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Author :: Bill Flagg  |
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| Article Title :: Event Registration - The 6 Biggest Problems Event Planners Have and How to Overcome Them All |
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| Let's face it, setting up and operating the registration process for events and conferences is one of the least favorite things on most event planner's list of things to do. There is a lot of repetitive and mechanical stuff to do to make sure that everyone gets notified and signed up on time. The Biggest Problems with Manual Systems: Mail, Fax, Phone, Email1. Illegible handwriting on registration forms2. Mistakes in transferring information from registration forms to your database.3. Having enough time to register people by phone, process credit card charges and still organize a successful event.The Biggest Problems with Intrane (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Are Employees Really Your Most Precious Asset? |
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| I have yet to walk into a company during my thirty five years in the industry that didn’t have some form of this statement about the value of employees printed somewhere. A mission statement, in their employee handbook, on a poster on the wall, the company newsletter and even in the strategic plan for the very few that actually have a strategic plan. However, when I think about it, I almost want to puke. Why ? Because the majority of the company’s that make this claim have no idea what it really means to treat their employees like their most important asset.Listen carefully, if you don’t treat your employees like your most important asset --- Then they certainly will not act (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Robert Geoghegan |
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| Article Title :: How to Make Your Tanning Salon More Profitable |
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| Do you own or manage a Tanning salon?Do you have a Tanning Salon but feel increasingly concerned about the local competition and the subsequent dwindling customer base? It doesn't seem to matter how
professional you are or how good your Salon is, it seems that price is King, and because your competitors do it cheaper - you are losing out.Well, at the moment there is a new weapon, and this weapon is a Nail Art Machine, use it to fight back, by offering a service that your competitor doesn't. You can make
extra money from your customers and you can drag new ones in, who may want to use your other services aswell!With the Nail care business being worth $6.85 bil (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Sandra Sims |
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| Article Title :: The Two Most Powerful Words in Business |
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| There’s a series of television commercials currently running for a bank rewards program. It features people who find an unusual way to get out of awkward situations.My favorite is the one where a man and woman are sitting in a fine restaurant when the lady brings up “the talk.” Ladies, you know the one, the “where is this relationship going” speech. The woman in the commercial comes right to the point, “When are we getting married?”The poor guy gets the “deer in the headlights” look on his face and says of the first thing that comes to mind, “Thank you!” Well his girlfriend is so surprised and thrilled to hear these golden words she completely forgets t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Corporate Recreational Mating -- How Prevalent is It? --- A Path to Business Failure |
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| “WOW DENISE, THOSE TIGHT JEANS SURE LOOK GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO SELL THEM?”
“NO, SWEETIE, BUT YOU CAN RENT THEM FOR A LITTLE WHILE.”Starting this article with that actual quote and giving other real life examples of the type of interaction that goes on in many offices creates a self imposed need in my mind to assure you, the reader, that we will be discussing Sexual Harassment in the work place later in this article.Recreational mating in the work place has been going on since organized business began. This term, Corporate Recreational Mating as used in this article does not pertain to simple “office dating” that goes on between two single adults that happen to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Glenn Shepard |
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| Article Title :: Why You Should Never Hire Your Best Friend |
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| Supervising close friends rarely works because the dynamics of the two relationships contradict one another. Friendships are based on mutuality. Friends reveal intimate secrets to each other and make themselves vulnerable. This completely contradicts the relationship of a manager and employee.Managers are in a superior-subordinate relationship with employees. It is not possible to simultaneously be a person’s superior and be his peer. Ultimately, your friendship or your ability to supervise will suffer. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average job lasts about three years. A good friend lasts a lifetime. Good employees are hard to find but good life-long friends are (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Ed Sykes |
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| Article Title :: Nine Ways Johnny Carson Can Help You Run Outstanding Meetings |
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| Recently, America lost one of the giants of late night
television, Johnny Carson. He was a master at his craft,
because he would conduct his show, essentially like a ninety
minute meeting. The program would be entertaining,
insightful, informative, and leave you wanting more.Many times we fear going to meetings because we feel,
based on past experiences, that they are going to be boring,
not relevant, lack information, and we can’t wait until the
meeting ends.Here are my eight techniques used by Johnny Carson to
make your meetings outstanding for all involved:1. Do Your ResearchJohnny Carson would invest time before each show to find
out informatio (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mike Shannon |
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| Article Title :: A Real Business Coach |
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| I try to write articles that will be of help to the business owner and I believe this one will, too. It may sound a little self serving at times because, after all, I am a business coach. However, I get many questions and there is some confusion as to what makes a good business coach.Almost every life, fitness and spiritual coach out there who has at least one business person as a client has now attached the "Business Coach" moniker to their list of services. Are they really business coaches? Maybe some are. But most of them are life, fitness or spiritual coaches with a business client. And believe me there is a difference. Another area of confusion are the sales consultants (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Michael Beitler |
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| Article Title :: Active Inquiry in Organizational Change |
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| An essential part of Edgar Schein's Process Consulting practice model (discussed in-depth in my book) is the use of Active Inquiry. A guiding assumption in Active Inquiry is that an insecure client will not reveal essential facts about the organization's situation. Without these essential facts, the Organizational Change (OC) consultant is placed in a position of guessing. The consultant is then forced to rely on the dubious practice of projecting his or her prior experiences into the client's current situation.There are four essential elements in Active Inquiry:1. Build up the client's status and confidence.2. Gather as much information as possible.3. Invol (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mark Meshulam |
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| Article Title :: Managing with Authority and Democracy |
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| If you watch closely, you will eventually notice that people who manage the work of others tend to fit into one of two categories: authoritarians or democrats.The authoritarians, as you would expect, manage by telling others what to do. They are not big on eliciting opinions of their subordinates, and not coincidently, their superiors usually treat them in much the same way.They get whipped like dogs, then they turn around and whip their charges like smaller dogs. Information and direction flow downhill only. Things get done, but quality of work output and quality of employee life suffers.The democratic manager is quite opposite. He will seek consensus and try to make (read full article) |
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