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Although winning in business is important, it’s how we win that matters. Winning the goodwill of customers by giving them better service or a better product is much more critical. Winning should not be about making more money. It’s about doing the best that you can AND doing what’s in the long-term best interests of all your stakeholders, be they customers, your staff or the environment. We should demand this much from companies’ leaders and their boards
“It’s probably no coincidence that ‘policy’ and ‘police’ have a common etymological basis,” says Andy Rice, a brand strategist. “But if a social media policy is only sustained by vigilant policing (= “control”) your brand is in trouble!” Jessica Hubbard investigates why your brand needs a social media policy.
When the disclosure requirements were introduced, it enabled the man in the street to see what the CEOs of listed companies were being paid. However, it also enabled the CEOs themselves to see what other CEOs were getting paid. Those CEOs who were getting less than their colleagues threw their toys out the cot and demanded that their salaries be brought in line with those of their peers. Gain Symanowitz explores why CEOs get the big bucks.
Have you ever received advice from someone a good few years older than you? Most of it was probably sage advice. Did you listen and change your habits? Probably not. Very often, it’s only after we’ve experienced the painful consequences of ignored advice, that we finally listen.
We all hate meetings. The world’s most productive and successful companies have come up with strategies to help them get the most of their meetings. Hopefully some of these will help you too.
The problem is that most employers have no idea what employees like about working at the company. If they did, they would work at making that even better, so that it became a competitive advantage in the fierce war for talent. They would display it proudly on their career pages instead of the glib clichés that usually populate this section of the company website.
Economist Johan Fourie says that investors should not be be blinded by the bling of big bucks. A careful assessment of risk and return remains the cornerstone of a good investment if you are considering going into Africa
Fancy impressing the new boss or taking a big name client out to celebrate a deal? Few things go down better than a good steakhouse. If that is the case then you might want to pay attention to which venues scored highly in the inaugural Wolftrap Steakhouse Championships where it was announced that The Local [...]
An incomplete 144 room structure with a view of Table Mountain is up for auction in Cape Town, presenting a great investment opportunity for the savvy entrepreneur.
Project managers can achieve greater success by focusing on three key principles: capturing knowledge effectively; improving communication and reducing waste. According to the UCT Graduate School, a strategic approach to project management can reduce the failure rate of projects. Read here to find out more.
