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Tag: leadership

The Art of Leadership

The Art of Leadership You’ve been promoted.  Now what?  How are you going to lead people who are now counting on you for guidance? To answer this question, we must first understand what  exactly leadership is. Though we may think we understand it, and we can certainly recognize its absence—how is leadership defined? Can you… Continue reading The Art of Leadership

Leaders Are Made Not Born

Consider the facts: new leaders rarely get the training they need to manage people. Instead, what they get is “Congratulations!  You’re promoted!  Good luck!”  This is a serious problem.  Most of the leaders who quit, are demoted, or are asked to leave a company do so because they lack people skills. The problem is not… Continue reading Leaders Are Made Not Born

Small Business Consulting Services Offer Guidelines For Turning Failures Into Success

In the current business environment, there aren’t many people who are willing to stick their necks out in order to suggest a new way of doing things or champion an experimental product or service. So many company managers are intent on trimming the fat that they forget how critical it is to keep the innovative… Continue reading Small Business Consulting Services Offer Guidelines For Turning Failures Into Success

Building a Marketing Strategy that Works with the Help of Small Business Consulting Services

Is there ever a time when a company doesn’t benefit from the help of small business consulting services? The short answer—no. Social media giant Facebook recently provided a great example of how businesses of any size benefit from ongoing assistance when it comes to strategy. Despite its historic success, Facebook was not doing so great… Continue reading Building a Marketing Strategy that Works with the Help of Small Business Consulting Services

A Small Business Consulting Firm Can Teach New Managers Essential Skills

Any small business consulting firm will tell you that a company is only as strong as its leaders. A recent story in the Standard-Examiner reports that an audit revealed that the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) is in big financial trouble due to poor management and a lack of planning. Poor oversight of the… Continue reading A Small Business Consulting Firm Can Teach New Managers Essential Skills

Small Business Consulting Firm’s Expert Offers Advice in the ‘Philadelphia Business Journal’

Markios Consulting’s very own Rip Tilden offered his small business consulting expertise to the business world as a guest columnist for the Philadelphia Business Journal. In his article, “The Elephant in the Room,” Tilden offers a no-nonsense approach to tackling your hardest business challenges, particularly management or leadership issues, in the face of any economic… Continue reading Small Business Consulting Firm’s Expert Offers Advice in the ‘Philadelphia Business Journal’