by Russell Cummings | Jan 17, 2013 | Business Tips, Leadership, People, Planning, Process Improvement, Strategy
The term “Family business ” usually refers to a small or mid-sized company that has a local focus and is plagued with a familiar set of dilemmas such as succession. In spite of that very simple description, family businesses have played a...
by Russell Cummings | Nov 26, 2012 | Business Tips, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, People, Planning, Process Improvement, Sales, Strategy, Technology
The flipside of “success” is “failure” and it’s the latter that every business owner and manager strive hard to avoid. By definition, the term “business failure” refers to the cessation of a company’s operations following its inability to generate...
by Russell Cummings | Sep 3, 2012 | Business Tips, Leadership, Marketing, People, Strategy
Wonder when you’d get the best results with your marketing strategies? Wonder no more – with a new insight by Simon Sinek called The Golden Circle, you are sure to inspire your consumers and persuade them to make the action you’ve been expecting from them. But...
by Russell Cummings | Apr 26, 2012 | Business Tips, People, Process Improvement, Strategy
The process of searching for a VA for your business is fairly easy (it worked well for me!) and is similar to recruiting an assistant locally. The only difference is that 100% of the process is done online – tests or surveys are conducted electronically and candidates...
by Russell Cummings | Apr 5, 2012 | Business Tips, People
If your business requires you to be on the road most of the time and/or you find yourself needing assistance to get secretarial and administrative things done then a Virtual Assistant (VA) is what you need. Why a VA? In this day and age where everything is mobile,...
by Russell Cummings | Apr 18, 2011 | Business Tips, Leadership, Marketing, People, Strategy
You know, I think that over the last few decades that “business” has lost the art of managing their people. (I say “business” because obviously there are some great managers out there – but, in general, management is a lost art!) We’ve managed to pull through the GFC...
