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The main point of identifying and tracking specific metrics is to measure your progress toward specific goals. But not all metrics can give you the information you need right away. Lagging indicators take a long time to change, and show the later-stage results of your efforts. Leading indicators, on the other hand, measure the activities you think will help you reach your goal, and can be tracked on a more ongoing basis. Because of the different time frames required by leading vs.

The world is changing and so is the way we shop. A few years ago, consumers made it clear that it’s no longer just about which tee is the softest. They wanted to know if the tee was made in a sustainable way, without using forced or underpaid labor. Now, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and social uprisings of 2020, shoppers also want—and expect—brands to speak up for social justice.

The first step in enhancing cybersecurity is acknowledging that cyber attackers do not rest, especially now that most transactions are online. Africa has recently experienced frequent attacks on cybersecurity, increasing the global risk for information leakage. Cyber threats usually target those in the financial sector, and today, the probability is higher due to lockdowns and sudden high reliance on digital processes.

Improving corporate governance should not just be a one-time thing but a continuous initiative. There are different development styles per country in Africa, which makes it important for governing leaders to assess the situation in their locality before planning out their goals for developing sound corporate governance. Africa has seen great efforts in achieving sound corporate governance in the past years. Corporate governance is now considered a prerequisite for economic development.

Reports show that almost 70% of freelance workers handle about 4 projects at one time. This means freelancing work involves communicating with multiple people on different deliverables, creating outlines for each of these projects, creating schedules to be on-time, invoicing for each work done, and much more. This is a huge chunk of administrative work that every freelancer goes through. It may read easily on paper, but it can take a toll on you if you are not organizing your work.

Good customer service is the key to business success: A PwC customer experience report even found that customers are willing to pay 16% more for premium service. More importantly, one-third of customers will walk away from a brand they love after a single bad customer service experience. So, what does stellar customer service look like in 2021? According to the same PwC report, 80% of U.S.

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The alarm rings on your phone. It’s 7 am. You swipe up to shut the alarm and unlock your phone to check your messages. The first message is from a client in Europe requesting an urgent video conference call for 7:30 am your time. You roll out of bed, freshen up, put on a crisp shirt over your shorts and flip flops, fix yourself a cup of coffee, and you’re ready to roll.