How to Encourage Teamwork in Your Organisation
The most successful businesses in the world put a huge emphasis on teamwork. These organisations do this for some very good reasons. A business becomes stronger and each employee contributes more. As well as this, there is less confusion because each team member knows what they are doing and understands what the overall goal of their ‘team’ or company is. Below are some of the best ways you can encourage teamwork in your business. Set...
Starting a Business: Quotes from the Experts Explained
It is a common misconception that the business world is entirely dog-eat-dog. A madcap scramble to success followed by a king-of-the-hill strategy of crushing anyone who comes close to reaching your lofty heights. In reality, though, those who’ve made it to the top are keen not to stop others from joining them on the podium, but actually encourage them to do so. A seemingly constant barrage of business advice from the top-tier...
How to Scale Your Business Effectively and Ensure Staff Happiness
There was a time when the word ‘entrepreneur’ was still relatively new to most people. This was before the meteoric rise of reality shows like The Apprentice. It was before the global recession, which forced governments to dig deep and invest in ever more innovative ways to create jobs. The thought of actually being an entrepreneur didn’t really occur to most, as it seemed to come with far too much risk. Now, things are very...
Top 5 Reasons Why Business Owners Need to Keep Learning
When was the last time you attended a training course or spent some time learning a new skill? Unfortunately, a large number of business owners don’t continually update their skill set and their business suffers as a result. Below are some of the main reasons every business owner needs to keep learning new things. 1. You Stay Competitive and Sharp Over time, the decision makers in an organisation often rest on their laurels and...
How to Maximise Your Chances of a Promotion into a Management Role
Some people go through life happy to stay in the same job, on the same pay grade, with little or no responsibility. There is nothing wrong with this approach – after all, the cogs of industry grind on thanks to reliable, unambitious souls like this – but if you have your eye on a promotion, you need to lay the groundwork first. In some cases, promotion is part of the package. For example, if you graduate from an MSA program online...
4 Rules for Self-Employment Success
Entrepreneurs are at the heart of economic development, generating jobs and tax revenue for cities, states and national authorities. But the prospect of starting and maintaining a business is full of risk, calling-for a special type of commitment from those intent on being self-employed. Financial matters, in particular, present challenges for entrepreneurs, ranging from generating start-up capital to effectively funding ongoing...
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The Amazon Echo now doubles as a home intercom system
Amazon will officially release the Show in a few days, but in the meantime, the company is introducing a long-awaited intercom feature for existing Echo devices. The addition uses Drop-In, a teleconferencing feature introduced on the Show that lets close friends and family members call into one another’s device with little warning.
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Autotalks brings motorcycles into the conversation
Autotalks has been developing technologies that allow vehicles to talk to anything — V2X, to the nerds in the know. It’s one of the technologies that will enable fully autonomous vehicles to roam our roads. But where does that leave motorcycles, which will still have riders who rely on interactions with human drivers? That’s where B2V, or bike to vehicle, technology comes in. Read More
Sony to demo 3D face biometric running on an Xperia smartphone
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