Strategy

This guide explains decision matrices, how they work and how you can apply them to running your business.

Vision statements can be challenging. Learn what a vision statement is, how it differs from a mission statement, and how to write a successful one.

Corporate social responsibility is imperative for businesses that want to appeal to modern consumers. Learn what it is and how to maintain it.

Learn how to use a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis to make smarter business decisions.

Learn how to perform a competitive analysis to see where your business is performing well, where it can improve and how to capture a bigger market share.

A compressed work schedule lets employees work a 40-hour week in fewer days than the usual five, possibly increasing productivity. Learn how it works.

Gamification is a newly popular tactic to promote employee loyalty and engagement by making work processes fun and rewarding.

Learn how to use a noncompete agreement to protect your business. Without one, your trade secrets and your best employees may end up with competitors.

Diversity, equity and inclusion training can make your workplace more diverse and equal. Learn what DE&I programs entail and how to ensure they succeed.

Resource managers are responsible for allocating the appropriate resources to ensure a project is completed on time and within budget.

Core competencies are your business's abilities, products and services that set it apart from the competition. Learn how to identify core competencies.

Paying taxes is never fun, but there are steps you can take to reduce your business' tax liability. See our tips and answers to common tax questions.

This guide introduces Gantt Charts and explains how they're useful to businesses from a project management standpoint.

Major companies are embracing clean energy. Learn who's on the 2022 Clean200 list and how you can follow their lead and financial patterns.

Creativity may lead to innovation, but they’re not the same thing. This guide describes the difference between the two and the importance of each to a small business.

Copyright infringement can lead to serious financial and legal consequences. Find out how your business can avoid violating intellectual property rights.

Learn how both predictive and prescriptive analytics are essential data strategies for running your small business.

Millionaires aren't always born wealthy. These self-made millionaires earned their fortune the old-fashioned way – hard work and ingenuity.

Low prices don't always send the right message to your customers. Learn how to price your products for the best results.

A founding entrepreneur's death can devastate a business. Learn why founders matter and how to ensure your family is cared for if the unthinkable happens.

Executing alternate strategies to achieve your business goals are what startup entrepreneurs call “the art of the pivot.” Here’s how to pivot your business.

Gamification injects game play and rewards into everyday activities to build customer loyalty and increase engagement.

Find out how you can use statistical analysis to organize your data and make better decisions for your business.

Decision trees are flowchart graphs or diagrams that explore all potential decisions and their possible outcomes. Learn how to make and use one.

The Pareto analysis, also known as the 80/20 rule, is useful when many decisions need to be made. Learn how to conduct one for your business.

Customer relationship maintenance isn't just a to-do-list item. Learn to keep tabs on customer satisfaction by collecting and analyzing feedback regularly.

When clients make outrageous demands and don't communicate, it may be time to fire them. Learn how to ditch nightmare clients tactfully.  

A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis helps entrepreneurs make better business decisions. Find eight free SWOT templates online.

A corporate anthropologist shares how social sciences and business intersect. Learn how to apply anthropological ideas to gain a competitive business edge.

New products and improvements to products are innovations. Learn the five innovation types and how to tap into innovation's power and potential.