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Author :: Rick Johnson  |
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| Article Title :: Success During Recessionary Times --- It Begins and Ends With Leadership |
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| People who get results are high impact leaders. They are consistent, explicit and concise and they command a presence when they walk into a room. They have enough charisma to turn the dullest moment into a high-energy event. When they move on, others want to go with them. They have a following. Their openness and honesty create a legacy which people admire and look up to. They gain commitment and foster trust.Creating change, managing during turbulent times, or fostering growth in a recession all depends on a balance of this type of leadership. No one person can make a company successful. It takes a lot of people, but one person with a command of leadership can transfer enough infl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Lonnie Pacelli |
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| Article Title :: When Are You Coming Home? Five Practical Tips to Realizing Work / Life Balance |
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| So let's talk about over-used terms for a minute.If you've been in the business world since the mid 1990s you've likely heard your management espouse the desire for employees to achieve greater work/life balance. Many U.S. companies have adopted programs to help employees strike a better life balance by providing health club benefits, entertainment discount programs, and additional time off for events such as the birth of a child. Despite all this, Americans are of the most overworked and flat-out busy people on earth, recently surpassing the Japanese and long surpassing the Europeans. With all this discussion of work/life balance, how can we in the U.S. also be of the most overw (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Lonnie Pacelli |
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| Article Title :: The Five Biggest Mistakes an HR Professional Can Make... From the Client's Perspective |
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| A number of years back I was in a meeting with two HR representatives at my company. They were explaining to me how the HR organization wanted to be more "strategic" with its clients and how they wanted to help us with annual resource planning. At the time, our biggest problem was filling open positions with qualified candidates; a number of key positions had been open for months with no qualified candidates in the hiring pipeline. When I asked the HR reps about how they were going to help with this problem, they both told me that they didn't have time to address the hiring issues because they were tasked with being more "strategic". Needless to say, the meeting went downhill in a hu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Lonnie Pacelli |
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| Article Title :: We Found a Rock Star! Hiring the Best of the Best |
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| Colleagues, I feel your pain on this issue.Scenario #1: You've got a critical position that needs to be filled by a qualified candidate, and quick. For every day the position doesn't get filled, your in-box fills up a bit more with work to be done because your unfilled position hasn't been staffed. You see tons of resumes and have interviewed scores of candidates, but the rock star you're looking for isn't emerging. You refuse to "settle" for a mediocre candidate, but the work is piling up and you've got to do something.Scenario #2: Three months ago you thought you had the perfect candidate for a job and decided to hire him. You negotiate a compensation package, relocate the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Stephen Steckly |
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| Article Title :: Hiring Mistakes: Find and Fix Them Fast! |
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| Let’s assume you’ve completed your hiring process, your new employee is on the job, and training is underway.Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were a tool you could use that would let you know for certain whether each new employee was a hiring mistake or a hiring success? Well, there is such a tool and I’m going to share it with you right now.It’s called the Success Predictor Tool and it consists of a checklist that you will review at 45 days and 85 days of employment.The Success Predictor Tool lists 19 of your new employee’s key behaviors and characteristics. You will rate each one as either ‘satisfactory’ or ‘unsatisfactory’. It’s important to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Leadership W/O Communication is Like a Gun Without a Bullet-- Imppressive but It Can't Do Anything |
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| Next to people, communication is the most critical element to success whether you are in a growth mode or you are facing difficult economic times. However, when times are tough, failure to communicate has much greater consequences. Failure to communicate could accelerate failure . Communication is essential to developing trust. Trust is necessary to get people to reach down deep inside and give everything they have under the most difficult circumstances.Colin Powell stated in an interview that as a young twenty-one year old lieutenant he was still trying to figure out the whole concept of mission and people when a crusty old Master Sergeant said to him:“Let me make it clea (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Pam Ivey |
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| Article Title :: The Long & Winding Road (to a Comprehensive Business Plan) |
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| If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there and, come to think of it, how are you going to know you’re there if you arrive?The business plan. Okay, okay. I can hear your sighs and groans already. But a business plan needn’t be boring and dry. Gaining insights into your target market, learning about your competition and projecting income can be kind of exciting. Yes, I’m a bit of an “information freak” but you, too, can find many interesting details when researching for your plan.Many of us just plain don’t know where to start. It’s no surprise - they sure didn’t teach it to us in high school, which was a real disservice, if you as (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mike Shannon |
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| Article Title :: Has Your Business Had a Recent Check-up? |
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| How is the health of your business? Take a quick pulse by looking at the following areas:1. Financials - key items to look at are your balance sheet, income (or profit & loss) statement and cash flow statement. Is your equity, profit margin and cash flow growing? If not, why not? If so, what plans do you have with your growing cash flow? Reinvestment? Expansion? Capital Investment? Acquisition? Do you have any major expenditures coming up on the horizon? If so, will you have sufficient cash or will you need to finance?2. Market Analysis - start from scratch and see if you have a targeted niche market. If not, how can you further define your niche. Remember, oftentimes the mo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kim Beasley |
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| Article Title :: Just Jump: Moving Your Business to the Next Level, Part 1 |
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| What are you facing as a business owner that keeps you from moving to the next level with your business? Where are you missing out on growth opportunities for your business? Have you been afraid to move in a new direction with your business?Then you need to read this article because it will help you to "JUST JUMP" into those business opportunities that will help you manage your business better. "JUST JUMP" is a phrase that describes how you as a business owner need to act in regard to moving into a new business direction. If you business is stuck in a rut, then you need to take on the attitude to "JUST JUMP" into something new.Below are "JUST JUMP" (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Larry M. Lynch |
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| Article Title :: 6 Key Ways to Distinguish Yourself as a Business Professional |
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| Regardless of your business area, with competition mounting it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out and get yourself and your business noticed. One crucial, but often neglected area that you can address immediately is your image as a professional. Here are 6 key ways you can help raise yourself head and shoulders above the rest of the pack and increase your chances of success.1. Dress for SuccessIncredibly, there are those who give little attention to the image they present before potential clients and customers. Any business related contact must be treated as an opportunity to further your business interests. You should be groomed to the point of being precise w (read full article) |
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