By Takis Athanassiou | 6 mins read | Nov 10, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
Today’s post is written by
Kelly Smith. Kelly works at
CourseFinder, an Australian online education resource. She is passionate about writing and innovations in the digital world.
There’s nothing worse than executives who fail to communicate their vision to employees. If a team doesn’t share a strong company vision, it’s easy to lose focus and direction and a company will struggle to successfully implement its business strategy.
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By Takis Athanassiou | 4 mins read | Nov 9, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
In the 90s, teleworking (or “telecommuting” as it was known then) became a fairly popular topic. This, of course, is the art of using new technology to work from home instead of at the office. Things weren’t very sophisticated then, and it didn’t take off on a grand scale. It did give birth to an interesting mantra, though. “Work is what we do, not where we are.”
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By Takis Athanassiou | 6 mins read | Oct 31, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
When I start working I was holding already two different university degrees and one M.A. I was rushed to move on business in order to “start working” as I then thought! The knowledge and skills I had were more than enough for any profession, yet, I had the sense, that something missing!
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By Contributing Author | 3 mins read | Oct 26, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
The modern market moves at a frightening speed. Sometimes it feels as though business methods are becoming outdated faster than they’re appearing. Keeping up can seem like a gargantuan task, but there are some simple and effective ways to keep your business at the forefront of the market. While it can be tempting to fall back on standard practices, a business that refuses to adapt is a business guaranteed to fall behind.
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By Takis Athanassiou | 9 mins read | Oct 24, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching, Personal Growth & Development
Simplicity is not abandonment! It is what I thought when I realize more and more that I needed to do the things I used to do in a different way. Don’t get me wrong! I have a mental affection (and affiliation, along with a healthy curiosity) for complex systems, dynamical systems, fuzzy logic & engineering, swarm intelligence, chaos theory, fractals,catastrophe theory, game theory, singularities, Markov chains, behavioral economics, etc.! I still love puzzles, mental games, and challenges, but, as I move on, I found myself to try to do the things in more simple ways!
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By Contributing Author | 4 mins read | Oct 21, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
Setting up a business email might seem like a small and insignificant task. But it’s something that requires your full attention and should never be rushed. The business email you use can have a significant influence on the success of your business. If chosen well, it can help to build loyal and trustworthy relationships with your clients. This can go on to increase your sales and promote business growth. But using emails that look unprofessional can have the entirely opposite effect. So rather than doing this task as quickly as possible, take your time and follow these expert tips.
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By Contributing Author | 3 mins read | Oct 18, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching, Personal Growth & Development
Today’s post is written by
Calvin Page. Calvin is a journalist and blogger who specializes in articles concerned with all things business, from finance to management, to keeping a green office, and even the real estate aspects. For more information contact Calvin here:
[email protected].
If you are interested in starting and running your own business or working on a self-employed basis, but also want to pursue a career in the healthcare industry, there are many reasons to consider going into counseling. Becoming a counselor or therapist is one of the best ways to start your own business in the healthcare profession. Although counselors may often start off by working in a hospital, doctor’s office, school, or even in the workplace, many will go on to work out of their own homes or a private office on a self-employed basis. We’ve put together a guide to help you start your own business offering therapy and counseling.
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By Takis Athanassiou | 3 mins read | Oct 14, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
Competing with other companies is not something that’s ever been particularly easy. There are a lot of companies out there, and it seems to be getting harder to establish yourself. So what can you do to make your company the obvious choice for customers? Well, there are a number of things, and it’s important to try and come up with the best approach. See, customers respond to specific ideals and philosophies, and you need to be aware of this.
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By Takis Athanassiou | 5 mins read | Oct 3, 2016 | Entrepreneurship & Business Growth, Leadership & Coaching
Frank Herbert in his masterpiece, Dune have written that “a beginning is a very delicate time“! And that it is true not only in sci-fi novels and epic writings but in business as well. Frank Herbert was a very detailed observer of the complex systems’ behavior and described in his work many interactions among them caused by or initiated by seemingly casual or unobserved events or due to the ignorance of a specific situation. The same thing applies to business as well. In order to move to the business world, you need to know exactly “what’s your business is?” And that is not always easy to be answered!
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