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The Bristol Blue Dragons
Dragons Dens and Apprentice style situations are becoming more and more commonplace in business. Clive Hook looks at how he has used them, with great success.

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Updating Your Franchise Documents
This brief article considers a couple of key issues that franchisors need to consider when updating their franchise documents. The first thing to realize is that franchise documents need to be updated! Advances in technology and changes in system requirements dictate that a franchisor should be keeping its documents current on an ongoing basis. If they don't have the resources to do that, then an complete overhaul every 5 years is recommended. This artilcle looks at issues relating to renewal and trademark provisions of a franchisor's standard form of franchise agreement.

Africa's Music Industry Issues, Part II
This is Part II of our discussion on Africa’s Music Industry Issues. In Part I, Wale Ewedemi, a music industry insider and founder of the recently formed Nigeria Music Industry Association, discussed with us the current state of Africa’s music industry and intellectual property rights. Here, we continue with our insider as we explore issues around technology, distribution, advocacy, infrastructure, music authenticity and social media.

Problem Solving the Coaching Way
One of the challenges of being a leader is dealing with the many issues that face us on a daily basis. Most of these issues are those that come with people. How many times a day do you spend trying to solve other people’s issues? Want to free up more time during the day to get to the things that you want rather than the things other people want?

Our country is broke (in more ways than one), so how do we fix it?
An outside the box look at some of our current and future issues as a nation and world.
You need one, I need one: we all need a break
In the current economic climate the mantra is to work harder and harder. This is a global phenomenon and we are told it regularly. There is no time for a break; you just have to keep pushing yourself. Everyone else is doing it - so of course you must follow suit. It's expected that this behavior will impact on productivity in all the right ways and that the organisation will go from strength-to-strength. Those in leadership are not immune from this pressure. It is not only difficult to continue to work harder and harder, it is impossible because there comes a point when the bone has no more meat on it. While sustainable for awhile, over time issues start to emerge. Pressured, exhausted leaders can experience a loss of confidence, self esteem, lack of clarity and mental and/or physical health issues can appear...
Factoring Canadian Receivables – What’s all the Commotion about Factoring Canadian Receivables?
The article focuses on accounts receivable financing in Canada, its growth and popularity , and some of the issues surrounding its current popularity as an alternative financing vehicle .
Working Capital Financing - 10 Reasons Not to Factor Receivables in Canada
The article highlights working capital issues in the current Canadian business environment and offers some alternate soltutions for factoring including debunking factoring myths.
The 2010 Twelve-step Checklist to Help You Evaluate Your Strategic Business Planning Process
Have you given much consideration to the possibility that your strategic and operational plans may be far less effective than they could be? How would you begin to measure the effectiveness of your current plan? This article should help you to objectively evaluate your own process and self-diagnosis potential issues that may exist in your organization’s current planning world. As you read this article, answer along as we ask the questions to help you honestly evaluate your current business planning process. Let’s start with the checklist. Scan through the list and do your best to give a first impression “yes” or “no” answer to each question.

Strategic Planning - Business Executive Essentials - Part 9 of 12
How do you assess your process for strategic planning and know if it is on track or as optimized as it might be? The analysis this week, and over the next three segments article series, should help you to objectively evaluate your planning process and identify potential issues and risks that may exist in your organization's current planning world. How would you answer these questions?
Are Your Communication Strategies Really Engaging Employees?
Employee engagement is a shared understanding of the issues that affect the business, and that understanding leads to changes in employees' attitudes and behaviors... help employees truly understand the issues and make a meaningful connection between their jobs and those issues...
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