Monthly Archives: January 2010

Understanding Financial Statements: The Balance Sheet

The balance sheet is important to business operations in general. It provides a snapshot of what the company owns and what they owe to outside sources. The balance sheet is also known as a profit and loss account. By either name, this special form of financial statement provides great insight into an organization’s holdings. Breaking Down the Balance Sheet To clarify, a balance sheet shows how much money the organization has, how much property they own, and most import...

Preparation for Lean Manufacturing

It seems that every manufacturing company is now trying to adapt the Lean Philosophy, invented and mastered by Toyota Corporation. Lean manufacturing has also spilled over into non manufacturing industries. Unfortunately, many companies don’t completely understand the true meaning of Lean Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing, simply put, is “continuously improving your processes to eliminate waste”. This sounds simple, but many companies will fail!

Assessing Trade Show Sponsorships: Smart Move or Waste of Money?

Participating in a trade show is expensive. From the minute you express interest in exhibiting at a show, you're flooded with sponsorship opportunities. All sponsorship opportunities are valuable -- to the right exhibitor. There must be a good match between the exhibitor, their goals and objectives, and the results the sponsorship can deliver.

20 Tips On Presenting Corporate & Office Areas

1. If you operate an office that receives visiting clients you probably have a reception area. Such an area can be used to great advantage. While your client is waiting to see you why not give them the opportunity to learn about you and the company? Large photographs of the factory or the products / services you provide help to make it clear what your company does or stands for. It also gives an insight into areas your visitor may not be able to access under normal circumstan...

Praise Matters

As a coach, someone helping people improve their performance for the benefit of both the individual and the organization, there are typically two types of feedback that you could provide on their performance at anytime. The most important and most overlooked is positive feedback which I call praise.

Portfolio Management – Let The Professionals Take The Load

Do you have a lot of shares in different companies? Do you have a large sum that you are looking to invest in the stock market? Are you finding that doing the essential research too time consuming? You might want to consider a portfolio management company. Share Portfolio management is an option for those with a high value portfolio of shares, or a large amount of capital to invest in shares and commodity futures. Portfolio managers have various minimum values that th...
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