How To Introduce Performance Pay In Small Businesses By: Niall Strickland | - Do you pay each of your employees a set wage based on their experience and service? Do you reward them based on their contribution to the success of the business? Perhaps you use a combination of both. Discover the implications of your chosen reward structure. Discover how to improve your reward structure and your business performance simultaneously.
Some smaller businesses believe that business tools are only for larger companies. This could not be further from the truth. Proper use of a number of simple business tools can seriously affect business performance by increasing both operational efficiency and profitability. I would recommend ... Tags:business tools, business planning, visio, mindmapping, business performance
How To Take A Structured Approach To Selling Your Products And Establishing Your Brand By: Niall Strickland | - When your business is in the early growth stage you may be focused on selling well known brands that belong to multi-national corporations. How do you leverage their brand strength and grow your sales, while establishing your own brand?
I have worked with many smaller companies selling on a B2B basis, which focus on building the brands of their suppliers while ignoring the opportunity to grow their own brand identity. One of the dangers in this particular strategy is that you may ... Tags:branding, promoting your business, product brochures, quality brands
Top 7 Tips For Business Owner/managers By: Niall Strickland | - As a small business owner do you often feel like a desert island in the middle of an ocean? Would you like to have some of the support structures of a larger business? Here are 7 top tips that may help you feel you are no longer on your own.
None of us have all the answers when it comes to running our own business. It can often be a lonely place, particularly when business is not so good. However, you do not need to go it alone as there are plenty of options for help and advice. I ... Tags:business networks, kkmembers, business forums, small business owner, business supports
Dealing With Mediocrity In Business By: Niall Strickland | - Do you have a strong work ethic and can-do attitude? Does it frustrate you when you have to engage with colleagues, subordinates, suppliers, customers or business associates that do not share these core values? Is this the norm or is there a way to change their attitudes?
How many times have you phoned or emailed someone and sought a commitment from them to do something and they have let you down, despite promising to deliver? I know that it happens to a lot of people quite freque ... Tags:business culture, core values, performance management, kkmembers, mediocrity
The Magic Of Mind-mapping For Business By: Niall Strickland | - Discover the benefits of mind-mapping to help you to run your business more effectively. This is a guide that shows how business owners can supercharge their performance.
Are you a really organized person? Does everything always get done on time? Are you a to-do list addict? Do you manage meetings effectively? Do you ever brainstorm with your work colleagues? Do you find planning is easy for you? Are you effective at making presentations? If you can do all of these things without ... Tags:mind mapping, mindgenius, brainstorming, kkmembers, management tools
The Magic Of Mind-mapping For Individuals By: Niall Strickland | - Discover the benefits of mind-mapping to help you to study and run your life more effectively. Get immediate results in just 5 minutes.
Have you ever come across something simple that can radically change your life? Has anyone ever handed you the keys to the candy store? Are you a structured thinker or do you simply let things happen to you? Would you like to understand a tool that can literally change your life?
The Successful Art Of Effective Questioning In Coaching By: Kevin Kinahan | - Coaching is not an exact science but rather an art form. Life and business coaching have come increasingly into vogue in the past decade and the benefits that arise from such coaching are derived from the skill of the coach and his or her ability to develop and ask well-targeted questions that open up new possibilities for the client.
From Cappuccino To Cap In Hand In 30 Seconds Flat By: Niall Strickland | - Have you ever received the devastating blow that you are surplus to your organization's requirements? Did you feel the fear coursing through your veins when you discovered that you were being tossed onto a garbage pile? Did you feel shame at being one of the victims of downsizing? Do you now feel helpless? Do you know what to do next? Here are some practical suggestions to help you ride out the storm.
The Impact Of Company Culture On Productivity By: Niall Strickland | - Regular readers of my articles will already know that I work predominantly with small and medium companies. In my experience, company culture is as important in smaller companies as it is in much larger businesses. So what is company culture?
It is largely the ethos of the business. It reflects the norms of behaviour displayed by the vast majority of employees. It can often be seen in the informal grapevine that exists in most businesses. A positive culture will see the grapevine ... Tags:business culture, leadership, kkmembers, grapevine, visionary leadership
Are You A Leader Or A Manager Of Your Business? By: Niall Strickland | - Many business owners have the impression that they are leaders of their business and not just managers. What are the essential differences between leaders and managers and what impact does this have on business performance?
If you are running a successful business, you may have the mistaken impression that you are a great leader. We all tend to inflate our capabilities when it comes to considering how our staff really views us. Many business owners who have had the courage to do 3 ... Tags:leadership, management, kkmembers, business goals, micro management
The Frequent Dilemma Of Joint Ownership - 2 Or More Conflicting Visions Of The Future By: Niall Strickland | - Partnerships are notorious for failing due to the lack of a shared vision and conflicting ideas about where the business ought to be taken. However, this is also common in limited liability companies. So what are the options when you find yourself in this situation?
Most partnerships start with a level of optimism and excitement as friends or family members decide to set up a new business. A forced partnership may also evolve when a family business is handed down to sons or daught ... Tags:partnership problems, kkmembers, shared vision, business management
Portrait Of A Dysfunctional Business Owner - Do You Recognize Yourself? By: Niall Strickland | - We all believe that we run our businesses effectively. Have you ever questioned the way you do things and wondered - why on earth do I do that? Maybe you can only spot these oddities in other people. Here is a list of a dozen hair-brained things that business owners often do.
The Key Benefits In Having A Vision, Mission & Objectives For Your Business By: Niall Strickland | - Many small business owners never take the time out to explore their reasons for being in business. They are so caught up in day-to-day activities they fail to see the big picture. So what are the benefits of having an articulated Vision, Mission and Objectives for your business?
Actually, it all starts one step removed from this. It really starts with establishing your core values. Lots of people in their middle years instinctively know what their core values are but they cannot t ... Tags:business plan, kkmembers, brainstorming, winning business plan
7 Top Reasons For Writing Or Not Writing A Business Plan By: Niall Strickland | - Many entrepreneurs and small business owners have never written a business plan and really do not see the need for one. Here are 7 top reasons why you should not, and 7 top reasons why you should, write a business plan.
7 top reasons often given for not writing a business plan.
1. Business plans are only for big companies
2. I am in control of my business and do not need a plan
How To Write A Winning Business Plan In 3 Easy Steps By: Niall Strickland | - Are you an entrepreneur that has grown your business organically and now you want to structure it in a more professional way for future growth? Or do you require external financing for your business and now need a detailed business plan to prove to investors or bankers that you have a clear idea about where you are taking the business and how you are going to get there?
Making The Leap From Entrepreneurial Start-up To Mainstream Business By: Niall Strickland | - Many entrepreneurs find it difficult to move from the entrepreneurial start-up phase of their business to creating a prosperous mainstream business. We examine some of the challenges facing business owners here.
During the entrepreneurial phase of a young business, the owners often manage by doing and have not yet considered the longer term game plan. This is an exciting time in the life of a business and the owners live on an adrenalin rush of initial success and fast paced decis ... Tags:enntrepreneur, business change, kkmembers, business plan
The 7 Most Common Hiring Mistakes Made By Small Businesses By: Niall Strickland | - Many entrepreneurial business owners share some common mistakes when hiring people. What are they and what is their impact on the business? More importantly, how do you stop doing it?
Having worked with lots of small and medium business owners for many years, I have discovered a common thread that links their hiring practices. They are as follows:
1. They do not start with a clear idea about their expectations for the new hire
2. They regularly hire the wrong candida ... Tags:entrenpreneur, small business, hiring mistakes, kkmembers
Benefits Of Electronic Acupuncture For Pain Management - Fact Or Fiction By: Kevin Kinahan | - Does electronic acupuncture measure up to traditional acupuncture when it comes to effective management of pain? The traditionalists view electronic acupuncture with scorn but is there really something in it?
I have been involved in providing alternative therapies to patients for both mental and physical pain for much of my working life. Much scepticism surrounds non-conventional treatments and many doctors are afraid to speak up about the facts. That said, there is an increasing ... Tags:pain management, acupuncture, aculife, acupressure, acupoints
Alternative Ways To Get Rid Of Pain By: Kevin Kinahan | - Reflexology is described as a natural therapy that requires the application of pressure by a therapist on specific areas of the feet. Closely aligned with Chinese Acupuncture, it focuses on restoring the body to its natural state of balance by stimulating nerve endings and unblocking energy channels in the body. It has proved to be an effective therapy for reducing or eradicating many types of pain. You need to engage a reflexologist to work on your feet and this can take many sessions over a p ... Tags:acupressure, acupuncture, pain management, aculife, alternative therapies, electronic acupuncture
