Friday, October 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Useful Planning and Organizing Tools for Enterpreneurs and Business Owners...
Outline For A Business Plan For Financing:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/bpfo.pdf
Due Diligence Checklist:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/dd.pdf
Hi-Spot Review:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/hsr.pdf
Enterprise Function Model:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/efm.pdf
For more information, visit:
http://www.enterpriship.com
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/bpfo.pdf
Due Diligence Checklist:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/dd.pdf
Hi-Spot Review:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/hsr.pdf
Enterprise Function Model:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/articles/efm.pdf
For more information, visit:
http://www.enterpriship.com
Monday, September 13, 2010
BLD Announces A Portfolio of "Quick" Articles About Project Management
BLD's "Quick" articles on project management topics can be found at:
. Overview
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/pm.pdf
. Project Accounting
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/pa.pdf
. Earned Value
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/ev.pdf
. High Spot Review
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/hsr.pdf
. Overview
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/pm.pdf
. Project Accounting
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/pa.pdf
. Earned Value
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/ev.pdf
. High Spot Review
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/hsr.pdf
Friday, September 10, 2010
BLD Announces the Enterpriship Regulatory Portal...
The Enterpriship Regulatory Portal provides links to Federal and state government websites for entrepreneurs and business owners:
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/federal
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/state/california
The portal is also available as an earticle for California: download
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/federal
http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/state/california
The portal is also available as an earticle for California: download
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Trends In Online Education
Methods of delivering middle and high school education are changing!!!
According to a meta-analysis released by the U.S. Department of Education, online learning has its advantages. The analysis shows that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those receiving the same through face-to-face methods.
Furthermore, those who took "blended" courses - those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction - appeared to best of all.
For more information:
http://www.nigel-brooks-voice.com/ole/
According to a meta-analysis released by the U.S. Department of Education, online learning has its advantages. The analysis shows that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those receiving the same through face-to-face methods.
Furthermore, those who took "blended" courses - those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction - appeared to best of all.
For more information:
http://www.nigel-brooks-voice.com/ole/
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labor Compliance Requirements For California Public Works Projects
Federal, State of California, county, and city financed projects offer huge opportunities for contractors. According to the Department of Industrial Relations there are almost 6,000 public works projects sponsored by State of California agencies, counties, cities, school districts, and other special districts between July 2010 and 2011.
Public works projects should set the standard for all construction projects in terms of governance, administrative, operational, and compliance activities because of the strict regulatory requirements resulting from taxpayers money being put to work.
The Federal Public Buildings, Property, and Works Code, The State of California Public Contracts Code, and various local county and city codes address how projects must be bid and conducted.
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/lcrca.pdf
Public works projects should set the standard for all construction projects in terms of governance, administrative, operational, and compliance activities because of the strict regulatory requirements resulting from taxpayers money being put to work.
The Federal Public Buildings, Property, and Works Code, The State of California Public Contracts Code, and various local county and city codes address how projects must be bid and conducted.
www.bldsolutions.com/articles/lcrca.pdf
Friday, August 27, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
BLD Announces New Webinar – Understanding Personal Styles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L. Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: nalb@bldsolutions.com
Website URL – main: www.bldsolutions.com
– featured: www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/webinar
BLD Announces New Webinar – Understanding Personal Styles
Phoenix, Arizona, August 23, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces that based upon popular demand, its book “Understanding Personal Styles – Balancing Inter-Personal Skills with Professional Skills,” is now offered as a webinar. The webinar includes an online personality profile survey, an ebook, a presentation summary, and an ereference card.
Understanding Personal Styles was developed over several years from BLD's business strategy, organizational reviews, and performance assessments consulting practice, including seminars and one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions.
“The webinar is of interest to entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, lifestyle business enterprise owners, executives, managers, professionals, and students in both their professional and personal lives,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks, author of the material and president of The Business Leadership Development Corporation. “It is extremely useful in helping people build stronger relationships with others in both the workplace and at home.”
The webinar provides a framework for determining the values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of people. It increases the likelihood of success in both social and professional relationships, which is based on the ability to relate, to build a rapport, and to interact with others by being able to entertain, inform, convince, persuade, and negotiate with them.
The webinar is available at anytimes at: www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/webinar and costs $19.95 including all materials.
According to BLD's research, the likelihood of success in business is as much based upon using inter-personal skills effectively as it is based upon using professional skills.
BLD was founded in 1994, and established its management consulting practice in 2000. BLD provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and business publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies to achieve performance excellence by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L. Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: nalb@bldsolutions.com
Website URL – main: www.bldsolutions.com
– featured: www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/webinar
BLD Announces New Webinar – Understanding Personal Styles
Phoenix, Arizona, August 23, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces that based upon popular demand, its book “Understanding Personal Styles – Balancing Inter-Personal Skills with Professional Skills,” is now offered as a webinar. The webinar includes an online personality profile survey, an ebook, a presentation summary, and an ereference card.
Understanding Personal Styles was developed over several years from BLD's business strategy, organizational reviews, and performance assessments consulting practice, including seminars and one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions.
“The webinar is of interest to entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, lifestyle business enterprise owners, executives, managers, professionals, and students in both their professional and personal lives,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks, author of the material and president of The Business Leadership Development Corporation. “It is extremely useful in helping people build stronger relationships with others in both the workplace and at home.”
The webinar provides a framework for determining the values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of people. It increases the likelihood of success in both social and professional relationships, which is based on the ability to relate, to build a rapport, and to interact with others by being able to entertain, inform, convince, persuade, and negotiate with them.
The webinar is available at anytimes at: www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/webinar and costs $19.95 including all materials.
According to BLD's research, the likelihood of success in business is as much based upon using inter-personal skills effectively as it is based upon using professional skills.
BLD was founded in 1994, and established its management consulting practice in 2000. BLD provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and business publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies to achieve performance excellence by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Compliance Guide For Contractors In California...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L. Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: bld@bldsolutions.com
Website URL: main: www.bldsolutions.com – featured: www.bldsolutions.com/cgc.ca/
ISBN – soft cover paperback: 978-0-97937508-8 ebook: 978-0-97937509-5
BLD Announces New Book:
Compliance Guide For Contractors
In California
Phoenix, Arizona, August 10, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces the publication of its book “Compliance Guide For Contractors In California” in soft cover paperback and ebook editions, with an accompanying web portal.
“Compliance Guide For Contractors In California” is an extremely useful reference guide for contractors doing business in California in both public and private works. The book contains links to over 150 Federal, State, and local websites that contain regulatory information for contractors.
“The book is quick and handy reference guide,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks, President of The Business Leadership Development Corporation. Brooks is an entrepreneur, business owner, management consultant, motivational speaker, and expert author.
“The book is accompanied by a web portal that contains electronic links to the sites and to other material on entrepreneurship, leadership, management, and business administration,” Brooks noted. “The web portal contains an up-to-date version electronic of the book, which can be downloaded onto mobile devices – hence contractors can have access to regulatory information in the field.”
Topics include an overview of the construction industry and the business of contracting, an overview of Federal and State laws and regulations concerning contractors for both public and private works, contents of construction contracts, and the underground economy. The book includes material on project management and managerial accounting techniques to help contractors understand costs and profits.
BLD was founded in 1994, and established its management consulting practice in 2000. BLD provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies in entrepreneurs and executives by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Compliance Guide For Contractors In California...
Prepublication ebook now available:
http://www.bldsolutions.com/cgc.ca/buy/index.html
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
From the University of Dayton...
http://homepages.udayton.edu/~schneijc/Credo-For-Success---The-Enterpriship-Model-For-Entrepreneurship,-Leadership-and-Management
Monday, April 26, 2010
BLD Announces Book: Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L.Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: bld@bldsolutions.com
Website URL: main: http://www.bldsolutions.com
Featured: http://www.enterpriship.com/top10/
ISBN: 978-0-9793750-7-1
BLD Announces New Book: Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship
Phoenix, Arizona, April 26, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces the publication of its book “Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship” as a soft cover paperback. This book is a companion to “Understanding Personal Styles,” which was published earlier this year.
“Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship” represents the most popular articles on the subject of enterpriship written by Nigel A.L. Brooks and published over time. “Enterpriship” is the process of building enterprises with sustainable advantage, and has a framework of three related disciplines: entrepreneurship, leadership, and management. "Enterpriship" is derived from four words: management, leadership, enterprise, entrepreneurship.
“The selection is a quick read for aspiring entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, executives, lifestyle business enterprise owners, leaders, and managers,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks, President of The Business Leadership Development Corporation. Brooks is an entrepreneur, business owner, management consultant, motivational speaker, and expert author.
Topics include organizing functional knowledge; understanding individual competencies; using communications skills that entertain, inform, convince, and persuade effectively; understanding financial, managerial, and regulatory accounting and reporting concepts; and exploring the leadership role – setting direction that others will follow to achieve results.
The topics are based upon the experience of The Business Leadership Development Corporation working with entrepreneurs and executives in start-up ventures to the Fortune 100 on a local-to-global basis.
BLD was founded in 1994, and established its management consulting practice in 2000. BLD provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies in entrepreneurs and executives by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L.Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: bld@bldsolutions.com
Website URL: main: http://www.bldsolutions.com
Featured: http://www.enterpriship.com/top10/
ISBN: 978-0-9793750-7-1
BLD Announces New Book: Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship
Phoenix, Arizona, April 26, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces the publication of its book “Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship” as a soft cover paperback. This book is a companion to “Understanding Personal Styles,” which was published earlier this year.
“Top 10 Articles On Enterpriship” represents the most popular articles on the subject of enterpriship written by Nigel A.L. Brooks and published over time. “Enterpriship” is the process of building enterprises with sustainable advantage, and has a framework of three related disciplines: entrepreneurship, leadership, and management. "Enterpriship" is derived from four words: management, leadership, enterprise, entrepreneurship.
“The selection is a quick read for aspiring entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, executives, lifestyle business enterprise owners, leaders, and managers,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks, President of The Business Leadership Development Corporation. Brooks is an entrepreneur, business owner, management consultant, motivational speaker, and expert author.
Topics include organizing functional knowledge; understanding individual competencies; using communications skills that entertain, inform, convince, and persuade effectively; understanding financial, managerial, and regulatory accounting and reporting concepts; and exploring the leadership role – setting direction that others will follow to achieve results.
The topics are based upon the experience of The Business Leadership Development Corporation working with entrepreneurs and executives in start-up ventures to the Fortune 100 on a local-to-global basis.
BLD was founded in 1994, and established its management consulting practice in 2000. BLD provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies in entrepreneurs and executives by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Great article
http://meronanblog.co.cc/constituency-advantage-competitive-collaborative-and-cooperative/
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Ideal Free Open Bundle
. Ubuntu: operating system
. Wubi: running Ubuntu within Windows
. VirtualBox: running Ubuntu on any platform: Linux, Mac, Windows, Unix
. OpenOffice: productivity suite
http://etailia.com/freestuff.html
. Wubi: running Ubuntu within Windows
. VirtualBox: running Ubuntu on any platform: Linux, Mac, Windows, Unix
. OpenOffice: productivity suite
http://etailia.com/freestuff.html
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
BLD Announces New Book – Understanding Personal Styles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L. Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: nalb@bldsolutions.com
Website URL – main:
http://www.bldsolutions.com
Website URL – featured:
http://www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/book
ISBN-10: 0979375061
ISBN-13: 978-0979375064
BLD Announces New Book – Understanding Personal Styles
Phoenix, Arizona, January 27, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces the publication of its book “Understanding Personal Styles – Balancing Inter-Personal Skills with Professional Skills” as a soft cover paperback. The book includes a link to an online personality profile survey. The book is a companion to the Understanding Personal Styles eseminar, which has been available since September 2008.
According to BLD's research, the likelihood of success in business is as much based upon using inter-personal skills effectively as it is based upon using professional skills.
Understanding Personal Styles was developed from BLD's business strategy, organizational reviews, and performance assessment engagements, including experience with both seminars and one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions.
The book provides a framework for determining the values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of people. It increases the likelihood of success in both social and professional relationships, which is based on the ability to relate, to build a rapport, and to interact with others. As a consequence, an individual can become a better communicator who entertains, informs, convinces, persuades, and negotiates effectively.
“Understanding personal styles is a prerequisite for building a sustainable enterprise because focusing on people-oriented capabilities is just as important as focusing on process and product and/or service-oriented capabilities,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks – BLD's president and author of the book.
The book is aimed at entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, lifestyle business enterprise owners, executives, managers, professionals, and students.
BLD was founded in 1994 and provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies to achieve performance excellence by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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CONTACT:
Contact Person: Nigel A. L. Brooks
Company Name: The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD)
Phone Number: (602) 291-4595
Email Address: nalb@bldsolutions.com
Website URL – main:
http://www.bldsolutions.com
Website URL – featured:
http://www.understandingpersonalstyles.com/book
ISBN-10: 0979375061
ISBN-13: 978-0979375064
BLD Announces New Book – Understanding Personal Styles
Phoenix, Arizona, January 27, 2010
The Business Leadership Development Corporation (BLD) announces the publication of its book “Understanding Personal Styles – Balancing Inter-Personal Skills with Professional Skills” as a soft cover paperback. The book includes a link to an online personality profile survey. The book is a companion to the Understanding Personal Styles eseminar, which has been available since September 2008.
According to BLD's research, the likelihood of success in business is as much based upon using inter-personal skills effectively as it is based upon using professional skills.
Understanding Personal Styles was developed from BLD's business strategy, organizational reviews, and performance assessment engagements, including experience with both seminars and one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions.
The book provides a framework for determining the values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of people. It increases the likelihood of success in both social and professional relationships, which is based on the ability to relate, to build a rapport, and to interact with others. As a consequence, an individual can become a better communicator who entertains, informs, convinces, persuades, and negotiates effectively.
“Understanding personal styles is a prerequisite for building a sustainable enterprise because focusing on people-oriented capabilities is just as important as focusing on process and product and/or service-oriented capabilities,” said Nigel A.L. Brooks – BLD's president and author of the book.
The book is aimed at entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, lifestyle business enterprise owners, executives, managers, professionals, and students.
BLD was founded in 1994 and provides strategic management consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, professional training, motivational speaking, and publications. BLD develops entrepreneurial, leadership, and managerial competencies to achieve performance excellence by building sustainable advantage from vision to value.
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