© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit, you have to address certain considerations and make certain decisions if you set out to intentionally expand — or grow — your organization, products and/or services. You can grow your organization, products and/or services just by managing them well, for example, …

Sections of This Topic Include About Ethics, Principles, and Moral Values What is Business Ethics? Managing Ethics in the Workplace Managing Ethics Programs in the Workplace Developing Codes of Ethics Developing Codes of Conduct Resolving Ethical Dilemmas and Making Ethical Decisions Ethics Training Assessing Culture and Cultivating Ethical Culture Some Contemporary (Arguably) Ethical Issues General …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Also, see Carter’s Board Blog (for for-profits and nonprofits). The document is a sample of a rather detailed, emergency-driven development plan from a board to an executive director, “Jim Struggles,” who struggles to develop basic supervisory skills in his leadership role of Agency-in-Need. Typically, a board …

Insights on For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards of Directors The vast majority of content on this topic applies to for-profits and nonprofits. This book also covers this topic. © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., Authenticity Consulting, LLC This applies to for-profit and nonprofit insights in board unless marked differently. Perhaps the best way to benefit from …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Vast majority of content in this topic applies to for-profits and nonprofits. This book also covers this topic. Sections of This Topic Include Current Chief Executive’s Notification to Board (if the current CEO is leaving) Need for Confidentiality in Hiring a New Chief Executive Board Preparation …

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Scope creep is one of the biggest culprits for delayed large projects. A lack of clear requirements, involving the wrong stakeholders, lack of documented functional and non-functional requirements, and poorly defined map process flows all contribute to scope creep. Luckily, there are many strategies a project manager and all project stakeholders can put in place …

In our digital age, it’s easy to hop on the internet and see how a company fares based on its reviews. This simple rating can send a customer to your site or run away in fear. Reputation management software makes it possible to track ratings and offer tools to boost your company’s status as well. …

Building strong relationships with the best CRM Software Systems helps customers by increasing sales and running a successful small or midsize business However, it takes time and effort to keep track of vital information related to your prospects and customers. That’s where customer relationship management (CRM) software comes in. CRM is a centralized system that …

One of the most important books in the project manager’s library is the Project Management Book of Knowledge. It contains processes that smooth any aspect of a project, grouped into five process groups or project management phases. While they don’t contain a specific method of organizing a project, they can be used with any sort …