Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We have organizational and logistical plans to move our crews and equipment to each event smoothly and efficiently. Sales slow and clients’ patience is tested. How they’re preparing: The company has opted to purchase several billboards in the Las Vegas area ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. We can’t do business as usual.

Small Business 111

Small Business Promotion Logistics Security 111

Success

DECEMBER 28, 2021

They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. These are five of those lessons.

Learning 122

Learning Flexibility Flexibility Logistics 122

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Coffee was 50 cents/cup to purchase more supplies. The person who managed the money and purchased the coffee was upset because too many people were drinking coffee without paying. Somebody in housekeeping whose responsibility is to manage cash logistics. When the fridge finally died, there was no money to replace that either.

Supplies 62

Supplies Purchasing Cleaning Sales 62

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

A reader writes: I have been working for the past seven years in a customer service and logistics center. The first four years, I was dedicated to support three specific sales offices, until a colleague who had 50% unrelated tasks begged our manager for someone else to take these tasks.

Promotion 34

Promotion Logistics Customer Service Supplies 34

Workplace Psychology

DECEMBER 15, 2019

. “Management consultants should have at least the basic knowledge and skills with respect to the main business disciplines, such as accounting, HRM, organization, IT, marketing, logistics, finance, and strategy. Particular attention is paid to marketing and sales activities. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Consulting 57

Consulting Problem-Solving Promotion Logistics 57

Ask a Manager

JULY 14, 2016

How can I kindly encourage my superiors, who believe in the “if you made the purchase (even under someone else’s authority), you have to fix it and handle it forever” philosophy, when the problem is an electrical/furniture issue that I feel like puts me in danger every time I am told to fix it? .”

Logistics 20

Logistics Cubicle Sales Interviewing 20

Ask a Manager

MARCH 24, 2016

My role was to open and then manage a new sales office. As part of my very, very generous package, my employer purchased a lovely SUV. I’ve lived and worked in a developing country for three years now as part of a contract with an overseas-based company. All expenses are covered, and I can even have a driver if I want.

Administrative Assistance 20

Administrative Assistance Salary Pharmaceutical Office Chairs 20