Brand Strategy by the Numbers
Today's brand environment has become a virtual war zone -- brands competing for attention – too many brands and not enough eyeballs. It’s always been difficult for a brand to [...]
What’s Up with RFI’s and Request for Information Tenders?
It’s 2015 and an important trend that we are tracking in Canada is around the increase in RFP/RFQ/RFI Proposals and Tenders being created. So, what’s up specifically with all of [...]
Corporate Innovation Assessment Questionnaire
Innovation is one of those concepts that’s highly attractive. It conjures visions of future sustainable growth buoyed by new thinking and new technology. For Governments, Boards and CEO’s, addressing innovation [...]
Sustainability for SMEs
Neil Smith’s short video shares his perspective regarding Sustainability for Small to Medium sized Business (SMEs): http://youtu.be/f3bSZWVAtz0 Neil addresses the key issues that can affect sustainability for your business: Personal [...]
Accountability, Managing your Sales Team
This cartoon made its rounds on the Internet recently. I posted it to social media and received the most feedback I have gotten on [...]
How Sustainable is your Business? Take our SME Sustainability Quiz.
How many of us have had the experience where we knew about a business that seemed to be humming along with the owner making lots of money only to find [...]
Does Your Firm Comply With the UK Bribery Act 2010?
The UK Bribery Act 2010 (UKBA) took effect on 1 July 2011 replacing the UK’s existing network of bribery laws with a new single comprehensive Act. The Act applies to: [...]
Nurture your Sales Reps for Success
Now that you have found a good Sales rep - what’s next? The next really important issue is on-boarding. Once you have found the right sales rep; now how do [...]
Sales Team Issues
I recently did a Video interview with Jim Crocker at Boardroom Metrics. We talked about some of the issues CEO’s and Business owners are having with their sales teams. Video: [...]