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January 25, 2013
Marketing 101 With A Twist…Making It Effective
6 Benchmarks Every Marketer & Every Company Must Achieve
There are so many options when it comes to marketing these days; knowing where to focus can be overwhelming. Create the Strategy…Choose the Tools…Implement the Plan is no longer going to cut it in today’s competitive environment. Today’s expertise is more centered on the ability to connect over a longer period of time, mine data and convert it into revenue. But from my perspective, no matter what type of marketing you use, there are some fundamentals that make...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Marketing & Innovation on January 25, 2013
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January 23, 2013
Lessons Learned Templates & Guide: A Managers Toolkit for Continuous Improvement
Create a cultural shift that will improve your bottom line & make you more competitive.
It happens to all of us. Our organization, employees or project teams make mistakes and change course, table good ideas for a “later” date, or receive unsolicited & undocumented feedback from customers. Unfortunately, we forget to address these lessons as actionable opportunities on how TO DO or how NOT TO DO whatever it is that we learned. Instead of capturing and maintain this knowledge, we put it on the back burner assuming we will get to it later, or that we will remember to...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on January 23, 2013
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January 14, 2013
Advice For Finance Professionals: Redefine Your Role As Gatekeeper
How efficient is your company at making sound investment decisions?
Finance is an incredibly important aspect of any business. So important that many companies make the mistake of shielding it from daily operations & functional managers. This leads to uncertainty, animosity, wasted time and resources as managers make investment requests that get denied. By proactively teaching and integrating financial decision processes throughout the organization, Finance Professionals can redefine their role as gatekeeper, building a more efficient organization...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Accounting & Finance on January 14, 2013
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January 12, 2013
6 Actions That Define Great Senior Managers
Are you a bridge or a roadblock to your company’s success?
Executive Leaders set the strategy, Middle Managers execute the day-to-day, in between are Senior Managers..what do they need to do to be successful? Too often senior management creates a roadblock instead of a bridge to their organization’s success. That’s because filtering information from the top and molding it into a vision for the part of the organization they run, is a skill few people have any formal training in. Without the ability to properly filter, communicate and...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Management on January 12, 2013
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January 9, 2013
6 Tips to Jumpstart Your Career Before Graduation
Do you know how to land a job in today’s economy?
Are you a college student, recent graduate or know someone who is about to enter the workforce for the first time? Today’s economy requires a head start in order to land a decent job. Here are 6 tips to jumpstart your career before graduation.
Intern, Intern, Intern
Figure out a way to work in your field of study before you graduate so you can build your resume with real experience. Sometimes it leads to a job after you graduate, other times it leads to a more credible...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Career Change, Job Search on January 9, 2013
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January 7, 2013
8 Simple Steps to Streamline Your Process, Increase Profits & Customer Loyalty
In order to reduce the chaos in your organization you need to know where it exists…so do you?
Within any organization there is constant movement: people come and go, management changes, ideas and work processes get updated. In addition to internal flows, external factors ‘poke’ at the organization forcing reactions that may or may not be streamlined into existing processes: technology advancements, increased customer expectations, supplier demands, market competition. Chaos is the reality of most organizations, but they don’t realize it until the bottom line suffers;...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on January 7, 2013
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January 5, 2013
3 Major Benefits of Cross-Functional Professional Development
Learn to build professional relationships that make you more valuable to your company.
Sometimes we enjoy working with others, sometimes…not so much. Typically, our enjoyment is based on our relationships; we rely on a personal exchange in order to get along & work cohesively. Simply put, personal exchanges are not enough. Here’s why: Business actions, simple or complex, can become personality struggles when a professional connection does not exist. The real goal is to build professional connections. Cross Functional Development allows you to create...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on January 5, 2013
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January 4, 2013
Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life - How Steve Jobs Shaped My Career Without Me Knowing
A Great Motivator to Start Your Year
Wow! Like everyone else, I’ve always been impressed with his work, but never really spent time studying Steve Jobs. That was until last night when I went online to see what kind of management videos are out there. What I found were a multitude of Steve Jobs interviews from the 1980’s through his recent death in 2011. I watched as many of them as I could find. He was amazing, both impressive and inspirational. I never realized how much of an impact he had on my...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on January 4, 2013
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December 29, 2012
50 Resolutions That Can Positively Impact Your Career
What will you do differently in 2013?
As 2012 comes to an end and 2013 approaches, it is a great time to consider some resolutions that open opportunities for career growth and professional success. Here are 50 ideas to spark actions plans for improvement. What is it that you want to improve? Are you doing what is necessary to get where you want to go in your career? Now is the time…here is our first crack at a list in no particular order. What will you do?
1. Create a Professional...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on December 29, 2012
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December 28, 2012
How To Budget And Forecast
Business Plans, Budgets & Forecasts: A How To Guide For Your Organization
Is your head spinning from all the stress & time spent on business plans, forecasts and budgets? Remember, planning is not a science…it’s an exercise…that should refresh you, keep you agile, and make you feel in control of your destiny! Is that how you feel? As we enter into this year’s budget and forecast season, try to challenge yourself and your team to become more efficient and to create better standards for planning and budgeting. In turn, you will...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on December 28, 2012
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