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Communication skills, who cares anyway

He already knows how to communicate well. He’ll tell you. Meet Carl. Project Manager. He knows all about communication skills. Carl communicates every day after all. Carl’s go-to phrase when asked about most things, “I told you. How many times do I have to tell...

Practical Business Management Basics tutorial

Practical Business Management Basics in action. What practical business management basics do you practice? In reality, most managers don’t bother to practice these basics. They don’t have time to pay attention to these business management basics. Read on...

Culture eats strategy for lunch

Oh, yes and culture eats strategy for lunch and then dinner. Then it eats business plans and execution for dessert. It is imperative for every business owner and business manager to clearly understand what exactly the phrase means, “culture eats strategy for...

How to measure business success

Business owners often ask how to measure business success. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for business are the stats of business. First, let’s define KPIs Key – Vital aspect to success Performance – The manner in which your business behaves,...

Motivating a team to get improved results

What does motivating a team have to do with getting the job done? And what does motivating a team have to do with business plans? “We are professionals, at least we should be professionals. We have job to to so then, we do it. ” Yep that is true, in...