Internal Business Solutions, INC

Category: Business Management Consulting

  • Innovate Or Die

    August 2013 This article was written back in 2007 in the beginning of the recession, its principles still apply today. What do organizations, such as those in the publishing industry, need to do to ensure survival, readership, and jobs for their people and provide a service to their communities? The publishing industry is at a…

  • 5 Stages to Empowering Your People and Successfully Implementing Change

    August 2013   Stop for a moment and ask yourself: What significant changes are you and your team facing this season – perhaps a company or department merger, leader or employee development, or a new marketing approach? You probably have all the means – the site, the people, resources, even the blueprints for change –…

  • 10 Steps to Personal and Professional Growth

    August 2013 1. Awareness 2. Dissatisfaction 3. Affirmation 4. Responsibility 5. Personalized Goal 6. Demoralization 7. Intention 8. Action 9. Self-Support 10. Sustained Change. An Established Habit First, think of something you can do so well that you can teach another other person how to do it. Second, now think about the stages you went…

  • Hiring Employees: The Four Requirements

    August 2013   Most people look at previous employment history and skill sets to decide on candidate selection. Although past history and skills can be decent indicators of future work, it is far wiser to look at this process through a different set of lenses. Each job actually calls for four major areas to be…

  • Successful Leadership: Seven Actions

    August 2013 It’s rare to find anything new in the area of employee-leader relations. Effective leaders know the value of establishing trust, setting rigorous and tangible goals, reflecting on and refining practices and procedures, and keeping communication lines open. Here are seven other important considerations that will take your organization to the next level. Grow…

  • US versus THEM, Incorporated

    August 2013 Overview An overwhelming majority of organizations have inadvertently created “us versus them” cultures. These organizations have turned much of their focus and resources away from serving the customer and directed it toward in-fighting and power struggles. Businesses I work with often have good products and services, but are on the brink of going…

  • Customized Executive Assessment Coaching & Pre-Hire Selection Package

    August 2013   This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… Assessment tools are so generic they produce non-specific and unreliable results. No implementation piece results in rapidly fading benefits. Customized assessment tools produce results that are highly reliable and customized to your firm. Results will include specific feedback on…

  • How to Improve Employees’ Functionality by Improving Internal Customer Service

    August 2013 Moving our bodies from point A to point B requires the use of our two legs working together to achieve this simple task. If one or the other of the two legs does not fully support the body, or if one does not make a full and even stride, then the act can…

  • How to Create an Office Environment where Change Initiatives can Flourish

    Aug 2013 How to create an office environment where change initiatives can flourish This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… We find ourselves re-doing our project plan and spinning our wheels. People are not working as a team. Increased cross-functional collaboration and communication. Higher degrees of participation from all members,…

  • How to Successfully Merge Department or Company Cultures

    Aug 2013 For a project to end successfully, it must begin successfully and this statement could not be more true and the stakes higher then when it comes to any kind of merger or restructure. Long before the CEO’s are finished signing the final documents, the employees of each department or company have already started…