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TEAMS profile tool

The TEAMS profile tool is an excellent corporate resource for team development, the results of The TEAMS Profile from Lifeskills Enrichment will give leaders the information required to understand the role preferences of their team members and to strategically place each person in their best position to maximise their effectiveness.

teams profile
The profile will increase team members’ understanding and appreciation for the different necessary roles within each effective team, each other’s talents, preferences, communication style, leadership qualities and challenge areas.
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Do you really understand your Sales Team’s Strategy?

For Board members or for non-commercial executives thinking about the commercial area of their business branding, marketing and advertising occupies most focus and sales is left pretty much to fend for itself.

This mindset is to be regretted, as sales must offer the business many opportunities to add value in building and retaining a strong customer network. I have seen too many great brands with fantastic advertising flounder because no one could buy their product, or retailers or wholesalers were constantly out of stock or pricing did not reflect brand values.  … Read more

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Two BIG benefits of enhancing Workplace eQ

Last week one of the people I work with, part time, resigned.

Its sad, she was a good team member a good worker, but the lack of good emotional skills in our workplace contributed to her resignation.

Looking back on my career, most of the great people that resigned from my teams did so because of a personal clash with co-workers or bosses.… Read more

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Strategy is useless without Execution- Wharton Professor

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=3316

While its something we should know, the sexiness of devising strategy sometimes overwhelms the daily grind of implementation. So its great to reinforce when ever possible, that when it comes to executing strategy, the old saying “the devil is in the details” holds true for many companies, according to Wharton emeritus management professor Lawrence G. Hrebiniak.

While executives may readily participate in the development of new strategies, execution tends to get ignored, because it is often viewed as a task for non-executives or not an exec level concern, he notes.… Read more

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What we can offer you

acumen.sg is able to offer businesses an insight into how to effectively implement commercial and human resource strategies.

With over 60 years of joint experience in major multinational organisations implementing business plans  and experience of working on transformational projects with and without the assistance of external consultants, the partners of acumen.sg can tailor solutions to the challenges your business faces rather than apply internal models.… Read more