During an economic recession, the retail industry has taken a big hit as customers simply don’t have as much discretionary income as they used to. Whether your shoe store is part of a large chain or is just a small independent retailer, you should always be on the lookout for […]
Leadership – How to Develop As a Leader Through Experiences
Experiences alone do not add to or take away from the development process of a leader. What that leader does with the experiences determines how he benefits and develops from those experiences. Experiential learning theorists believe the most effective way to grow from experience is to use the Action-Observation-Reflection (A-O-R) […]
IFRS Versus GAAP
There are two sets of accounting rules accepted for international use: U.S. standards referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and international standards known as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The first is developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), whose power is derived form the United States […]
Contextual Link Building ‘Whys and Hows’
Every website owner desires to increase the traffic to their website. This can very easily be achieved through the building of contextual links. A contextual link is one in which the website visitor reads a link before having to click through it. If you are wondering how this works, it […]
Brand-Led Culture Change
A strong employer brand encourages recruitment of quality talent and builds effective employee engagement and employee retention. It requires shaping employee perceptions and behaviours based on the values that will make your organisation successful and aligning employee performance to these values. The term “employer brand” came about during the mid […]
How Does Learning a Foreign Language Help With Cultural Awareness?
Contrary to popular belief, learning a foreign language is not simply about being able to speak it. It is about understanding and experiencing another culture and society, and, through this, broadening your own perspectives and outlook on the world. Many prospective language learners greatly underestimate what it means to be […]
Forbes Africa – Delivering Information, Ideas and Technologies That Change the World
Started by B. C. Forbes and Walter Drey in 1917, Forbes Africa is published as a biweekly magazine. The original name of the magazine was Forbes: Devoted to Doers and Doings. Its current editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Perlis. At the time, B. C. Forbes was […]
The Leadership Formula
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office”. Dwight D. Eisenhower. We are all called upon to lead at certain times. We lead in […]