SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA–(Marketwire – November 10, 2009) – Novartis Korea (President: Peter Jager) announced it was honored as recipient of the Excellence Award in the category of public affairs of 2009 Korea PR Award for its contribution to enhancing organ donation. The awarding ceremony took place on Thursday at Grand Ballroom of Seoul Plaza Hotel. Novartis Korea has launched a  [ Read More ]

Venturing into running your own business is not only very exciting, but it is also a very stressful time. There are many steps in the process that must be completed. One of these steps is acquiring the financing from a bank. In order to secure funding from a bank, you must have a sound business plan. You will be required  [ Read More ]

Last couple of issues I talked about how either moving too fast or too slow can sabotage your success. (You can read part 1 and 2 here: http://www.michelepw.com/blog ) Today I’m going to talk about a place where entrepreneurs typically move too fast — launching their product. I know. You just finished your product or program and you can’t wait  [ Read More ]

It’s not enough these days to do a good job, offer fair prices, and serve your customers with integrity and honesty. If you spend all your time working in your business you’ll be missing out on customers that will never know you’re alive. Sure, you may be doing a good job for the customers you have, but competition who may  [ Read More ]

In today’s business, customer service is a rapidly vanishing standard for employees of large corporations such as banks, telephone companies and insurance companies. There are several reasons for the demise of true customer service and the circumstances of such demise addressed here are the use of first names only, limited to access to real decision makers and inadequate recourse for  [ Read More ]