Business Innovation & Networking Blog
Enhancing Revenues and Margins with PVM Analysis
For manufacturing CEOs and business owners, optimizing both revenues and margins is critical for sustaining profitability and growth. Price-Volume-Mix (PVM) analysis is a powerful tool that breaks down financial performance into price, volume, and mix variances,...
Essential Management Tips for Emotional Intelligence
Power Up Your Empathy Effective managers are good at using empathy and being sensitive to how people feel and why they feel the way they do. ‘Tune into’ and ’read’ the feelings and emotions being shared during a conversation. Make Relevant Decisions Effective managers...
Linking Culture and Mindset to Organizational Performance and Growth
Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. They demonstrate that organizational cultures that facilitate adaptation to a...
You Need Attention Before You Can Sell
When I was selling cars in my early twenties, I was one of four salespeople at our dealership. We took turns meeting new customers who arrived at the dealership. However, because I was the junior guy, most often customers already knew a salesperson, and I received...
Leading With Emotional Power®
Written by: Brett Richards, PhD President, Connective Intelligence Inc. Emotions Influence Behaviour Research shows that emotions influence behaviour. Our emotional intelligence - how we use our emotional and social skills - affects our actions, our decisions and...
4 Mindsets to Grow Through Innovation
We’re excited at Connective Intelligence to sponsor an organization where members focus on growth through innovation. While researching organizational systems for my doctoral thesis, I developed a method of assessing an organization’s mindset to quantify and improve...
Experiential Intelligence: Unlocking Untapped Assets for Breakthrough Growth
What is the most important asset that can predict your team’s ability to innovate and drive the growth of your company? The answer might surprise you. It’s not their education or personalities. It has far more to do with the challenges they have conquered,...
Are You Prepared for “the Riskiest Year” in Business?
While I like to start the year on a positive note, I feel compelled to share with you an article on a serious topic: What do you foresee for your company in 2023 in terms of your company’s biggest business risks? One business leader I follow is Jim DeLoach, managing...
A Precious Gift to Yourself this Month
As the daylight hours shorten, colourful lights emerge to illuminate the long, dark nights. Our cozy shelters invite us to gather. This is December and, in Canada, that means it’s time to reflect and celebrate! A month of diverse celebrations, December is a time for...
Let’s Get Together Again! Why In-Person Meetings Are Still Important
Many organizations are facing a dilemma: 60 percent of employees do not want to come back to the workplace after working remotely for two and a half years. At Innovators Alliance, we are seeing a similar reluctance to get back together in person, so let’s take a...
