In the prior post, Transferable Business Value And What Drives It, I described value drivers—business characteristics that buyers demand if they are to purchase your business. Value drivers are ...

This is the third article in my series on Change Management and Business Transformation. What is change? To make or become different. People change. Businesses transform. A consultant transforms a ...

From fires to employee errors, all businesses face risks. Starting a business without risk is impossible, so to run successful businesses, small-business owners must understand and prepare for the ...

June 2012, No. 1 & 2 Vol. XLIX, The Future We Want? Water is ubiquitous: it is essential for all forms of life and virtually all economic activities. The United Nations has declared that a human right ...

A business with multiple layers of management has a bureaucratic, centralized organizational structure. A decentralized organizational structure, on the other hand, has fewer levels of management ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. An aligned workforce is a happy, engaged workforce. Unfortunately, alignment between an organization and its employees doesn’t come ...

Professionals who earn Six Sigma certification become key stakeholders in improving the quality of operations within their organizations. They strive to eliminate variation in manufacturing and ...

A woman came to see me complaining about feeling very stressed. There was a lot happening in her life on both work and home fronts. “I need to learn deep breathing or something!” she said. Maybe. But ...