Managing the Risk of Recruiting
Eighty percent (80%) of business success is tied to people. For more information on headhunting, https://riskmanagementandperformance.blogspot.com/2014/04/managing-risks-of-recruiting.html
Why headhunting is expensive and does not always work
Introduction Eighty percent (80%) of business success is tied to people. Recruiting the right people, motivating the right people, training the right people, retaining the right people while releasing the wrong ones is the key to your success. Many business under-perform because they do not know to do this or they can’t do it well.…
How to Build Systems for Business Growth
Introduction Many entrepreneurs start a business in part to make money and in part to gain freedom, financial and otherwise. They listen to the success stories of entrepreneurs who have made it and they take the plunge. They have a vision of their desired future and a plan to get there. But for many entrepreneurs …
Managing the Risks Growing Businesses Face
Introduction Growth (top-line) and profitability (bottom-line) are two major indices that define how well organizations are doing in pursuit of their strategic objectives and short term goals. Business organizations achieve growth through organic or inorganic channels. Growth occurs largely via the development of a new product, creation of a new business line, mergers and acquisitions,…
Managing Risk and Performance
Introduction When an organisation sets its vision mission and strategic objectives, it then develops a plan to implement the fore mentioned. A forward looking enterprise will also develop a performance management and monitoring system and identify Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). These KPI’s, when monitored, tell management whether they are on track to meeting their objectives.…
Managing Your Staff’s Performance
Introduction A plan is only as good as the paper it is written on, until it is implemented. Getting the right staff is the very first step but making sure that the right staff are doing the right things and doing them effectively and efficiently is another important task. Peter Drucker said that ‘Plans are…
Employee Ethics – The New Source of Competitive Advantage
Fraud costs American businesses, large and small, a ton of money each year. In fact, according to the McGladrey report The Threat Within: Employee Fraud Detection and Prevention, fraud took a huge toll on American businesses, to the tune of nearly $1 trillion dollars, last year. The problem only seems to be worsening with the…
Getting the right staff for your businesses
Introduction Eighty percent (80%) of business success is tied to people. Recruiting the right people, motivating the right people, training the right people, retaining the right people while releasing the wrong ones is the key to your success. Many business under-perform because they do not know to do this or they can’t do it well.…
Why headhunting is expensive and does not always work
Introduction Eighty percent (80%) of business success is tied to people. Recruiting the right people, motivating the right people, training the right people, retaining the right people while releasing the wrong ones is the key to your success. Many business under-perform because they do not know to do this or they can’t do it well.…
How to Write a Business Plan in ten Steps
Introduction – Importance of the Business Planning Process If you are already in business and up and running, you may think the subject of business plan writing is not relevant to you. If that’s the case then I am afraid, I must let you know, that you are wrong! It is not just start-ups that…