Turning problems into opportunities

A more structured way of handling problems in your organisation could be the key to reducing costs, improving service and business profitability.

Strategic planning – where to start

If you don’t know where your business is going, any road will get you there. Senior business managers are often so preoccupied with immediate issues that they lose sight of their ultimate objectives. That’s why a business review or preparation of a strategic plan is a virtual necessity. This may not be a recipe for success, but without it a business is much more likely to fail.

Change management

When change happens,  it is usually a combination of the following:

• The change that is external to your organisation and may or  may not be anticipated
• The change that is brought about impacting your business which is uncontrolled
• The change which your organisation aims to bring about and which it tries to  manage.

Key to  ‘managing change’ is alignment.

Do you reach your target market online

Many businesses still don’t reach their target market online. They still lack any presence on the internet, other than a product or contact page and do not fully know how the web can serve their business needs.

Back in year 2000, there were 360 million internet users globally. By 2010, there were two billion users. Over the same decade, the number of domains hosted rose from 93 million to approximately 800 million.

What makes a good manager

Fundamentally, Managers differ from the rest of the workforce to the extent that they manage ideas, things or people. Each of these three requires a different set of skills from a Manager.

Where will you be a few years from now?

If you thought your future was mapped out, think again.  The world, the way we work and how we live,  are subject to exponential change.  This mind-boggling video, even though a little out of date already, is sure to get you thinking and wondering. Please watch the video “Did You Know”