Analyst predictions and current growth of technology-based service businesses demonstrate the fast pace of change and disruption of ‘business as usual’ across all markets. Through prevalence of mobility, cloud and global access, employees, customers and partners now have the ability to shop, work, [...]
How to Safely Navigate Legal Obstacles and Reach Your Goal of Flexibility and Scalability Workers and businesses alike favor flexibility and independence. Work only when you want and how much you want; work hard and play hard. Businesses want to hire based on [...]
Networkers have a plan and are aware Define specific goals for your networking activities – where are you going to your career and/or business and who do you want or need to build relationships with to achieve your goals? Then research and plan [...]
Practice Good Etiquette Reduce long threads of forwards Summarize threads forconvenience and to improve understanding Copy only those to whom the e-mail is relevant Clearly identify why the recipient is receiving the e-mail and what you would like them to do. Write clear, [...]
In today’s world, many leaders struggle to understand what accountability really means: is it simply holding people responsible for their defined obligations - or is it something more? Your understanding of accountability determines your response when a crisis strikes and a project is [...]
The race to the cloud is revolutionizing sales channels for product vendors, and now organizations and their channel partners must adapt to thrive in the changing marketplace. It is critical to define and execute a forward-thinking channel strategy. This includes determining which of [...]
Since 2008, Next Step has provided consulting and advisory services to client companies with multi-generational workforces–managers and employees ranging in age from 19 to 92 enabling clients to achieve greater cohesion and productivity across the generations All leaders and employees must become familiar [...]
The race to the cloud is revolutionizing sales channels for product vendors, and now organizations and their channel partners must adapt to thrive in the changing marketplace. It is critical to define and execute a forward-thinking channel strategy. This includes determining which of [...]
The ability to work anywhere on any device has revolutionized all aspects of work. Employees, partners and customers expect instant access to tools and real-time data on their personal devices anywhere in the world at any time. This is only possible through cloud [...]
In a study of investment, revenue and profit data from Norwegian startup companies which expanded to the U.S., Next Step found that the Norwegian firms, on average, had far weaker revenue growth and limited or non-existent profitability as compared to similar U.S. startups. [...]
