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Author :: Kim Haas  |
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| Article Title :: Working With Professionals |
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| Even the smallest and newest business needs help from at least two kinds of specialists: an attorney and an accountant. Depending on your type of business and your skills you may need the advice of other professionals such as an insurance agent, computer specialist or public relations experts. There are several guidelines you should follow no matter what kind of expert you are dealing with.Always interview professionals to make sure you feel comfortable with them. Since you will be exposing various aspects of your business, you may want to check out their references before deciding on a particular person. Also make sure to check out the fees that you will be paying ahead of time so (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Johnson |
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| Article Title :: The Howl Issue #3 |
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| I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and looking forward to an even better Christmas. I personally am now getting into the Christmas spirit after spending all day Saturday and most of Sunday putting up the lights outside and helping decorate the tree. As this year comes to an end and we celebrate the holiday season, most of us have a lot to be thankful for. I know I count my blessings everyday and look for opportunities to reach out to others that may need help, support or encouragement. Have a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year. Reach out to someone.If you missed Issues #1 & 2, e-mail: rick@ceostrategist.com for copies of these issues.This month’s i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Soumen Chatterjee |
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| Article Title :: Unique Customer Perception (UCP) |
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| Marketing is a domain which is dynamic i.e. involves change, an important phenomenon not to be overlooked. We have come across a term “Unique Selling Proposition”(USP) which companies feel as a constant factor . Every organisation is an open system of management which means change is inevitable and is associated with environmental factors. Companies need to focus not only on USP of their products but also on the “Unique Customer Perception”(UCP) of the final end users.The prop of marketing is based on the need identification and the USP's are prepared based on the identified needs . If the needs are wrongly identified then even the USP's which are unique to the product w (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Martin Sawdon |
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| Article Title :: The Sustainable Workplace(tm) - The Top 10 Ways Of Creating It |
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| 1. Spend your time on the big picture and delegate everything else to
incredibly capable subordinates.Be a visionary, develop your intuition and creativity, read the runes, anticipate product and service cycles to ensure your company's economic future is always bright.2. Have a well developed corporate mission and vision expressed around
ethical values.Ensure that these are embraced, practiced and spread by all your
people, particularly executives, managers and supervisors, to permeate the
whole corporation. Help those unwilling to wholeheartedly endorse and
practice your company's expectations find employment elsewhere.3. Have all your executives, manag (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Regina Barr |
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| Article Title :: Moving the Needle on Employee Engagement and Commitment |
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| When it comes to employee engagement and commitment to an organization, most companies would agree that they ‘have some, want more.’ Why? These companies have come to recognize that their organization’s long-term success relies on employee performance, which is directly impacted by the level of employee engagement and commitment to an organization.How is employee engagement and commitment defined? According to a 2003 report by Towers Perrin, it is defined as “employees’ willingness and ability to contribute to company success.” What does that mean in real terms? It is the extent to which your employees are willing to put discretionary effort into their work in the form (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Mike Nacke |
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| Article Title :: Beat Your Competition with These New Year's Hiring Resolutions |
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| Another year has passed and it’s time to make your New Year’s resolutions. While others will be hitting the gym and chomping on nicotine gum, you can get a leg up on your competition with these hiring techniques to build your workforce in 2006.Hire Slow, Fire FastThe first and most important resolution you can make in the New Year is to stop waiting until the last minute to hire a new employee and stop letting the dead weight in your department drag the rest of the group down. Management is not an easy task, and hiring always seems to end up on the bottom of the ‘to do’ list. Because of this, managers always tend to rush the hiring process since they, “needed so (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Earl Nightingale |
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| Article Title :: The Boss |
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| I want to tell you a little story that could make a wonderful difference in your life. You may already know about everything I'm going to tell you. If you do, you're a remarkable person, and according to the latest statistics you belong to the top 5% of all the working people in the world. You're to be congratulated. If you don't know about the things I'm going to say, you've been holding yourself back, not only on the job but you're also missing a big percentage of the greatest joy in life. I want to talk about your boss and your relationship with him. How you handle this relationship will determine your success or failure. It will determine how much money you make or do not make, and it (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Simon Buehring |
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| Article Title :: Project Management Success with the Top 7 Best Practices |
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| Managing a project can be daunting. Whether planning your wedding, developing a new website or building your dream house by the sea, you need to employ project management techniques to help you succeed. I'll summarise the top 7 best practices at the heart of good project management which can help you to achieve project success.Define the scope and objectivesFirstly, understand the project objectives. Suppose your boss asks you to organise a blood donor campaign, is the objective to get as much blood donated as possible? Or, is it to raise the local company profile? Deciding the real objectives will help you plan the project.Scope defines the boundary (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Tom Perkins |
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| Article Title :: Ten Ways to Retain Quality Employees |
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| There is no question that employee turnover has a significant impact on the financial performance of an organization. It is estimated that, on average, a company will spend up to one-third of a new employee’s salary to replace a departing employee. There are experts who believe the costs for membership-based businesses could even be higher. In the fitness industry, employee turnover has a recognizable impact on a member’s decision to renew or discontinue a membership.Here are ten things employers can do to retain quality employees:¨ Provide employees with a clear set of standards before the employee sets foot on the floor. Do not make an employee “guess” or spec (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Jeanie Marshall |
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| Article Title :: Guidelines for Energetic Meetings |
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| Everyone has a unique perspective of what constitutes an "energetic meeting." Some may believe that an energetic meeting must be lively and fast-paced; others may believe that a meeting is energetic when they leave feeling energized and uplifted.Regardless of your own personal viewpoint of energetic meetings, you can increase the likelihood that your meetings will be more satisfying by encouraging your group to adopt certain procedures as standard. Here are some key procedures, if you want participation in your energetic meetings.Clarify Purpose. A group’s clear purpose right from its beginning helps all other considerations and actions to become clea (read full article) |
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