Dr Jim Porter: 92 books

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Improve Performance through the Balanced Scorecard. Organizations often focus their efforts on short term financial results and neglect the other aspects of their business. This is when the concept of the “Balanced Business Scorecard”, a tool for improving...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence. In our daily lives, we encounter various people who are excellent listeners. These people know how and what to say at the right time, and do so in such a manner that we’re neither offended nor upset. There are also people...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - We usually notice that when we're stressed about something, talking to a friend immediately helps in vanishing that stress and burden. This is often because the so-called stress we are facing comes from our perception of the situation. It could be that sometimes our...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - Identifying and setting your goals can play a very important role in motivating you to realize your vision for the future. Goal setting helps you to choose where you want to go in life and what you wish to accomplish. In 30 minutes, learn how to: Set your goals Consider your lifetime goals Start to achieve your goals Stay on your chosen course

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Adopt an Appropriate Leadership Style. For centuries we have witnessed various leaders and their distinct leadership styles. They have included Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela to name but a few. Business people and psychologists...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - This e-book consists of six “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides” for personal success. It addresses all you need to know about setting a personal strategy; including recognizing your strengths and weaknesses, setting personal or career goals, and recognizing and managing stress....

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Get Your Team Off to an Excellent Start.For a team to go in the right direction, Team Charters should be drawn as soon as the project is formed. They ensure that everyone is aware and focused on the right things from the beginning. You can also draft a Team...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - Each and every individual in this world is unique and different from others in his/her own way. Each one of us possesses distinct talents and our strengths and weaknesses vary from others. Once you have identified your strengths, take a look at your current role and assess...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Write Your Advertisement. Every start-up needs to spend some amount for advertising their business. Advertisements don’t always have to be clever and witty, but can at times be subtle and straightforward. You must have a fair idea of why you are choosing...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - The proper and efficient use of time can make all the difference between effectiveness and ineffectiveness. Some people are highly organized while many others get drowned in the chaos caused by the demands of their work and that of others. In fact, some are so poorly disorganized...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Manage Your PR Public Relations, in the broader sense, can be defined as a method of effectively communicating with your audience to ensure they understand your company’s goal and objectives. You can win a lot of customers by developing a positive image...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Insure Your Business. Business is very risky as anything could go wrong at any moment; insurance provides you with the financial compensation in case of unexpected events and most business risks can be insured against. You can select the risks against which...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Motivate Yourself to Lead. Most of us have an inherent desire to lead but somehow always find it difficult to motivate ourselves. This does not mean that you can’t work on it; with the help of certain tools you can work on motivating yourself to lead. In 30 minutes, learn how to: (a) Appreciate self motivation tools and (b) Self motivate yourself.

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Develop New Products and Services. Developing new products and / or new services is an indispensable component for sustained growth in revenue and profitability, and for commanding a market leadership. The process involved is more or less complex and could...