Great CEOs Knife the Competion - With Killer Strategy

Have you just been promoted CEO/Director or General Manager? Congratulations and welcome to the world of strategizing! Now you can doze early, wake late, play golf, cancel meetings and go to Bahamas. On company time! But I bet you're nervous. While your old job focuses on specialized tasks, your new position frees your mind to explore the business' macro perspective. You'll be steering the ship from the captain's chair. Creating a vision will be your mandate. And strategizing will take about 110% of your working hours. Does that much freedom cause abnormal wetting of the pants? If so, resign. If not... read on. You got a lot of strategizing to do.

Kmart Name Dropped In Lieu Of Corporate Banner

Once the dominant discounter in the United States, Canada, Japan, Czech Republic, and Australia, Kmart has gone through a disappearing reminiscent of a teenage party at Camp Crystal Lake in the Friday the Thirteenth movie series. One-by-one, country-by-country the Kmart banner has vanished.

Dead Fish - A Strategic Lesson

Malcolm Muggeridge is quoted as saying that only dead fish swim with the stream. I was reminded of this truth yesterday as we enjoy the beautiful summer day by taking a walk for the neighborhood.

Reengineering: 40 U$eful Hints

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) principles have been around for a long time. This presentation will contribute by stating and helping to clarify a number of important principles, plus some useful insights, techniques and hints - 40 in all!

Current Talent and Potential

As you begin your strategic planning, do you have a process in place to objectively measure the personality and capacity profiles of all your people? Are you sure that you have all your talent in the right jobs?

Inventory Reduction - A How To Guide

Inventory is the largest single asset on the balance sheet of many manufacturers and distributors. It is usually the most expensive asset to own and maintain. This paper addresses how to manage Inventory investment to optimum levels, which means a reduction or major redistribution of it in most companies.

Is Business Coaching Meant for You?

Business Coaching is a very broad term and can mean different things to different people. This short read helps readers explore if business coaching is for them.

Involving Your Family in Your Business Plan

A lot of successful businessmen seem to have it all. A big part of their secret to success is not having to choose between family and money.

Planning for Success - Part 1

If you're a coach, student coach, business owner or someone with a desire to get into business, take careful note of the powerful tips and development strategies presented within this series and GET READY to make the leap to ultimate success.

Conducting Market Research From The Back Of A Boat

Market research is one of the most important but often overlooked part of business management. This article highlights many real life analogies to this important business function and provides some excellent advice to entrepreneurs.

Strategic Planning: A Must for All Organisations

Strategic planning, the what and the why of planning, is often overlooked by organisations who concentrate on tactical planning, the how of planning. The resultant business plan is overwhelmed by tactical initiatives and pet projects. Alignment with a strategy to attain the organisation's goals is achieved by accident.

What is Your Value Proposition?

The term value proposition has been around since Michael Lanning coined it in 1984, while working for McKinsey and Co. So why do so few companies know what it is, or truly understand how they add value in the marketplace?

Transfer Pricing

There are several ways to determine the transfer price, including cost methods, market price methods, negotiation or even simply using an arbitrary figure. A goal of transfer pricing may be to maximize after-tax revenue by setting transfer prices that reduce the total tax paid.

Leverage: Systems

Systems are one of the greatest sources of leverage within an operational business. If you're not properly utilizing them, you're wasting a huge amount of potential.

Writing A Wonderful Restaurant Business Plan

Resource includes details about writing a restaurant business plan, adding all of the pertinent information to it, hiring and retaining good employees. Detailing the type of food you will serve and getting your business reviewed by a processional.