What is the XYZ factor?The XYZ Factor isn’t a place or a company or an age. It’s a new kind of culture where innovation, accessibility, and transparency are the norm. It’s an environment created on the principles of the Millennial generation to foster intergenerational productivity in a new kind of office culture. An XYZ organization’s employees are challenged, engaged, and excited to produce. Simply put, XYZ companies have an «it» factor that helps them...
Inspired by the principles developed in the "Service Profit Chain", Mike Hohnen takes you through each of the steps needed to create an outstanding service business.<br><br>We live in a world of abundance – there is plenty of choice everywhere. And since 2008 we have experienced significant drops in demand as consumers became more careful. The result is a widening gap between supply and demand in virtually any category you can imagine....
16 Start-Up Strategies for Entrepreneurs What is a self-made man or woman? Ever thought about it? Success is not a straight-line deal. There is no A-to-Z path, and there are no magic beans that will carry you upward overnight. Have you ever wondered how to start, scale up, build teams, and flourish in an uncontested market? I can tell you. I did it. In 1992, I landed in Estonia with $400 in my pocket. There, I discovered a truth that changed my life and the way I conducted business: You can...
Are you relying on the sale of your business to provide all or part of your retirement? Or maybe your business sale proceeds will fund a new venture? Whether the sale of your business comes tomorrow or ten years from tomorrow, the steps you take (or don't take) today, determine whether your business will eventually sell for the best and highest price.<br><br>After reading this guide, you will know how to identify as well as remedy the most common...
How To Write Bids That Win Business brings together over 30 years of know-how in creating and crafting successful bids for tendered contracts. This book is an invaluable guide for bid managers and bid writing teams. It shows you how to: – create a bid writing strategy that plays to your organisation's strengths – increase your success rate by focusing on bids you are more likely to win – avoid at the outset bidding for contracts you don't want to win – embed robust bid writing...
Jordan Daykin hit the headlines at the age of 18 when he became the youngest ever person to win investment in the <i>Dragons' Den</i> for his invention GripIt, a building product he created with his grandad in the garden shed. GripIt was an instant success, attracting interest from DIY and building supply stores across the country within days of being launched. Today, GripIt Fixings is a global enterprise, with his products stocked in stores around the world. And Jordan is a...
The question of 'what happens when I want to step away from all this?' is one that keeps many business owners awake at night. 'How does my entrepreneur story end in a way that preserves the good I’ve built up, and looks after the employees and clients?' For the owner who has spent a big chunk of their working life building up a business they passionately believe in, and nurturing staff they care about, traditional succession planning doesn’t work. Employee ownership is...
