Norman PeiresJune 22, 2015 ‘People innovation’ is a trend that a lot of businesses seem to be taking on recently. I think it’s a great approach because it goes to the centre of business operation. Your staff are your biggest asset ad therefore the happier your staff are, I think it stands to reason that … Continue reading The Business of People…
Category Archives: Business Process
Building a Business Case For Your Community Initiative
Patrick GroomeJune 19, 2015 You should not present your business case to John Hamm. He is an actor, and cannot approve your budget. Community has a lot of benefits, to several departments of your company, but your community initiative has to compete with other budget requests. If you’re going to get what you need from … Continue reading Building a Business Case For Your Community Initiative
What’s the Difference Between a System and a Process?
Penney FoxJune 6, 2015 And Why Your Small Business Needs Both I have openly admitted on several occasions how detailed I am when it comes to my business. There was this post here: How to Organize Your Social Media To-Do List where I showed you how I use the GTD (Getting Things Done) method to … Continue reading What’s the Difference Between a System and a Process?
8 Best Practices for Change Management in Social Business
Virginia UlrichMay 12, 2015 As promised in the first part of our series on adoption and change management, Jive Talks: What’s In It For Me? An Adoption St… | Jive Community, this second installment is all about the do’s and don’ts of change management. This will not be an exhaustive list, but rather a list … Continue reading 8 Best Practices for Change Management in Social Business
How To Tell If A Business Process Is Broken
Denise O’BerryMay 2, 2015 Broken business processes can cost your business a lot of money in terms of time and actual cash that comes in. And it can send customers running to a competitor. That’s certainly not the way to have a sustainable business so it’s important to know what to look for to determine … Continue reading How To Tell If A Business Process Is Broken
5 Top Challenges Business Owners Should Know And Avoid
Susan GilbertApril 27, 2015 Avoid Obstacles When Growing Your Business Sometimes building a small business can seem like an uphill battle for many entrepreneurs, especially in the beginning. It can seem that as one problem is resolved another pops up. But the good news is that you’re not alone in these challenges. Growing pains are … Continue reading 5 Top Challenges Business Owners Should Know And Avoid
Building Parternships: How To Use Social Media To Connect With Professionals
Scott FenstermakerApril 16, 2015 For the small or medium-sized business, it makes sense to use different social networks to find potential employees, business partners, suppliers and sales prospects. Perhaps you want to get additional insight on an industry or company, so connection with thought leaders is a priority. Here are a few tips that will … Continue reading Building Parternships: How To Use Social Media To Connect With Professionals
Improving Efficiency Through Business Processes
Jimmy WinskowskiApril 3, 2015 Invoices, receipts, and business communication are one of the most voluminous bodies of writing going back all the way to the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. And while there are also many different business methodologies tried out over the past 4000 years, it still surprises people that it has only been … Continue reading Improving Efficiency Through Business Processes
“Delivering You Value Proposition” Is Not A Step In Your Sales Process!
Dave BrockMarch 21, 2015 Before going further in this article, stop for a moment and look at the steps and activities in your sales process. At some point is there something similar to, “Deliver value proposition to customer?” Now a few of you may be scratching your heads–if you don’t have a sales process, you … Continue reading “Delivering You Value Proposition” Is Not A Step In Your Sales Process!