Leadership in a VUCA world

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. That’s VUCA. An acronym. An accurate description of today’s rapidly changing work environment. Leading in a VUCA world takes agility. Keeping up with unprecedented and unbridled change isn’t easy. But understanding the implications of each VUCA component and learning techniques to cope with it, is a good start. VUCA World describes them as:  … Continue reading Leadership in a VUCA world

How to develop a successful omnichannel marketing strategy

Omnichannel is a cross-channel content strategy used to improve the customer experience and drive better relationships across all possible channels and touchpoints. This includes traditional and digital channels, point-of-sale, and physical and online experiences. man drawing schedule of business growth Omnichannel refers to the multichannel sales approach that provides the customer with an integrated shopping experience. … Continue reading How to develop a successful omnichannel marketing strategy

When and how should organizations identify their stakeholders and interests?

Regardless of the purpose of your effort, identifying stakeholders and their interests should be among the first, if not the very first, of the items on your agenda. It’s generally the fairest course you can take, and the one that is most likely to keep your effort out of trouble. Photo by Tiger Lily on Pexels.com … Continue reading When and how should organizations identify their stakeholders and interests?

What do we mean by stakeholders and their interests?

Stakeholders are those who may be affected by or have an effect on an effort.  They may also include people who have a strong interest in the effort for academic, philosophical, or political reasons, even though they and their families, friends, and associates are not directly affected by it. Photo by Rebrand Cities on Pexels.com … Continue reading What do we mean by stakeholders and their interests?

How to build a comprehensive contact list

The sectors of a community are its basic component parts. Just about anything that exists has such components. Living beings have organs and cells; nations have towns and cities; galaxies have stars. In a community, the basic component parts are often called sectors. Think of sectors as pieces of the pie. Here's one way to … Continue reading How to build a comprehensive contact list

Staff meeting rules for hair salon managers

Are you bored of the daily and weekly staff meetings? In this article, Irobiko Chimezie Kingsley shares some simple steps that will transform your team’s morale… Photo by Christina Morillo on Pexels.com Even if it is difficult to justify the time, holding regular meetings is vital for effective management and communication. The best staff meetings will save … Continue reading Staff meeting rules for hair salon managers

Importance of intellectual property for business

In today's competitive environment, innovation is the mainstay for every business that leads to development of intellectual property. Identifying, developing, and leveraging innovation provides competitive edge and aids in long term success of the company. Intellectual property is not limited to technology companies, but is valuable for every business which invests huge sums in research … Continue reading Importance of intellectual property for business

Can Elon Musk lead global management and sustainability with this attitude?

Elon Musk has had many rough years as an influential tech leader. Elon Musk, Tesla CEO The Tesla CEO has been dogged by a seemingly unending list of setbacks. There were leaks showing how the company was covering up its high rates of worker injuries, a fatal accident involving its Autopilot driver-assist system, fires in the paint shop and a … Continue reading Can Elon Musk lead global management and sustainability with this attitude?

7 Powerful business management tools you need to retain customers

In today’s business environment, customers have a lot of influence. They don’t just wish for a good experience with your brand but they feel it’s their right to have positive experience with your brand. The experience your brand gives to a customer differentiates your company, corporate image and reputation from any other brand. Therefore, enhancing … Continue reading 7 Powerful business management tools you need to retain customers

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Cashew farming and Nigeria’s diversification from oil and gas

Cashew farming and Nigeria’s diversification from oil and gas Nigeria's continuous decline in cashew production between 1970 to 2000 was a result of many factors, particularly unavailability of loans from financial institutions due to collateral. Olomola (1999) cited inadequate storage facilities as one of the major setbacks. On the other hand, the Nigerian economy has … Continue reading Cashew farming and Nigeria’s diversification from oil and gas

New ways to find, develop and retain best employees

With ongoing workforce shortages in the technology sector, much has been said about the need for government to get more creative in its IT recruiting efforts. But there’s a second half of the equation that often gets overlooked. As recruiting gets ever more competitive, there’s a growing need for enhanced IT resiliency. CIOs need to … Continue reading New ways to find, develop and retain best employees

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Sample DBA perspectives for client business transformation

POTENTIAL DBA PERSPPECTIVES FOR CLIENT BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION (A case study for Nigerian Breweries Plc.) In his work on poor management, Kreisman categorized managers between those who are loyal and productive and others who are unmotivated and disengaged. Further, productive workers are synonymous with high turnover and are most likely promoted, retained and motivated whereas those … Continue reading Sample DBA perspectives for client business transformation

Why do companies need a Balanced Score Card (BSC)?

Organizations function with distinct management, placement and communication procedures but their BSC remains a workable path which defines value-creation methodologies. In their performance assessment study, Kaplan R. S. and David Norton (2005) opined that successful firms don’t just examine operations with monetary measurements but use other assessment tools such as clients, internal processes, together with … Continue reading Why do companies need a Balanced Score Card (BSC)?

Strategic Road Map to Achieving Growth through Commitment on Workers’ Welfare: A Case Study of Nigerian Breweries Plc.

Strategic Road Map to Achieving Growth through Commitment on Workers’ Welfare: A Case Study of Nigerian Breweries Plc.   CHAPTER 1 EVIDENCE REVIEW INTRODUCTION Modern day scholars have repeatedly criticized traditional budgeting as an effective means of management control despite its popularity by Johnson and Kaplan in the mid-80s. There is no doubt that the … Continue reading Strategic Road Map to Achieving Growth through Commitment on Workers’ Welfare: A Case Study of Nigerian Breweries Plc.

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BYE-BYE-LOVE: Chinese tech giant Huawei moving business from US to Canada

The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company. In an interview with Toronto's Global and Mail newspaper, Ren Zhengfei said the move was necessary because Huawei would be blocked from interacting with U.S. employees. Huawei Technologies Ltd. is the … Continue reading BYE-BYE-LOVE: Chinese tech giant Huawei moving business from US to Canada