Category: Management

The 3 C’s of Opportunity

The 3 C’s of Opportunity in Business It is easy to visualize your passion as being a huge asset to your business. In many instances it is. However, it is essential that you realize your passion has to correlate with market needs. So many business fail to do this and end up disillusioned that being a ‘genius’ […]

What is SWOT Analysis?

SWOT ANALYSIS: ANALYZING YOUR BUSINESS – July 2019 ASE Newsletter  What is a SWOT Analysis? SWOT is a simple strategic planning technique that can help you identify what your business is doing well, what it needs to improve upon, where it needs to grow, and what could be its undoing. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, […]

Employee engagement strategy – The fierce conversation

An Employee Engagement Strategy: The Fierce Conversation – ASE June 2019 Newsletter The following is a tried and true format in dealing with a difficult employee situation. The strategy, developed by Susan Scott author of ‘Fierce Conversations’, is to maintain a good employer/employee relationship [or any relationship for that matter] and is based on an […]

More Effective Meetings

Meetings are a useful way to achieve better communications, problem solving and reach common consensus. For businesses, meetings are unavoidable. Meetings however often fail in their goals. ‘In many meeting more gets said than done.’ Furthermore, meetings are also a big time hog and often become a function of formed habits and expectations. In such cases, […]