Why You Should Perform a Resource Audit

Your strategy may be well planned, with a list of tactics, milestones, and to dos. Or perhaps your preference is to follow opportunity as it arises and not make too many decisions upfront. In either case, how are you ensuring your time is spent on maximum productivity? Can you confirm that you are having the…

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The Objection Handling Strategy

A successful business is one that solves problems for other people. It achieves this not only with its product, but also with how the product (or service) is purchased, implemented and utilized. In order to continuously solve problems through all of these stages, a successful business understands its client needs. This means encouraging, addressing and…

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When your Success Hurts You

Things are going well! Your business is growing, your clients are happy, finances are all comfortably in the black and your employees all have smiles on their faces. You can now relax and simply enjoy a job well done. Let the systems run themselves since whatever they are doing, seems to be working. Or. You…

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Qualitative Cashflow Management

It’s not how much, it is just “how”. How does good cashflow management provide solutions to problems before they arise? Your business plan is alive and dynamic. The financial part of it is no different, it is evolving with you and is continuing to inform your decisions. Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, defines it…

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Project Planning – Lost In Translation

This image really says it all (click to enlarge). I don’t have a source, unfortunately, as it was shared with me on a feed. If anybody does know the provenance please do say so in the comments. We have all seen this happen – in one guise or another. Every business transaction includes the input…

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