Management
 
What Shape Are You In?
By Jeremy Burkhardt, March 31, 2010
Knowing Your Personality Type Can Help You Communicate In both business and personal interactions, it’s important to communicate as clearly as possible. It is also very important to influence decisions and lead a group of More..

The Transformation Model
February 8, 2010
All too often, aggressive new plans for change fail to come to fruition because organizations do not adequately understand their current problems and capabilities. Because market demands pressure leaders to move quickly, some More..

Learning to Thrive in Chaos
February 8, 2010
Of all the things Ive done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them toward a certain goal.Walt Disney In 1903 Frederick Taylor coined the phrase Scientific Management to describe More..

Emotional Intelligence
February 8, 2010
With the Blackberry permanently on and the work week growing ever longer, its little wonder that so many men define themselves by their job. The guys who typically have a midlife crisis seem to have given way to men who suffer More..

Coaching Customer Service
February 8, 2010
WHY BOSSES SHOULD THINK OF THEMSELVES AS MOTIVATIONAL LEADERS“The goal of coaching is the goal of good management: to make the most of an organization’s valuable resources.” —Harvard Business ReviewLeaders in today’s rapidly More..

The New Value Chain
By Chris Westfall, July 2, 2009
How To Determine The Right Performance At The Right Price As the economy continues to struggle, consumers are hungry for the best deal that they can find, at every price point. Fortunately, a process called “value engineering” More..

Mexico’s CI Market Can Benefit from More N. American Interplay
By Manuel Suero , June 30, 2009
Invited to contribute our perspective, as a Mexico City-based company, of what is happening in the electronics systems market is an immense challenge, especially when all we read about is the imminent crisis the global economy is More..

Meaningful Associations
By Andrew Ard, November 13, 2008
RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP IN CHANNEL ORGANIZATIONSAs new challenges and opportunities arise in the AV integration channel, more companies are recognizing that involvement within trade associations can create More..

Speaking with One Voice
By Andrew Ard, July 31, 2008
This year, IPRO is celebrating 20 years as an organization, while next year, CEDIA will be celebrating its 20-year mark as well. Isnt it interesting that these two organizations found their beginnings at virtually the same moment More..

Why Were Not Done Yet
By Andrew Ard, April 28, 2008
In our industry, its easy to miss something. However, one thing Im noticing is that the best people, organizations, and companies among us are growing despite the economy and other problems that they might be facing. They are More..

A Look in the Mirror
By Andrew Ard, February 5, 2008
Several years ago I read a book on diet and exercise that recommended placing a bag with eyeholes over ones head and standing in front of the mirror. The idea was that we all possess such powerful filters in our mind in how we More..

Walking the Walk
By Andrew Ard, December 4, 2007
The Independent Professional Representatives Organization (IPRO) 17th Annual Conference just concluded with record attendance in Nashville, Tennessee. For many of us in the rep community this is the only conference where we get More..

What is Your Mind Set?
By Andrew Ard, October 9, 2007
Among my current reading choices is a book published last year by John Naisbitt of Megatrends fame. The book, titled Mind Set! Reset Your Thinking and See the Future, asserts several prevalent attitudes driving our culture today. More..

A Reps Greatest Value
By Andrew Ard, August 7, 2007
A key point often overlooked by both dealers and manufacturers is the level to which good sales representative organizations provide market insight and advice. Because manufacturers representatives carry multiple, complementary More..

This Way Out
By Leslie Shiner, April 5, 2007
As you run your business on a day-to-day basis, have you created a long-term strategic plan? Do you think you can sell your company in a few years with enough money to buy a small private island, to live out your days drinking More..

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