What factors influence corporate culture? And how can businesses develop the kind of culture that fosters productivity and profitability? AMA commissioned a study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity to find out....
So you say your organization is focused on the customer, and you've got the sound bites and slogans to prove it. But have you made the strategic choice to actually execute a customer-centric approach, or have you simply added a few meaningless words...
How leaders can show front-line workers the respect and appreciation they deserve.
Now, more than ever, the customer is king. The author of a new book, Make It Glow, offers five simple strategies for building customer loyalty during the downturn....
Many customers are finding it more and more difficult to get acceptable levels of service from the companies they do business with-regardless of how much they spend, how long they've been a customer or how profitable they are. Attention, CEO's: this...
Every salesperson knows that it is far less costly to keep loyal customers than to find new ones. Here are 10 tips that will help you find your dream customer-the "customer for life."...
Why employees whine, how to deal with whiners, and how to prevent whining.
What's worse than having a really bad boss? Having a boss who doesn't do anything at all. Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., dubs this character the "no-boss boss," and she awards him the #1 spot in her book A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses:...
Few business roles have changed during the last decade as dramatically as that of the CFO. Formerly viewed as accountants focused on budgets and taxes, today's CFOs are business generalists involved in improving performance across the organization....
An excerpt from John Baldoni's book Lead by Example explores the practice and art of delegation.