When you start a business, you’ll need a team that can help you in your daily business activities and meet the challenges of growth and success. While your team members will be mostly internal, such as your salespeople, back-office employees, contractors, and vendors, you will, eventually, need the …
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The Ways Work Will Change in 2020 and The Future
Peter Thompson, the co-author of the book, Future Work, How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive in the New World of Work, argues that while technology is taking us into a new world with facts and details just a touch away at our keyboard, many companies are still structured for the industrial age of …
Why Your Company Should Hold On-site First Aid Training
The benefits of educating your employees on CPR and first aid cannot be understated. Arming your workers with these essential skills can reduce the likelihood of workplace-related accidents and injuries, lessen the severity of injuries and accidents that do end up occurring, and ultimately save …
Make Your Vision Statement Relevant
“A vision helps to inspire and capture aspiration and assist people in overcoming the inherent incohesion associated in moving away from the familiar.” So wrote Benjamin and Rosamund Stone Zander in their excellent book The Art of Possibility. Yet, most organizations’ vision statements do the …
Business Building Blocks: How To Write A Business Plan
When you are first starting out in a new industry or niche, it can be easy to neglect some essential things while focusing on brainstorming and creativity. However, at some point in the early stages, it is imperative that you put some of your ambitious plans on paper. Constructing a business plan is …
Practical Things To Consider When Setting Up a Warehouse
Some may think that setting up a warehouse is as simple as finding premises and storing inventory in one place until it is distributed. It is, however, far more complex than that. There is a great deal of planning and ongoing organizing required to run an efficient setup. A warehouse is, first …
