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Hub You - The Highway That Makes Turnarounds Possible
A positive attitude in the workplace. This is possibly the single best attribute that successful career-minded people have.A positive attitude in the workplace simply refers to the fact that people you come into contact with clearly see that you are someone who cares about work and are someone who they can rely on.Therefore, you are someone they want to be around.Working as a recruiter has allowed me to meet many different people each with their own personality, skills, goals and experience. The one thing that I tend to remember most about a job searcher is whether or not they have a positive attitude in the workplace and there are a number of ways I can measure this.Do they speak positively about their current or former employer?How positively do they speak of their accomplishments?Do they seem like a happy person who is proud of their work or are they desperate to escape their current employer?Basically, are they someone who I want to help with their job search or do I never want to see this person again? Nobody wants to hang around people who drag you down, right?When I say “positive attitude in the workplace” I am referring to having a positive attitude in each and every aspect of t
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that ther
Working with a verbally abusive boss is something that people often have to deal with.I'm speaking specifically about a verbally abusive boss and not one who is physically abusive. If I had to deal with a physically abusive boss, I wouldn't be working there anymore and I'd be consulting a lawyer.If your boss uses abusive language, the first thing I'd try to determine is whether they use it against just you or against others in the office. In other words, is it a problem that only you face or have you witnessed your boss doing it to others as well? Determining this might help you to see if you're in this alone or if there are others experiencing the same treatment.If others in your office experience this behavior, do they also consider it to be abusive? In other words, might it be open to interpretation or is it definitely "abusive" in the eyes of any reasonable person?Your first step could be to politely ask your boss in private to refrain from using the specific language that is offending you. Be prepared to give your boss specifics if they ask since they might not even be aware of it especially if they put any of it into writing ie. in their emails to you.If this doesn't help and if you have an HR departm
Rapid History of Rapid Growth
Back in the 1980s the notion of an Information Superhighway was touted around the mainstream media. Over the next few years this mind-boggling notion went from a science fiction scenario to a slow but functioning reality.
A few far-sighted manufacturing businesses installed fast always-on connections and some created websites, although most of them were little more than online brochures. A few also saw the benefits of e-mail but most dismissed the flexibility of the Internet as irrelevant to their business. Many invested significant amounts in alternative ‘fixed’ technology that quickly became outdated such as EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) networks that connected two companies through a single dedicated line. Even the mighty Microsoft seemed to regard the Internet as a sideshow; it allowed Netscape to become the dominant Internet browser of the early Internet and well into the mid 1990s before realizing that it was missing a trick.
In many respects consumers were quicker to embrace the Internet, even with the limitations of dial-up access. In 1990 there were around 2.6 million people using the Internet, with 2 million of them in the United States . By the end of 1997, there were 99.96 million Internet users worldwide . Two years later there were 280 million worldwide, and within another two years it almost doubled to 530 million, with 16% of those accessing the Internet wirelessly. In 2005 global Internet users tipped over the magic billion to reach 1,080,000,000 users . It’s largely thanks to consumer uptake that companies have been forced to recognize how the Internet can be used as both a marketing and a sales channel to reach huge markets
Because of the speed of this change, many businesses, and not just manufacturers, have not been able to keep up with developments – missing out on opportunities to find new collaborative partners, actively market their products or develop new services for customers. A wide range of business have seen market share (and profits) slump as products become outdated faster than new products and services are introduced. They have seen costs slashed by competitors producing in lower-cost countries and buying low cost technologies, as well as the introduction of alternative products and technologies.
According to one e-manufacturing site, the critical issues that need to be faced up to include:
• Reduced consumer switching costs with the Internet making it easier for an existing customer to find, contact and collaborate with competitors
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that there
A typical business environment would like all processes to be assessed for improvement possibilities. The competitive business world demands that all business processes be at their peak performance levels at all times to meet challenges. These challenges, as defined by the ‘Voice of Customer’ and the projections of ROI, are not fixed but moving targets.For business success, organizations have to realize the contribution of employee assessment. Employee assessment results in measurable metrics called ‘Employee Ratings’. Business organizations embarking upon an employee rating exercise, use internal and cross organizational surveys which assess ‘as is’ conditions with regard to perceptions of employees about their work environment.The survey may be divided into two parts; one preliminary and the other comprehensive. A representative sample of employees may be taken into confidence for conducting what can be called a preliminary interview. The interview has to be invariably conducted in a formal environment for the feedback to be as real as possible. The purpose of this employee assessment exercise is to find out the present situation so that the metrics can be compared with the goal, point by point.Preliminary Assessment G
A few far-sighted manufacturing businesses installed fast always-on connections and some created websites, although most of them were little more than online brochures. A few also saw the benefits of e-mail but most dismissed the flexibility of the Internet as irrelevant to their business. Many invested significant amounts in alternative ‘fixed’ technology that quickly became outdated such as EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) networks that connected two companies through a single dedicated line. Even the mighty Microsoft seemed to regard the Internet as a sideshow; it allowed Netscape to become the dominant Internet browser of the early Internet and well into the mid 1990s before realizing that it was missing a trick.
In many respects consumers were quicker to embrace the Internet, even with the limitations of dial-up access. In 1990 there were around 2.6 million people using the Internet, with 2 million of them in the United States . By the end of 1997, there were 99.96 million Internet users worldwide . Two years later there were 280 million worldwide, and within another two years it almost doubled to 530 million, with 16% of those accessing the Internet wirelessly. In 2005 global Internet users tipped over the magic billion to reach 1,080,000,000 users . It’s largely thanks to consumer uptake that companies have been forced to recognize how the Internet can be used as both a marketing and a sales channel to reach huge markets
Because of the speed of this change, many businesses, and not just manufacturers, have not been able to keep up with developments – missing out on opportunities to find new collaborative partners, actively market their products or develop new services for customers. A wide range of business have seen market share (and profits) slump as products become outdated faster than new products and services are introduced. They have seen costs slashed by competitors producing in lower-cost countries and buying low cost technologies, as well as the introduction of alternative products and technologies.
According to one e-manufacturing site, the critical issues that need to be faced up to include:
• Reduced consumer switching costs with the Internet making it easier for an existing customer to find, contact and collaborate with competitors
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that ther
Does it make sense to become franchise consultant these days? Would this make a good career choice? Well franchising is a very rewarding field and good franchise business consultants are needed, as the failure rates for Franchising Companies is 75%.The franchisee failure rate is very low and especially low consider the start-from-scratch small business failure rates. Any time a consultant can reduce business failures in an Industry Sector that indeed is a wonderful thing, thus a career as a franchise consultant can be quite rewarding and worth of interest.There are some drawbacks to being a franchise consultant, as the industry is so highly and over regulated. Although this also means that franchising companies need some help in complying with all the rules. Nevertheless, many of the rules involve legal disclosures required by law and therefore the lawyers have a lock down on much of it.Unfortunately, most of the franchising lawyers do not understand franchising only franchise law, and even then some debate their knowledge there. Franchising Consultants need both franchisee and franchisor understanding and they must have some real hands on experience in the industry. Perhaps a career as a franchise consultant is right fo
In many respects consumers were quicker to embrace the Internet, even with the limitations of dial-up access. In 1990 there were around 2.6 million people using the Internet, with 2 million of them in the United States . By the end of 1997, there were 99.96 million Internet users worldwide . Two years later there were 280 million worldwide, and within another two years it almost doubled to 530 million, with 16% of those accessing the Internet wirelessly. In 2005 global Internet users tipped over the magic billion to reach 1,080,000,000 users . It’s largely thanks to consumer uptake that companies have been forced to recognize how the Internet can be used as both a marketing and a sales channel to reach huge markets
Because of the speed of this change, many businesses, and not just manufacturers, have not been able to keep up with developments – missing out on opportunities to find new collaborative partners, actively market their products or develop new services for customers. A wide range of business have seen market share (and profits) slump as products become outdated faster than new products and services are introduced. They have seen costs slashed by competitors producing in lower-cost countries and buying low cost technologies, as well as the introduction of alternative products and technologies.
According to one e-manufacturing site, the critical issues that need to be faced up to include:
• Reduced consumer switching costs with the Internet making it easier for an existing customer to find, contact and collaborate with competitors
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that ther
New Arena of Dubai highlights the Dubai Investment Park and Dubai Investment Privileges in Industrial Sector. It represents world-best Infrastructure, entirely developed plots along with No hidden charges. It’s unique feature is the quality controls to maintain development, water supply network. Dubai maritime city free zone would act as a heart for maritime businesses from six core sectors like Maritime Services, Marine Management and Product Marketing, Shipping research and Education as well as Ship Design and Manufacturing.United Arab Emirates famously know as Seven Emirates that contains Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. In Fact, JCA Consulting represent broadly established free zones essentials of Dubai Silicon Oasis Free Zone, Cars & Automotive Free Zone, Dubai Maritime City Free Zone."Offshore" is a word that resolves the Structural and Judicial status of a business firm. For Offshore Business Activity, any business operation should be conducted registration outside the country for offshore activity. In this case the firm is exempted from all or most of taxes in the registration country.Dubai Silicon Oasis Free Zone is a World-class technology park focused on drawing
Because of the speed of this change, many businesses, and not just manufacturers, have not been able to keep up with developments – missing out on opportunities to find new collaborative partners, actively market their products or develop new services for customers. A wide range of business have seen market share (and profits) slump as products become outdated faster than new products and services are introduced. They have seen costs slashed by competitors producing in lower-cost countries and buying low cost technologies, as well as the introduction of alternative products and technologies.
According to one e-manufacturing site, the critical issues that need to be faced up to include:
• Reduced consumer switching costs with the Internet making it easier for an existing customer to find, contact and collaborate with competitors
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that ther
The Ultimate Survival Guide for locals, expats and for all those that have to live and work with them.Whether you just arrived at your new overseas posting, or are a long time seasoned expatriate manager with years of experience, I hope that his short paper will put a smile on your face.Imagine that one day out of the blue a large ship, larger than one you have ever seen arrives. Big men, and strange beasts land on your land, brandishing modern weapons of mass destruction, riding intimidating four legged creatures emitting strange sounds, and demand that you turn over your riches, your land, your women and children.The conquerors are small in number, but big in power. They have superior weapons, better tactics, are better educated and better built. Your numbers are larger, but you are no match to them militarily. Pizarro landed on the coast of Peru in 1531 with 168 Spanish soldiers and went on to conquer the Inca Empire of millions.If the foreigner’s numbers are small and they plan to stay there for a short time, and if you know that it will be difficult for them to return, you should try to get as much out of them as possible. Tap into his knowledge, steal his weapons, rob his warehouses, and kill them if you can
• Rapid comparison of prices, particularly low value or commodity items, allowing customers to drive costs down faster than companies can improve performance
• An increasing number of customers are placing their requirements and posting tender opportunities via the Internet, making it likely that organisations who are not linked to portals relevant to their industry will miss out on sales opportunities
• The Internet provides opportunities for enhanced customer service (such as online updates for delivery etc) which in turn allows for organisations to differentiate themselves more easily
• Recognising that there will be a need to invest as much in developing brand and services as there will be in leading edge production technology to enable businesses to ‘stand out’
• Lastly, the Internet is driving the desire for consumers to place smaller orders, in shorter timescales whilst expecting a greater number of options – something which manufacturers with inefficient systems will find significantly increases their production costs and reduces profits
Opportunity Bites
However, for other businesses, the rapid change in technologies has offered significant opportunities to turn things around. Take the case of Apple.
In 1997, when it was already clear that the Internet was here to stay, Wired magazine ran an alarming cover story about Apple Corporation, asking readers to “Pray” under the headline “101 Ways to Save Apple - An assessment of what can be done to fix a once-great company.” In little over a decade Apple had gone from being a pioneer of mass personal computing to being a niche player serving a dwindling band of loyal users.
And now, just eight years or so after the call to rally round the iconic company, Apple is alive and very well. Its amazing recovery owes a lot to its out-of-the-blue dominance of portable digital music players, a product category that barely existed in 1997. In the first quarter of 2006 Apple shipped 8.5 million iPods, some 60% more than in the same quarter of 2005, taking total iPod sales to 50 million worldwide since 2001. With iPod sales bringing in $1.7 billion in Apple’s second quarter, the iconic music player now generates more money than Mac computers at $1.57 million. And now that it has started producing Macs with an Intel CPU, Apple is expecting the “halo effect” of the iPod to lure Windows users into buying Macintosh computers.
That’s not all. Apple, who’s product dominates the market through their approach to partnering and brand development, also dominate another category that didn’t exist in 1997 – downloadable music. In the space of just over two years, since Apple’s iTunes Music Store was launched, broadband Internet users worldwide are now spending more than $1bn a year on song downloads. Apple has sold more than 600 million songs in two and a half years, and in the US iTunes ranks as one of the leading music stores alongside major bricks-and-mortar retailers. It has also added Podcasts and Video downloads to its offering.
Industry analysts reckon that iPod and iTunes have not only added to Apple’s bottom line, they have also given a significant boost to the company’s computer brand. In short, Apple’s fortunes have been turned around by music, yet music wasn’t mentioned in any of the 101 ways to save Apple in 1997. There are few magazines more switched on than Wired magazine yet nobody there suggested music as a route to salvation – it was down to the insight of the Apple management and their ability to size up an opportunity and deliver a solution which saved the day.
Before iTunes and the iPod, the music industry had been fightin
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