Writing an RFP to Get the Responses You Need
Writing an RFP can be a daunting task. But the goal is beneficial and necessary: get input from a variety of third parties so you can make the best choice for implementing your requirements. What…
What Employees are Really Seeking is a Mentor
Every day, active employees are entering the job market searching and pursuing new employment outside their current organization. This isn’t new, and perhaps some individuals may even say they do this regularly to stay competitive…
Sales Enablement: What the Heck is That?
At the end of the day, we’re all wearing a ‘sales’ hat within our own job role. We’re all on the lookout for new opportunities, garnering introductions to people in our industry, or keeping tabs on what our competition is doing.
How to Get Past an Ineffective Meeting Culture
Have you ever been sitting in a meeting and thinking to yourself, “Why am I here?” As it turns out, you may not be the only one. A Harvard study surveyed 182 senior managers in…
Good Habits for Successful Workers: Communication
Good communication skills are essential in any job. It would be great if communication were like math and science; follow the formula and it just works. Unfortunately, there’s an art to communication, and to some…
Wellness in the Workplace
It is no secret that finding time for exercise can be difficult, particularly when most of your day is spent at a desk. A sometimes even greater task is trying to eat healthy foods when…
Why Hire a Computer Systems Consultant?
More than once in my computer consulting career I’ve heard clients ask questions similar to the following: Why didn’t you know about that? Or, you’re the expert with this software, so how was this problem…
Learning New Technologies
If you are a software developer, learning new technologies is a way of life. That is probably one the of reasons why you are developer in the first place - you like to kick the…
The Difficulty with Estimating – A Case for Understanding Business Requirements
At Zirous we have found that it is critical to understand the business problem and requirements for the project upfront for a successful implementation. In order to do that we like to start our projects with a discovery engagement.
3 Sales Activities You Should be Tracking Today…And How to Bring them all Together
You’re being told to embrace data from every news outlet and blog. This can be easier in some areas of the workforce than others, though. In marketing, you can measure success with tracking of ads.…