Category: Proposal Management

May 24, 2019

Are you the type of boss that wants to walk into an office with happy and energetic employees? Do you want to be certain that your staff members are meeting deadlines and contributing their fare share to the workload? Do […]

May 23, 2019

Why is it that leaders often believe they’ve given clear direction, while the rank-and-file remains practically unaware that there’s been any communication at all? I just got an email from a mid-level manager who’s in the midst of a change […]

May 22, 2019

Imagine what greater efficiency could look like in your life and work. Maybe you would automate a common email chain or customer inquiry. Run five miles in 35 minutes instead of 40. Or trim business expenses by 10 percent. There […]

May 21, 2019

Every ambitious entrepreneur has the same major objective — for their startup business idea to become the next big thing. It may be hard to imagine, but Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerburg were once in the same position as most […]

May 8, 2019

Shaquille O’Neal. What do you associate with this famous name? Most likely, you rank him among the greatest basketball players of all time. Or, you picture his imposing size: 7ft 1inches (2.16 metres) and 325 pounds (147 kg). Maybe now […]

May 7, 2019

Imagine that you are sitting in the boardroom of a major global drinks company, charged with producing a new product that will rival the position of Coca-Cola as the world’s second-most-popular cold nonalcoholic drink. How would you respond? The first […]

May 2, 2019

Even businesses with great products and hungry markets can fail. If you don’t take care of the “boring” stuff, your company won’t last long enough to deliver on all the promises you made to your customers. That’s not to say […]

April 29, 2019

Human capital issues are becoming increasingly important to modern day corporate success. Over the last several years, some of the biggest U.S. corporations have enacted better workplace policies, from making efforts to narrow the pay gap (Salesforce and Microsoft) to […]

April 26, 2019

If you suspect that your company’s employee learning processes are outdated, you’re probably right. In fact, employee engagement platform Glint and its parent company, LinkedIn, are betting on it. The brainchild of Jim Barnett, Glint resolves to use real-time KPI […]

April 25, 2019

Business leadership can be exhausting. So take a break, and indulge and reflect on glorious memories of our National Pastime. It’s springtime in Chicagoland, and thoughts, at least on the north side, again turn toward the perpetual saga of the […]