Leadership
Employee Engagement – Your Secret Weapon
Employee engagement is paramount for a company to succeed in today’s world. With fewer resources there is no room for employees who are not engaged and committed to the cause. Gaining market awareness is not something that can be left to a few people in sales and marketing…. the whole organization must be on working […]
About Thom Singer
Thom Singer is an expert in social networking and developing a personal brand. He has worked in sales and marketing capacities at several Fortune 100 companies and regularly speaks to corporate audiences, law firms and professional organizations. He has written seven books on the power of business relationships and is a respected Keynote speaker.
Have you Tested Your Strategy In a Business War Games Workshop?
Business War Games workshops simulate competitive behaviors in any marketplace and test the likelihood of your strategy’s success or failure. Whether you are an established business, start-up or entrepreneur, this is a low-risk approach to testing your strategy. Think of it like flight simulators for strategic planning - offering you the benefit of seeing your […]
About Dave Bard
Dave Bard is Managing Director of Bard Consulting Group (BCG), a strategic marketing and training consultancy committed to improving clients' strategic decision-making and product performance within an emphasis on the healthcare industry.
Cherish Creativity, Don’t Push it Away
Creativity should not be a mystery, but to many business professionals it seems allusive. Most of us can remember times as kids when we played, colored, created art, made up songs and games, etc… But the social norms and pressures we face while growing up have caused many to put their creativity on hold once […]
About Thom Singer
Thom Singer is an expert in social networking and developing a personal brand. He has worked in sales and marketing capacities at several Fortune 100 companies and regularly speaks to corporate audiences, law firms and professional organizations. He has written seven books on the power of business relationships and is a respected Keynote speaker.
Forget Dilbert – What Star Trek’s Ferengi Can Teach You About The Business World
If you don’t read the comic ‘Dilbert’, and in particular, if you haven’t read the Dilbert books on management, your leadership, management and business education is seriously lacking. I’ll talk more about Dilbert in a future blog. In fact, there is an even more interesting place to learn about how the corporate world works – […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Management
12 Reasons You Need An Organization Wide Project Management Methodology
In many organizations, the first step when undertaking a project involves the creation of a methodology or approach. Within many organizations, each department or each manager may be inventing their own methodology each time a new project is undertaken. Instead of focusing on the project at hand, people involved in project management end up putting […]
About Jim Stokes
Jim Stokes provides project management and land acquisition services at Forestview Project Planning Services in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Jim has written a series of papers about The Importance of Project Planning available at Forestview PPS. For further information you can contact Jim directly at. jim@ForestviewPPS.com
3 Key practices to help you manage Office Space Standards
If you are responsible for managing the office space at your company, you know how difficult it can be. Some useful approaches to make this easier came out of a benchmarking study I did for a client who was trying to rationalize their office space allocation standards while planning for a major relocation. The relocation […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
5 Ways to Turn Employee Training Into Performance
Managers and trainers can sometimes be at odds with the end goals of training for their employees. Trainers tend to focus on designing the training experience, ensuring that a good atmosphere for learning happens, whether it occurs in a training session in an on-line environment, and providing relevant take-aways that relate to the job. Managers […]
About Arupa Tesolin
Arupa Tesolin is the Managing Executive and National Practice Leader for Learning Paths International Canada, a proven learning methodology that gets employees up-to-speed 30-50% faster while reducing the time and cost of training. Arupa is a recognized learning consultant, trainer, author, and innovation speaker.
5 Key Questions To Ask Before You Plan a Project
Although there are many inter-related components of Project Planning, there are five that are absolutely essential for undertaking a project of any scale, whether very small or very large. Without a clear understanding of these five essential questions for project planning, project success (whatever that is for you) will hinge on mere luck rather than […]
About Jim Stokes
Jim Stokes provides project management and land acquisition services at Forestview Project Planning Services in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Jim has written a series of papers about The Importance of Project Planning available at Forestview PPS. For further information you can contact Jim directly at. jim@ForestviewPPS.com
Career
6 Steps to Influence Others With Your Business Writing
Business writing used to be simply about communicating — getting information across to others. Not anymore. Now you have to influence, not just communicate, with your writing. And it’s not just ad copy, sales material or proposals that need to influence. Whether you are competing for business or competing for career advancement in your organization, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
11 Top Tips For Networking Success At Your Next Conference
Conferences and association meetings are an important investment of your time. You are there to learn, but it’s also a key opportunity to network. Here are 11 tips you can use to improve your networking at your next conference, convention or meeting. 1. Have a plan Know in advance whom you want to meet (directly […]
Write And Speak Your Way To Career Growth
If you have career ambitions, whether in your current company or a new job elsewhere, you need to work towards the next job well in advance by becoming a recognizable and marketable commodity and building your personal brand.
Hire Strong-Willed Employees Who Will Challenge You as a Manager
Throughout my career I’ve had a wide range of staff working for me, from Wallflowers to Challengers. The Wallflowers are easy to manage while the Challengers not so much. Since management isn’t a spectator sport and you have to really get in the game to be successful, Challengers are your best bet. About Michel TheriaultMichel […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Communication
6 Steps to Influence Others With Your Business Writing
Business writing used to be simply about communicating — getting information across to others. Not anymore. Now you have to influence, not just communicate, with your writing. And it’s not just ad copy, sales material or proposals that need to influence. Whether you are competing for business or competing for career advancement in your organization, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Proposal Writing Techniques From 4 Great Books That Aren’t About RFPs
I reference four other books in my own book about writing better proposals because they provide excellent examples or lessons that proposal writers can use to improve their proposals. They mostly relate to getting your message across and persuading the reader. In some cases, I had been using the techniques already in RFP responses and […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Even When the Customer Isn’t Right, You Should Act Like They Are
In the world of instant sharing through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and review sites, you need to make sure that customer service and satisfaction is a priority and every single customer has a positive experience with your business – so they don’t have a reason to tweet their unhappiness to the world. The way you deal […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Write And Speak Your Way To Career Growth
If you have career ambitions, whether in your current company or a new job elsewhere, you need to work towards the next job well in advance by becoming a recognizable and marketable commodity and building your personal brand.
Strategy
7 Strategies To Improve Creativity Using the Analog Approach
I spend way too much time in front of the computer, but sometimes when I start planning for an initiative, workshop or presentation, I step away from the computer and switch to a pad of paper and a pen to improve creativity. That’s right, a pen instead of a pencil and eraser, which means that […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Have you Tested Your Strategy In a Business War Games Workshop?
Business War Games workshops simulate competitive behaviors in any marketplace and test the likelihood of your strategy’s success or failure. Whether you are an established business, start-up or entrepreneur, this is a low-risk approach to testing your strategy. Think of it like flight simulators for strategic planning - offering you the benefit of seeing your […]
About Dave Bard
Dave Bard is Managing Director of Bard Consulting Group (BCG), a strategic marketing and training consultancy committed to improving clients' strategic decision-making and product performance within an emphasis on the healthcare industry.
Procuring Services – Are You Asking The Right Questions?
There is a simple mistake many Managers (or their procurement departments) make when writing the Request For Proposal (RFP) questions for services. I’ve seen it time and time again, having written my share of proposal responses both for past employers and for clients. I’ve also seen it when assessing procurement practices, procuring services and helped […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Strategic Planning Guide – A 3 Step Process
Strategic planning doesn’t have to be difficult, long or complex. And anyone can develop strategy and related plans, you don’t have to be in senior management. Strategy and related plans can be used for an initiative you want to implement next year or a meeting tomorrow with a customer, staff, colleague or even your boss. […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Performance
In-House or Outsource? The Right Answer
There are many debates about whether to outsource or manage in-house, whether full-outsourcing or subcontracting separate services. It’s always amusing when someone, usually someone with experience only on one side of the equation, or someone selling procuremement or outsourcing services, says that one way is better than the other. Having been in-house, with an outsourcing […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
7 Strategies To Improve Creativity Using the Analog Approach
I spend way too much time in front of the computer, but sometimes when I start planning for an initiative, workshop or presentation, I step away from the computer and switch to a pad of paper and a pen to improve creativity. That’s right, a pen instead of a pencil and eraser, which means that […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Be Your Own Undercover Boss
If you’ve seen the show Undercover Boss, you’ll notice that the CEO’s and Presidents who go undercover find out things about their own company that they never would have known otherwise. Many times they are simple things that could have a big impact. And along the way, they discover staff with skills, capabilities or attitude […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
New Trend: “Goal Setting” for Business Professionals
People are getting serious about setting goals, and they want guidance. More and more articles are cropping up on the topic, and business leaders are once again planning goal setting retreats for their teams. Those who have never formally created these types of success targets are lining up to learn how to achieve more than […]
About Thom Singer
Thom Singer is an expert in social networking and developing a personal brand. He has worked in sales and marketing capacities at several Fortune 100 companies and regularly speaks to corporate audiences, law firms and professional organizations. He has written seven books on the power of business relationships and is a respected Keynote speaker.
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