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23Sep

Attending Events: A Crucial Element in Growing a Small Business

Article Contributed by Michele DeKinder-Smith Women business owners are constantly bombarded with opportunities to attend events. Whether the events focus on networking, business building or creating a desirable work-life balance, these events are constantly touted as life-changing, knowledge-building and business-growing. Female entrepreneurs may wonder why there are so many events out there – and whether [...]

21Sep

Intellectual Capital and Your Sales Career

Posted by Steven Teo in Finance & Capital

Article Contributed by Mark Hunter “We’re forced to close because the bank will not loan us the money we need.” Phrases like this have been heard too many times the last several years, and yes, it’s unfortunate, but here’s my perspective: “Companies don’t fail due to a lack of financial capital. They fail due to [...]

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20Sep

Getting the Back 9 to Count in Increasing Your Sales: It’s All About Process

Posted by Steven Teo in Sales & Marketing

Article Contributed by Sharpenz What could golf possibly have to do with increasing your sales? Well, my golf game the other day gave me a wake up call to increasing sales that can apply to everyone in the field, golfer or not. It’s all about process. After many lessons –and practice – over the past [...]

18Sep

Thinking on Your Feet

Posted by Marcel Sim in Communication Skills

Article Contributed by The Balanced WorkLife Company You’re in the weekly department meeting when Donna, VP of Finance asks you a question about the effectiveness of the marketing event that has come in over budget, and she wants an immediate answer. You’ve got an answer, that’s not the problem; often the problem is how to [...]

17Sep

Organizational Leadership Mistakes – The #1 Way Business Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Trust

Posted by Marcel Sim in Entrepreneurship

Article Contributed by Skip Weisman Trust is the fuel that propels teams and organizations to high-levels of success. Yet, organizational leaders today unknowingly do almost everything in their power to sabotage trust. The primary way in which trust in organizations is sabotaged is by a leader’s communication style. One particularly egregious style of leader communication, [...]