USA Today Business Editor Steven Strauss once wrote, “Cash flow is your business oxygen.” Indeed, business owners need ready access to liquid cash to make payroll for their employees, pay bills and keep their companies alive.
Walt Disney World employs nearly 60,000 “Cast Members,” the organization’s term for its employees, and entertains more than 16 million “guests,” or customers, annually.
In a 2010 global fraud study, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) determined that a typical organization loses 5 percent of its annual revenue to fraud and theft.
In the current recession, being profitable and saving money are top priorities for many companies. Leaders are pushing staff to perform beyond their limits with fewer resources, and as they struggle to find shortcuts, employees may feel pressured to behave unethically
Walter Isaacson’s new biography (authorized by Steve Jobs before his death), sheds some light on Jobs' thought processes, visions, insight and philosophy.
If burnout goes unaddressed, entire companies can lose their zeal for building great products and services and keeping customers happy.