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Capitalism is not broken, but without accountability, it will fail just like your sales team

Capitalism is not broken, but without accountability, it will fail just like your sales team

At Davos and elsewhere recently, there has been a lot of talk about capitalism.  Does it work? Does it need to be…

Partnership – The Difference

Partnership – The Difference

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build the courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the…

Leadership
Fundamental Leadership Questions

Fundamental Leadership Questions

I recently came across the work of Ronald Heifetz, on Leadership and was impressed with the simplicity and power of his work. Here’s an extract…

DOING BUSINESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY – CREATE VALUE THROUGH SRE – Part Two

DOING BUSINESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY – CREATE VALUE THROUGH SRE – Part Two

This article details the value of “Strategic Relational Engagement (SRE)” in the 21st century. By developing productive rapport with internal and external…

Featured Contributors

Haydn Shaughnessy writes on innovation at Forbes.com and at Rewiring Business. In his new series, Haydn discusses a variety of innovation related topics and is named Beyond Innovation'. Visit his blog here
Sales

Capitalism is not broken, but without accountability, it will fail just like your sales team

Capitalism is not broken, but without accountability, it will fail just like your sales team

At Davos and elsewhere recently, there has been a lot of talk about capitalism.  Does it work? Does…

The Salesman’s Guide to Dating

The Salesman’s Guide to Dating

  As a special Valentines Day version of this blog, let’s dedicate a post to the pursuit of…

Featured Contributor

Umar Gill is a sales and business development professional working within the FTSE 100, Fortune 500, CAC40 and the Private Equity Market. His blog is called Rewiring Sales which is available here
Marketing

Spatiality: What drives profitability for retail locations? Part I Interior Design

Spatiality: What drives profitability for retail locations? Part I Interior Design

In a recent lecture at the University College London, Professor Alan Penn brings some fantastic insides on retailing…

When customer care quality concerns win over the bottom line race

When customer care quality concerns win over the bottom line race

One of the main duties of an efficient marketing department besides acquiring new customers is to increase the…

International Strategic Management

Winning in high-turnover markets

When managers evaluate potential new businesses, the first question they often ask is: How fast is…

How to lead the market in the airline business

In my series on aviation at Rewiring Business, I have discussed how the business environment and…

Social Media

Advice to direct marketers: let the people do the talking

The explosion of social networking sites has been a boon for direct marketers. For the hundreds…

Is Google meant to become social?

To Google fans – Have you played around Google Plus and do you think it can…

Innovation

How to use “Enterprise Transformation” to unlock exceptional value from your people

Enterprise Transformation – Transcending Traditional Organisation Design Changing any part of an organisation, no matter how…

The Impact of Technology Infrastructure on doing business in Africa

The transformation and challenges that twenty-first-century organisations face are vast and varied. Whilst progressively more pressure…