The following is an excerpt from an article by fellow Mindshop member, Peter Wallace, from New South Wales, Australia. Many businesses that have just managed to survive the Great Recession [...]
Sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) is a marketing term that is also commonly referred to as unique selling proposition (USP). Once determined, the SCA is used as a filter for [...]
I recently had the privilege of hearing Jim Collins speak. He is the author of the best-selling business book, Good to Great. His advice for business leaders to find the [...]
Chris Mason is one of Australia’s leading management consultants. He formed Mindshop International in 1995 to provide a high value environment for successful business advisors to [...]
Like many of the best things in life, trust really is free. Doing without trust in your organization, however, will cost your business dearly. Capitalizing on your team’s energy [...]
A management buy-out (MBO) is a transaction by which the managers of a business acquire a substantial stake in, and often, effective control of, the business they have been managing. This [...]
Consumer buying behavior has changed. Businesses waiting for the return of normal consumer demand would be wise to view this 2009 presentation by John Gerzema. It still has relevance [...]
The pressures and demands of succession and continuation of the family business have always been very real. With the Baby Boomers getting set to retire, these pressures and demands have [...]
I recently read an excellent book by Dr. Wayne Dyer, Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong Self-Defeating Thinking Habits. One of the themes in Dyer’s book relates to how your [...]
The results of a business survey published in the October issue of CFO Magazine do not paint a bullish forecast for the economy and especially for employment. In fact, these findings show [...]
