By: Geoff Ficke | 2010-01-10 | Management Many sterling companies have attained great heights in the last 100 years, only to plateau, decline and disappear. Bethlehem Steel, American Motors, Montgomery Ward, PanAm, TWA, Faberge and Marshall Field are prime examples of famous companies that no longer exist after enjoying generations of success. There are hundreds of other examples. Why do organizations expire after gathering such power? read more
By: Kurt Hartman | 2009-12-18 | Management Caught you with the title, didnt I? Chances are, you dont want your business to grow slowly. No, you want fireworks, and a little animated line that shows profits going through the roof. Thats all well and good, provided this is your third or fourth successful business. If this is your... read more
By: Joseph A. Michelli | 2008-06-22 | Leadership Soaring gas prices and the US credit crunch have many business owners scurrying to reduce costs and do more with less. But this natural and reflexive approach to economic uncertainty is often the worst path a business leader can take. In fact, while researching my recently released book The New Gold Standard: 5 Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Ed Staros, a founder of the modern-day Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company noted that during read more
By: Jonathan Bernstein | 2009-03-24 | Business China continues to be a seemingly never-ending source of products and/or materials resulting in the need for recalls by manufacturers and retailers worldwide. Operational and communications response to the need for a recall can dramatically affect an organizations reputation, for better or worse. Here are some experience-based tips for effective product recalls: 1. Remember that rapid response to a known product problem minimizes damage. The time to examine the systems you have in place for recall is now, not when you already have a product needing recall. 2. Have a product recall. read more
By: James Todman | 2008-09-16 | Shopping After extensive testing at Bridgestones headquarters in Italy, leading UK motoring magazine Auto Express have published their top 16 car tyres on the market today. They focused on the current best selling 16-inch tyres. A series of simple assessments were carried out in the wet and the dry. The ten brands that came out on top were; 1. Goodyear Hydragrip 2. Vredestein Sportrac3 3. Continental Contipremium- Contact 2 4. Michelin Primacy HP 5. Bridgestone Turanza ER300 6. Uniroyal Rainsport 1 7. Toyo Proxes T1R 8. Dunlop Fastresponse 9. BFGoodri. read more
By: David Karlson | 2007-12-02 | Marketing Corporate logo golf balls are a great for trade shows, corporate events and sales incentives. Golf lovers everywhere appreciate imprinted or logo golf balls. Round logos work the best because they maximize the imprint-able area on the ball. A rectangular or horizontal style logo would be shrunk to fit in... read more