As a leader, beware the ivory tower. The metaphorical ivory tower is anywhere you isolate yourself … from your employees, from your owners, and even from an honest assessment of your leadership skills. How do you know if you are …
I have been wrestling with the emerging field of sustainable entrepreneurship, which has its roots in the concept of sustainable development that grew out of the conservation and environmental movement of the 1970’s, so I undertook a short analysis to …
‘Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.’ The famous saying has indeed incited even the tech-savvy crowd to step back and to think before racing into the realm of automation, mechanization, robotics, and computers. A modern term to …
A business that’s serious about building its client base always looks for new ways to attract clients. Advertising in the Yellow Pages, promoting your own website and blog, ads in community papers are all part of the marketing mix. However, …
Business if done carefully may provide you with the riches that you are dreaming of, but if you are careless about it, then you might fall into debt. Therefore, it is very important to find business ideas to increase your …
Entrepreneurship which is the practice of finding and starting a business opportunity, locating and consolidating the required money and materials and taking both the risks and rewards associated with the venture is where all who wish to make and enjoy …
The difference in business ideas can be compared to the difference between mediocre and exceptional and between boredom and passion. Whether you’re coming up with an effective way to streamline the job search process, writing a best-selling headline to attract …
Business intelligence or BI refers to skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support business decision-making. Several factors are analyzed in the process of making high quality decisions. Customers, competitors, business partners, economic environment and forecasts, and internal operations …
What is the principal thing you need to succeed in your business today? Money. Sure, you need it, but it is not the main ingredient for success. People. Of course they are necessary, but having them may not guarantee success. …
When you're marketing things, mindset is at least 80% of the game. We could quibble about the number all day, but eventually we'd have to agree: mindset is a big part of marketing. But what is really meant by this …
What makes you an entrepreneur?; this question is simple but very difficult to answer. For a long time, people have studied the science behind entrepreneurial process, what drives a great entrepreneur, the things that make an ordinary person transforms into …
Training and development (also labeled as "learning and development") is always acknowledged as crucial to the success of any business; both in-house and outsourced; whether training courses, on-line learning or executive coaching. Conversely, it is often the first area to …
A majority of organizations don’t always evaluate the business impact of a formal training program out of sheer ignorance or lack of commitment to investing the needed resources to accomplish this noble endeavor. Worse still some organizations are not certain …
Life and Personality Development can be the most complex coaching theme because each person is unique. Life is an evolving project. We must make it happen. Coaching assists people in making choices that make them happy. There are no right …
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni hits a home run. This article explains five reasons I think you will enjoy reading it. 5 Reasons You will relate to the scenario. Who can't relate to being part of …
Nigeria, said to be giant of Africa and with a robust population of over 150 million, can boast of bountiful supply of human resources, both skilled and unskilled, made up of men and women, account for the capital base of …
If you’re looking for some great home business ideas, you’re sure to find one or two in the list below that will be well worth considering. These home based businesses can be run as a full time or part time …
Every business works with the aim of earning profits and this can be achieved by taking the right business decisions. Business leaders take innumerable decisions that influence the work in various ways. However, the ultimate goal is to make the …
The haulage industry in Nigeria in most parts of Africa and the world has continued to grow. In Nigeria, the emergence of big industrial sector leaders like the Dangote Group, the increasing consumption of petroleum products in remote locations in …
Dr. Carol S. Dweck was challenged by her student to write a book on the results of years of their research study. Dr. Carol S. Dweck rose to the occasion and has written this book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of …
Starting an online business can be freeing if the entrepreneur knows what they are doing. But what does a new entrepreneur do if they are not experience in online business? The key to an online business is to leverage how …
Staff development is defined as the improvement of the knowledge and skills of employees within an organization by providing them with training. Organizations that invest in staff development have found that it improves efficiency, improves productivity, ensures the continuation of …
There are immense benefits from conducting a structured training needs analysis to discover where your business or organisation can benefit most from the application of training. Often, an organisation or business sends people on regular training courses because they believe …
The pivotal position occupied by entrepreneurship as a sustainable tool for rapid economic growth and development of a country cannot be over emphasized. This is evident in several available literatures written by scholars on the subject matter but a closer …