Sustainable business practices

Internal consistency

1. Prepare a mission statement. - A mission statement is a declaration of the goals, principles and operating procedures of a company can help in charting a company's progress.
2. Measure and report on your progress and performance. - Many large corporations now issue annual reports of environmental performance..
3. In-house waste reduction and pollution prevention teams. - It is best to start by setting easily achievable goals, and then becoming more ambitious.
4. Materials that inform employees about economic, environmental and social trends. - Informed employees will be better equipped to promote company goals and to respond to major trends.
5. Lines of communication. - Regular staff meetings, e-mail bulletins, accessible managers and an in-house newsletters can help maintain lines of communication.

Seven Tips to Boost Your Business

• Your personal involvement can help build loyalty and increase visibility, eventually making a positive impact on your bottom line. Here are seven ideas to help you get started.
• Become a local expert.
• Join your Chamber of Commerce.
• Support a local charity.

Foster Friendly Competition Among Employees

1. Post positive customer feedback. It is important for businesses to make the most of the positive feedback from customers. Post employee kudos to a central location, and offer a prize for whoever gets the most positive comments. Posting positive customer feedback keeps the office environment positive, and encourages employees to keep up their good work.

Five Tips to Get Started With Big Data

Learn what it is, and what it is not.
The speed at which data is produced and often is required to be consumed is nearly at the speed of thought. With data from sensors, geo-spatial tracked data and the discourse of human conversation being captured in social media today, our heads are left spinning with the amount of data being collected.
Get with the program.
Organizations can no longer stick their collective heads in the sand about the amount of data they must handle.

Secrets for Good Hiring

Hire for character.- Basing hiring decisions on character, not just skill, can help your company minimize costly staffing misfires.

Ask the right questions.- They say we learn from our mistakes. Can you relate an experience from your career when something was left out of the process and caused a problem. What did you learn?

Ways To Be More Productive

Focus on one big task at time. - Entrepreneurs focus on the minutiae instead of just getting started, and getting something out there.
Organize your day into time blocks. - Figure out when during the day you are most productive then establish blocks of time get more focused work done.
Do things you don't want to do. - Just direct your limbs to do the work.
Don't get paralyzed by perfection. - It’s better to get something out the door than to hold onto it for a long time hoping to remove every flaw.