Effective Multi Cultural International Business Meetings Of the many areas in international business where cultural differences manifest is in the corporate meeting room. International meetings are an area where differences in cultural values, etiquette, i...
Cultural Awareness - an HR Perspective The use of cultural awareness training has increased rapidly in the majority of global companies over the last decade. My experience working in global companies in which effective cross-cultural fun...
Are You At The Mercy Of Computer Geeks? Many business owners are sabotaging their business without even realizing it. They are completely out of the loop when it comes to all technology aspects of their operation such as websites, compute...
Building A Stellar Business One Employee At A Time Top businesses that continually lead their industry clearly understand a simple fact: People are their most vital assets. Every employee plays a key role in the company. In today's climate, your co...
Islam in the Workplace Suggested practice for HR personnel Muslims now form one of the largest religious groups in the UK. At a time when great misunderstandings and stereotypes circulate the media and society regarding th...
The Ten Keys to Maximizing Employee Performance 1. Let people know what you expect. If people know what's expected of them, that's what they'll do--if they don't know what's expected, they'll do something else. Communicate clear and unambiguous pe...
The Paradox of Job Enrichment When managers set out to give employees badly-needed self-respect and job satisfaction, they sometimes find this area is filled with minefields...
The High, High Price of Distrust Managers and executives may know that trust is a business asset with enormous clout. But there's a problem. It's an asset that's as fragile as it's powerful.
Thoughts on Empowerment Most organizations preach empowerment, but few know how to make it come alive. Here are some ideas that can help you create an organization that allows empowerment to flourish.
7 Steps To Hire The Best The article will teach you a immediately useful step-by-step method to hire applicants who are likely to be "superstar" employees (1) highly productive and (2) low-turnover.
10 Resolutions For The New Year!! If you want to jump start your business for the new year, here are 10 resolutions that will guarantee your success!!
Competion or Cooperation? Competition is good in the workplace as it encourages creativity and resourcefulness among the staff. Or is it? Competition is bad for the workplace when the loser is the customer.
Your Blueprint For Business Success Why do so many businesses start and then fail so quickly? Most of them don't have a plan. Without a clear, concise, detailed plan it is impossible to for any buiness to succeed. Your business plan is your blueprint for success.
Knowledge Management - Learning Whilst Doing - Facilitating an After Action Review Introducing a learning culture into organisations can be difficult at times, particularly if the effort required it great and the benefits aren't quickly identifiable.
After Action Reviews (known as AARs) are one of the simplest knowledge management techniques, and have been used to great effect in organisations ranging from the US Army, to BP, and even in the development sector in NGOs like TearFund. Their power comes from the fact that they take little time, generate rapid results, and the approach can be easily learned and repeated. In summary, they have a "low barrier to entry".
Knowledge Management - Capturing And Structuring Knowledge Into Reusable Assets Many organizations have an approach for identifying and recording lessons learned, perhaps as part of a post-project review or similar process. Unfortunately, lessons learned reports have a tendency to end up on a shelf gathering dust, or lost in the un-chartered corner of a fileserver somewhere. Let's get real. How many people will really trawl diligently through a number of lessons learned documents in order to glean some key point? The reality is, if you can motivate employees to initiate any kind of "learning before doing" activity, then you?re doing pretty well.
Why Half of All Mergers Fail After the Honeymoon Ends We are in the midst of another wave of mergers. They fail far more often than they succeed. Here's what to avoid and what to do to increase the odds in your favor.
Why People Resist Us Resistance is misunderstood. Consequently strategies for dealing with it often fail to address the issues that could turn opposition into support.
A Winter Wedding Make your Winter Wedding a winter wonderland. Go traditional or modern, we have Winter Wedding ideas for both.
The 7 Ultimate Laws Of Success The 7 Ultimate Laws Of Success, when obeyed, will bring great
success to the people who practice them. These laws are universal laws that operate whether or no...
How To Read Your Credit Report Credit reports are now easier to read than before but still require some upfront knowledge. Knowing the four parts that make up a credit report and how each par...
A Great Way to Do PR As a business, non-profit or association manager trying to get a bang for your PR buck, you could pretty much concentrate on simple print and broadcast mentions...
Mortgage Tips from Me to You Buying your first new house can be a scary situation, but hopefully with the steps it can calm the process for you and make the experience a memorable one.
Searching for a Mortgage in Lexington? Lexington, Kentucky is where you want to live, right? It is a lovely city! Getting a Mortgage Lexington is your first step toward purchasing your next home. Let...
The Affiliate Interview - Do You Have What It Takes? So you have decided to start up your own home business and after hours of searching you have decided on the program you are going to join. Now stop and take che...
Everything You Need to Know About a Secured Loan If you're not familiar with the term, a secured loan is a loan which requires a security deposit of some kind (also known as collateral) to protect the lender a...
A Look at Vintage Hawaiian Shirts Hawaiian shirts are anything but new. They first got their start in the 1930s when clothing manufacturers decided to produce a cloth and design unique to Hawaii...
Over-Focused ADHD The least flexible character in all of the stories of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin has got to be Rabbit. Oh, he can get a lot of things done, and he's ...
Smart Apple iPod Tips and Techniques Attention, iPod Owner! Before spending a single cent on iPod accessories, find out what is the first iPod accessory you must have....before it is TOO LATE!
Cone Shaped Laser Take Off Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft or short take off and landing aircraft generally burn through significant amounts of fuel often limiting the mission. Man...
Three Keys to Wonderful Dating Experience Forget the flowers and the scent. To improve your chances of both finding a date and then having a really wonderful dating experience, probably here are three k...
A Dangerous Environment The internet is a dangerous place for your children. Don't even begin to believe that your child is safe. There are more dangers than you can possibly imagine w...
How to Sell: Selling Tips of Master Moms If more of us could apply what our mamas taught us to selling could you imagine the sales results? In the late 1950's television show "Father Knows Best," the d...
Email Etiquette IV Further to my previous issues this subject continues - part IV. This month I'll share on Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) field and the use of backgrounds for your email...
Amish Furniture for Kids Summer Projects Amish Furniture finishing for the kids summer projects. Industrious activity that will pass on traditions and life lessons.
Why Ugly Sites Sell More Than Pretty Ones Learn the biggest mistakes most are making with their websites. Don't make your website too pretty - ugly websites sell more! We provide proof in this article...
The Benefits of Using Landscape Software If you enjoy making your yard as beautiful as it can be or if you own a landscaping service, you may want to consider investing in landscape software. Landscape...
Scots Beat Yanks in China Bank Deal With visions of an ATM in every neighborhood in China, foreign banks and investment firms are queuing up to join the "China Club."
Ring on Her Finger, and One through Her Nose Rings, as ornaments, have had a long history. Rings, as part and parcel of romantic history, not much shorter. Being so small, and yet so visible, it was inevit...
