Credit Matters Newsletters

We are now pleased to announce a new segment in our monthly newsletter with Trace Personnel  providing the latest news about employment and hiring risks.

Word of The Month and Inconvenient Business Truth segments continue to offer valuable business insights.

Advertising via Credit Matters

If you are interested in reaching a wider group of business prospects, contact Kim to see what we can do for you. There are many different opportunities to advertise your business. The benefit of advertising with Credit Matters is we offer one of the few opportunities to reach a broad marketplace of customers with financial risk management issues.

This month you will find a new listing for the Polish Institute of Credit in the Professional Bodies category.

In addition, there is a brochure from Enable Workplace Consulting about an upcoming event on workplace bullying.

"Reputation is the currency of the future".

What does this statement really mean? I believe the article it was written for, used the statement to indicate having a good reputation was an essential component in achieving success today and in to the future.

In today's world however, the pursuit of money seems to count more than having a good reputation. Therefore, does having a good reputation still have a relevance?

In my view, yes it does. A good reputation is an intangible asset not to be treated lightly. To throw your good reputation away for a quick deal or to gain a cheap advantage, is a tragic mistake. If you don't believe this, look at the people and businesses which now have either a poor or bad reputation. A tarnished reputation costs money to repair and to try regain the trust of the general public and your business's stakeholders. is not easily achieved.

Having a good reputation encompasses so much more than just having "a good name."  Today, we continue to see management in all types and sizes of businesses, which struggle with these three concerns. 

1  Managing business risk properly.

2  The balance between the use of technology and people within their business processes.

3  A lack of appreciation on the "... art of business."

As a result, we often see a business might have a good reputation on one aspect of business, yet fails on other levels. For instance, the business's reputation for only stocking quality products is destroyed because the business cannot deliver the right product to the right place.

Today, a good reputation whereby all interactions with the business lead to positive comments by customers, suppliers and employees, are few and far between. This situation is a sad reflection on how many businesses are managed and operated when you realise, efficiency and good promotions of your firm's reputation, are worth dollars in the bank.