If your business deals with inventory, this is a good time of the year to consider ways to contain those costs. Inventory that is not moving is dead weight and your goal should be to convert it to cash as quickly as possible, even if you have to mark it down dramatically to do so.

Here are five things to consider in dealing with inventory.

5 Ways to Minimize Inventory Costs

One of the best ways to become more creative and productive in the upcoming year is to enhance your workspace. Often we start in a space get so busy that we don’t even realize that we have outgrown it, or that it needs a drastic revamp. Your environment is a key element of your success and improving it is a good investment of your time.

Here are five ways you can do just that.

5 Ways to Enhance Your Workspace

As you close out 2013 and get ready to launch 2014, it’s a great time to think about how to make things different and better. Not in the old “resolution” manner, but by thinking of what you want more of and less of in life.

Here are five thoughts to consider.

5 Thoughts to End the Year

In the midst of all the holiday chaos…STOP.

Take a few minutes to sit down and reflect on the REAL gifts of the season.

Here are five questions to consider.

5 Questions to Appreciate the REAL Gifts of the Season

It’s no secret that the holidays can push your stress to an all-time high. Many of us tend to take on more than ever before both in our business and personal lives, by squeezing in that one extra party, buying that one extra gift, baking that one extra batch of cookies.

But you can develop an approach that relieves some of that stress. Here are five ways you can enjoy the holidays more than ever.

5 Ways to Enjoy the Holiday Season

If you’re like me, you get well over 100 emails a day. Sometimes 200, right?

How do efficient people lighten their email? Just follow the process below and you’ll be able to dramatically decrease the amount of unwanted email you receive.

5-Steps to Eliminating Unwanted Email

Are you working really hard to grow sales, but it just isn’t happening? Maybe your communication is actually preventing you from making those sales.

Here are five communication ideas that could jump start your sales.

5 Communication Tips to Grow Sales

There is a real cost to networking, both in time and dollars. So it’s important that you strategize about these events before you make the investment.

Here are five things to consider in deciding whether an event is a good fit for you and your business.

5-Steps to Develop a Networking Strategy

No matter how successful your business, if you don’t have a positive cash flow you won’t be around for long.

And, no matter how great a customer may be, if they don’t pay their invoices on time, they are setting you up to fail. Here are five steps to enhance your cash flow.

5 Steps to Improve Your Cash Flow

Many of us have been taught that negotiation is a “put up your dukes” experience. But you’ll be more successful if you think of it as a human interaction rather than a battlefield. A successful negotiation is not about winning but about maximizing benefit for both parties.

Five Ways to Negotiate Like a Pro