Business Innovation & Networking Blog
Enhancing Revenues and Margins with PVM Analysis
For manufacturing CEOs and business owners, optimizing both revenues and margins is critical for sustaining profitability and growth. Price-Volume-Mix (PVM) analysis is a powerful tool that breaks down financial performance into price, volume, and mix variances,...
2024 Innovation Resources Summer Edition: Entrepreneurial Books, Podcasts and Tools
The greatest resource at Innovators Alliance is the wealth and experiences of our members. As a community for entrepreneurs, we put a particular emphasis on innovation and the opportunity to share experiences and gain inspiration from others. Earlier this year we...
Essential Management Tips for Emotional Intelligence
Power Up Your Empathy Effective managers are good at using empathy and being sensitive to how people feel and why they feel the way they do. ‘Tune into’ and ’read’ the feelings and emotions being shared during a conversation. Make Relevant Decisions Effective managers...
Innovators Alliance and AnsidCFO Partner to Drive Sustainable Profit Growth for Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Innovators Alliance is excited to announce a strategic partnership with AnsidCFO, a leading provider of fractional CFO services, specializing in outsourced finance, analytics, and automation to deliver sustainable profit growth. The Annual IA Member Survey revealed...
Innovators Alliance Launches Manufacturing Sector Specific Chapter
With close to half of the IA membership working in the manufacturing industry, it was only a matter of time before we brought members from the sector together in a more formal way. Now, with our first meeting under our belt, we are pleased to share that we have...
Linking Culture and Mindset to Organizational Performance and Growth
Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. They demonstrate that organizational cultures that facilitate adaptation to a...
Jeremy Robinson of EOS Worldwide and Innovators Alliance Join Forces to Drive Entrepreneurial Success
Jeremy Robinson, Professional Implementer with EOS Worldwide, the pioneering organization dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and leadership teams with simple, practical tools, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Innovators Alliance, a community...
You Need Attention Before You Can Sell
When I was selling cars in my early twenties, I was one of four salespeople at our dealership. We took turns meeting new customers who arrived at the dealership. However, because I was the junior guy, most often customers already knew a salesperson, and I received...
The IA Intrapreneur Program: A Peer-to-peer Community for Developing Leaders
For 25 years, Innovators Alliance has been a peer-to-peer community for entrepreneurs who are committed to doing things differently. As a not-for-profit, IA has the privilege of investing all revenues back into the membership, providing a great mechanism for testing...
Leading With Emotional Power®
Written by: Brett Richards, PhD President, Connective Intelligence Inc. Emotions Influence Behaviour Research shows that emotions influence behaviour. Our emotional intelligence - how we use our emotional and social skills - affects our actions, our decisions and...
