment
Archives for March 2008
Brand Management: The Open Framework
Are you ready to open? If so, we've put together a strategic framework that capitalizes on both the social web's traits and technologies and the icitizenry's power to be both medium and message. Two trends in particular anchor the open brand framework: The first is the emergence of consumer notoriety through the increased visibility of individuals -- as data, as consumer … [Read more...] about Brand Management: The Open Framework
Four Ways to Protect and Enlarge Your Nest Egg
Concerned about your retirement savings? You’re in good company. Many folks investing for or in retirement are seeing their savings shrink. Many are concerned about their inability to save more and enlarge their retirement capital. In my book “Cash-Rich Retirement: Use the Investing Techniques of the Mega-Wealthy to Secure Your Retirement Future”, I argue that it’s time to … [Read more...] about Four Ways to Protect and Enlarge Your Nest Egg
20 Questions to Ask When Selling a Business (Part 2)
Part 1: 20 Questions to Ask When Selling Your Business 11. Should you use a business broker? Finding qualified buyers is not easy. You can choose to find buyers yourself by placing ads in local newspapers, trade magazines or online. You also need to evaluate potential buyers to find those seriously interested in the purchase of your business. If this sounds too … [Read more...] about 20 Questions to Ask When Selling a Business (Part 2)
20 Questions to Ask When Selling Your Business
Nothing is forever; even your business. You start a business, see it grow, steer it through the ups and downs, and finally, get out of it. It’s not a question of whether you will exit your business –but when and how. One exit strategy is by selling the business. Selling a business is not easy, and you need a lot of preparation and assistance to help you navigate this … [Read more...] about 20 Questions to Ask When Selling Your Business