Firing Someone Without Resentment Firing someone is always going to be thankless task, rife with stress and a fraying of nerves. Here are some ways in which resentment and conflict can be minimised throughout this difficult process
Managing Meetings Meetings are an essential part of business life but can also be time consuming and sometimes unproductive. Here is some advice on how to run a more productive meeting and achieve set objectives.
Business Innovation – Organizational Culture As idea generation is a cognitive activity, it follows that certain environments will inhibit that activity (and expression of) whilst others will foster it.
Conquering the Number One Problem in Business--Poor Communication Poor communication is the Number One cause of problems in business: poor communication in relaying instructions, miscommunication because of irresponsible delivery, too little information when conveying changes in policies or procedures, not enough exchange of information when relaying new concepts or ideas. The result of every one of these communication down-falls is misunderstandings, missed deadlines, hurt feelings, and a lot of wasted time. Read this article to find out how to improve communication in your company.
Finding Proactive Solutions: A Key to Demonstrating Your Management Fitness Those of us in positions of responsibility can demonstrate our management fitness by looking for and adding a proactive step whenever we encounter potential problems. Adding that proactive step demonstrates our ability to take responsibility for the outcome of situations. Nothing speaks "management" more than this. Read the article to discover how finding creative solutions to unusual and routine situations helps develop your management skills.
Optimizing Your Cash Flow With Proper Accounts Receivable Management Profitable businesses often struggle with cash flow due to poor accounts receivable management strategies. Included in this article are some practices and advice which businesses may employ to maintain a healthy receivables portfolio and optimize their cash flow.
A Comprehensive Sarbanes Oxley Act Summary Very few changes in the federal security laws have had such effects as the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley Act. The act was created after a series of financial and economical problems related to some major companies, such as WorldCom or Enron. In this Sarbanes Oxley Act summary we are going to have a look at the most important additions and changes and most of the major provisions of the act.
Learn About Commercial Collections Agencies Fees As with any other service, there are good and bad commercial collection agencies. Beware of any agency that offers you cut rate commissions far below the accepted Commercial Law League rates, offers you kickbacks on commissions, or makes outlandish promises about recovery success.
Problem-Solving Success Tip: Whatever You Do, Do It on Purpose Making decisions can be difficult and unpopular, so it's very tempting to procrastinate and hope maybe the problem will go away. Imitating an ostrich, however, is a wimpy way to decide not to change anything—and is quite likely to leave you making awkward explanations later. This problem-solving tip provides some ideas to help you avoid this trap.
Lets Flourish and Prosper! The basics of business management such as operating on statistics, analizing stats, applying condition formulas and using logic to find the cause of problems and solutions to resolve them.
The Myth Of Relationship Selling Revealed At Last The second you quit being the 'best deal' for your customer, he'll drop you like a hot potato. Regardless of how many lunches you've bought him or birthdays you've remembered.
The Role of the Machine Metaphor in Mixed-initiative Organizational Leadership The machine metaphor takes an objective view of an organization in which the interactions among the elements are predictable and controllable. The mindset of people management is entrenched in our social and organizational systems. It is very important for organizational leaders to know that machine control techniques apply to things, not people.
How Can A Communications Audit Help You? Faulty internal communications can lead to mistakes, discouraged and unhappy staff, employees leaving the company. Poor external communications can jeopardize image and sales.
Work Life a Balancing Act Creating a good work life balance is essential for overall health and happiness argues business speaker, husband and father Thomas Murrell.
Acoustic Guitars – Laminated Wood Versus Solid Wood Choosing an acoustic guitar is a big decision. This article points out the difference between how acoustic guitars are built in terms of using laminated or soli...
True Culprits of High Cholesterol Two of the most common causes of high cholesterol - tap water and homogenized milk -- are not what most people would expect. Learn what exacerbates high choles...
KISS Your Website! Did you know if you Kiss your website, you'll not only improve traffic rankings, but your members will love you for it?
Magic Of Direct Response Website For a web site to make the most money it must be a direct response web site. That does not mean that sites with contents do not make money. But for a small busi...
Do I Have to Do EVERYTHING Myself?! It often seems, as small business owners, that we do indeed have to do everything ourselves. No one understands our business like we do, no one has the single m...
Traffics Nice... But Whos Driving? In the competitive marketplace of the new millennium, the demand for specialized products or services will increase. If your site sells everything or to everyon...
How to Make a Reader to a Writer? Children who love to read don't automatically become good writers. You need to guide them to practice the craft of writing in order to help them to become good ...
Gift Wrapping Ideas If you're tired of your gifts looking like everyone else's, put some creative thought to it. Gifts don't have to just be paper and ribbon that you bought at the...
Build Brand Value BIG Time If you are planning to maintain your brand as far as you can from the dark world of commodities, why not innovate by reconsider the category in which you compet...
E-mail 101: The Dos and Donts Even though many people have been writing e-mails for a few years now, you would be amazed at some of the pure gibberish that arrives in my e-mailbox on a regul...
PRs Big Bang Theory Yes, there are plenty of theories out there about public relations. Try this one on for size.
Dont Do This to Your News Release! Hundreds of thousands of News Releases are sent out all the time
and many people will show you different ways to write a news release in a way that will result ...
Ineffective and Unethical Web Site Promotion Methods In this article I discuss some ineffective and/or unethical website promotion tactics. I talk about them here so that you won't waste your time and resources p...
Top Ten Breakthrough Behaviors For Excellence Strive for excellence! What an admirable thought. But what has to happen to move the thought from inception to fruition? When you emulate the following ten beha...
Oil Production Hurricane Rita We are a nation, which is motivated by the fuel, which drives us around, without the fuel America stops. It has only been three weeks since Hurricane Katrina hi...
How To Repel The Opposite Sex There is a war between the sexes. This war is based on a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding is this: Women think that men think like women; Men think that ...
Creating Our Own Emotional Chaos It's amazing how - even when we're working from a "higher vision" - we still see the people, the events and the circumstances in our lives with the same perspec...
Innovation Management – Famous Failures! Commercial success is not the only measure of success. One other method of gauging success is the effect on culture and the market - is it significant or not? E...
Mortgage Advice In the US today more households have mortgages than ever before. In fact the chance of you having or knowing someone who is paying off their mortgage is greate...
Business is About Making Money Ask most people why they are in business and they will give you any number of reasons. Things such as wanting to improve the lives of others; make the world a b...
The History of Solar Power With the recent hikes in energy costs, many people are looking to alternative sources of energy. Discover the history of solar power in this article.
