By Wayne O'Neill
Attracting top students is vital for colleges and universities who strive to stand out amidst tremendously intense, growing competition. Top students are valuable in building the school’s reputation of excellence because when graduates successfully transition to the work world, the college/university gets “credited” with putting them in that position.
By Wayne O'Neill
Wayne O’Neill & Associates announces the location for its new Houston corporate headquarters.
By Wayne O'Neill
We push people to authentically connect with companies in multiple ways and on multiple levels – both intellectually and organizationally. It’s not just as simple as sending a Facebook friend request or LinkedIn connection invite. Connecting is about truly understanding the issues and trends in their industry, and attaching how those issues affect all parts of their business; ranging from their customers, to their stakeholders, employees, investors and internal operational teams.
By Wayne O'Neill
In today’s hyper-connected, highly competitive world, the pressure to produce 24/7 generates stress that can kill you! But being productively paranoid is no way to go through life. If the anxiety level on your management team is high, it is a warning sign that your company needs to change. This is Part 7 in the game changing series “Top 7 Signs That Your Company Needs to Change.”
By Wayne O'Neill
Illusions are amazing in a magic act, but can be devastating in business development. Do your BD meetings go on for hours, but ultimately just sound like a Facebook feed of this week’s golf outings and nice dinners? Is there an agonizingly long Excel spreadsheet that, at first glance, appears to catalogue extensive work, and yet you somehow get the creeping feeling that people are just entering mindless drive? Is there typically one star rainmaker in your group, along with a few lucky partners who stumble into opportunities, and the rest of your meeting room listens in simply mystified and “along for the ride”? If you rely on a select few to carry the weight of new work for your company, then…
By Wayne O'Neill
How effective is your pricing strategy? If you find yourself constantly reducing costs, you may be sacrificing what you want most – to gain revenue…
By Wayne O'Neill
Our experience at the NACUBO 2013 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis was a refreshing change from years past. While the conference always draws the business officers from the country’s cream of the crop colleges and universities, this was the first time we felt there is a true trend of transformational thinking and ACTION taking place.
The overriding theme of the week was around capital investments into the higher education space. Leaders are finally realizing that the answer does NOT lie in either increased government bonds or increased student tuition. While institutions have realized in recent years the issue with leaving students with $100,000+ in debt, and not fully preparing them for the job market is a huge problem, during the 2013 conference we clearly heard leadership talking about specific creative solutions.
By Wayne O'Neill
If your business partners’ network has vanished or the value of your network is non-existent, then it may be time to take a closer look at your connections and relationships. Part 4 in game changing series: “Top 7 Signs That Your Company Needs to Change”
By Wayne O'Neill
If you frequently hear “But this is how we’ve always done it” then Part 3 of our game changing series “Top 7 Signs Your Company Needs to Change” can help you deal with resistance to change…
By Wayne O'Neill
If you have plenty of work but your profit is low and you want sustainable business solutions in generating revenue and increasing your profitability, then you need to read Part 2 of our game changing series “Top 7 Signs Your Company Needs to Change.”
