During a recession you need to work harder to find solutions to increasing sales team motivation, getting customers to buy, and encouraging people to work smarter and more efficiently. Recessions don’t spell the end of a business, but rather an opportunity to grow and improve your business model.

While the Sarbanes-Oxley Act does not address incentive plans directly and does not legally apply to private companies, there is an impact as companies in general seek to improve their ethical, recordkeeping and accounting practices to increase the transparency of all expenditures throughout their organizations.

Establishing long-lasting, loyal relationships with clients should not be an afterthought in the current market; it's now a fundamental necessity on the road to achieving higher profits and business longevity.

Building an organization is much like building a house: a solid foundation has to support the processes, workflows and tools that enable you to succeed. The decisions that yield competitive insights are driven by data retrieval and analysis. When seeking to maximize insight productivity, your IT infrastructure is this foundation.

How to generate competitive insight in your organization