The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success

The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success
Author: Dr Greg Chapman
Publisher: Empower Business Solutions
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0646481029

This practical step-by-step guide reveals the fundamental principles of building a successful business that will run without its owner and become a Saleable Asset. Includes foreword by CEO of Council Small Business Australia and 100 dollars of downloadable business tools. In the Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success, you will learn why most businesses stay small, and the steps you must take to avoid the Micro-Stayer fate. You will learn how to utilise each of the Five Pillars in your business to enable you to increase your profits, to make it run without you, and to turn it into a saleable asset. There is, however, one step between the business know-how contained within this book, and success. So The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success also reveals what stops most business owners applying this knowledge, and how you can overcome this major obstacle.

The Seven Laws of Guaranteed Growth

The Seven Laws of Guaranteed Growth
Author: Frans de Groot
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789063694135

The BITSING methodology helps organisations reach their goals and maximise turnover by following 7 simple laws.

Married to the Business

Married to the Business
Author: Greg Chapman
Publisher: 5 Pillars Business Success
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0980505925

Why do so many businesses run by couples never give them the Lifestyle of their Dreams? With couples working too many hours for too little money, it is easy to see how a business can stress a personal relationship to breaking point, and make work/life balance all work and no play. Married to the Business follows the trials, tribulations and triumphs of husband and wife, Luke and Anna Taylor, who together run a building business. Their story is a fusion of real life experiences of many couples in business together with whom Dr Greg Chapman has worked, and how they overcame the difficulties they faced. Accompany the Taylor's on their journey as they learn how to turn the nightmare their business has become, back into one that could grow and give them the income they wanted without damaging their life together. Married to the Business will show you: Why so many businesses run by couples generate profitless turnover How to find the time to run a business and have a life together How disagreements between partners can be resolved without conflict How to re-organise a business in a way that produces results Included with this book is a workbook that can be used with the Action Steps in the text that you can use to make the business you run together achieve the potential you know it has. Married to the Business is an easy to read and easy to understand step-by-step guide presented as a Case Study that will enable couples in business together to realise their dreams. Discover how, by following the steps that Luke and Anna took to transform their business into one that could run without them, you too can have a business that delivers the lifestyle you seek with your partner, whether married, or just good friends. Anyone who knows about the emotions involved with running a business will also know that those real human traits are magnified by involvement of a life partner. This can be a wonderful experience, or not so. Dr Greg Chapman's book will help get more wonder and less thunder for all involved. I congratulate Greg on another quality publication. – Peter Strong, Executive Director Council of Small Business

Unlocking Your Legacy

Unlocking Your Legacy
Author: Paul J. Meyer
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802417794

For those who want to leave behind a legacy, this thoughtful book gives important keys to knowing God in a personal way, keeping one's word, being a person of integrity, laughing at life, living worry free, and making priorities a priority.

Cloud Security For Dummies

Cloud Security For Dummies
Author: Ted Coombs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2022-02-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1119790484

Embrace the cloud and kick hackers to the curb with this accessible guide on cloud security Cloud technology has changed the way we approach technology. It’s also given rise to a new set of security challenges caused by bad actors who seek to exploit vulnerabilities in a digital infrastructure. You can put the kibosh on these hackers and their dirty deeds by hardening the walls that protect your data. Using the practical techniques discussed in Cloud Security For Dummies, you’ll mitigate the risk of a data breach by building security into your network from the bottom-up. Learn how to set your security policies to balance ease-of-use and data protection and work with tools provided by vendors trusted around the world. This book offers step-by-step demonstrations of how to: Establish effective security protocols for your cloud application, network, and infrastructure Manage and use the security tools provided by different cloud vendors Deliver security audits that reveal hidden flaws in your security setup and ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks As firms around the world continue to expand their use of cloud technology, the cloud is becoming a bigger and bigger part of our lives. You can help safeguard this critical component of modern IT architecture with the straightforward strategies and hands-on techniques discussed in this book.

Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2016

Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2016
Author: Ershi Qi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9462392552

International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management is sponsored by Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution, CMES, which is the unique national-level academic society of Industrial Engineering. The conference is held annually as the major event in this area. Being the largest and the most authoritative international academic conference held in China, it supplies an academic platform for the experts and the entrepreneurs in International Industrial Engineering and Management area to exchange their research results. Many experts in various fields from China and foreign countries gather together in the conference to review, exchange, summarize and promote their achievements in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management fields. Some experts pay special attention to the current situation of the related techniques application in China as well as their future prospect, such as Industry 4.0, Green Product Design, Quality Control and Management, Supply Chain and logistics Management to cater for the purpose of low-carbon, energy-saving and emission-reduction and so on. They also come up with their assumption and outlook about the related techniques' development. The proceedings will offer theatrical methods and technique application cases for experts from college and university, research institution and enterprises who are engaged in theoretical research of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and its technique's application in China. As all the papers are feathered by higher level of academic and application value, they also provide research data for foreign scholars who occupy themselves in investigating the enterprises and engineering management of Chinese style.

The Mobile Commerce Revolution

The Mobile Commerce Revolution
Author: Tim Hayden
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0789751542

More than 60% of the U.S. population now owns smartphones. Hayden and Webster cover everything you need to know to capitalize on history's greatest shifts in human and consumer behavior, from infrastructure to culture, strategy to tactics. Packed with case studies and practical guidance from small startups to large brands, this guide offers provocative and actionable insight, and will help you make the internal changes required to fully leverage the mobile commerce opportunity.

Achieving Business Value from Technology

Achieving Business Value from Technology
Author: Tony Murphy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2002-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471273147

PRAISE FOR ACHIEVING BUSINESS VALUE FROM TECHNOLOGY "Clearly, IT investments have never before played such a critical part in business growth. The book addresses the weakness existing in most management systems involving the lack of a systematic process to realize the economic benefits of the IT investment and provides a clear A-Z methodology for business to bridge this gap. This book is clearly written for all levels and backgrounds in business management and is a must-do for those whose business involves IT, is considering IT, or would like to significantly tailor IT investments for their economic advantage." —Professor Richard P. Wool, University of Delaware, President and CEO, Cara Plastics Inc. "Tony Murphy addresses the difficult question of the value of IT investments head on. He translates an elegant theory into effective practice. The case studies in the book effectively reinforce his key messages." —Dr. Dermot Moynihan, Senior Vice President, World Wide Chemical Development, GlaxoSmithKline "This book is the answer to most CIOs' need for a well-structured, pragmatic, and easily implemented set of tools and practices designed to answer the universal problem of managing and measuring IT's contribution to the business. Tony Murphy's unique blend of practical experience, industry best practice, and excellent communication skills provides the reader with a valuable-and highly readable-guide on how best to achieve that elusive objective of reliably realizing the business benefits of IT investments." —Michael Rice, oup Director of IT, Kerry Group plc "At Oxfam we are one year into a three-year IT strategy based on the principles Tony Murphy lays out in this book, and there is a real, positive difference in how IT is perceived, and in its real strategic position within the organization. If you have ever wondered just how you can gain strategic alignment for your IT function, and then how to make the practical link to IT investment for the organization, Tony has provided a framework that joins them both." —Simon Jennings, Head of Information Systems, Oxfam GB

The Customer Success Economy

The Customer Success Economy
Author: Nick Mehta
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119572762

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of Customer Success, they will be defeated in the next decade, because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer. Shows leaders how their digital implementations will make them more Amazon-like Helps you deliver recurring revenue Shows you how to embrace customer retention Demonstrates the importance of "churning" less Get that competitive advantage in the most relevant and important arena today—making and cultivating happy customers.

Leading Beyond Crisis

Leading Beyond Crisis
Author: George S. Everly
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2022-12-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1433838044

It's hard enough to lead in good times. It's even harder to lead in a crisis. This book teaches the art and science of transformative resilient leadership, a unique leadership style that focusses on spotting the opportunities that emerge from times of adversity, and leverages them to foster resilience and growth. With over 70 years of combined experience training leaders in business, military, sports, and other high-pressure settings, psychologists George S. Everly, Jr., and Amy B. Athey have garnered unparalleled insight into how the best leaders navigate the worst. This book distills their wisdom into practical, reader-friendly chapters and profiles leaders from classical and modern history who demonstrate the five pillars of transformative resilient leadership. Whether you are a CEO, frontline manager, director, teacher, coach, or other leader, you can learn to seize the unique opportunities afforded by crisis to achieve organizational, community, and personal growth.