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Make The Decision To Succeed Companies that are proactive; that identify and seize upon opportunities; that respond swiftly to situations are most successful. Whether it is right or wrong, the ability to make a decision and move forward is critical. Over thinking, vascilating, significantly extending the period at which action is taken decreases efficiency, effectiveness and success.
Top-Ten Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs There are many reasons why good employees quit, most are preventable. From my years of experience as a consultant, I've identified a "Top Ten" list of reasons why people leave jobs and why many businesses have low employee retention:
Intuition in Business - A Key for Decision Makers Do you ever hire or put work teams together? Are you ever developing relationships with clients, advisors, supervisors, or your staff? Do you ever have to make career choice decisions? Are you ever in position to decide about a new product and what quantities to produce, distribute, or acquire? Do you have to stay ahead or at least up with the trends?
Leadership Defined All too often, CEO's have been looking out for No. 1 at great expense to shareholders and the country. The time has come for us to examine what type of people we want to be and the type of people we want to have in leadership positions. It is also a time for leaders to examine their own motives and reassess the type of legacy they wish to leave. So just what does leadership imply?
Building A Practice On Purpose Series Part #1 - Blueprint For Building A Practice On Purpose Have you ever seen a skyscraper being built? If so, you know that for the first several weeks or months, very little appears to be happening, at least above ground. That's because the initial work is focused on building a solid foundation. The higher the skyscraper is designed to be, the more solid the foundation needs to be to support all those stories.
Managing Organizational Change – Some Basic Principles No organization can insulate itself from change. The change process is driven by external environment and beyond the control of managements. Unless the change leaders prepare the organization and its people for change in tune with the changes sweeping the globe, the organization would...
Margin Management - Using the Supplier Profitability Ratio to Hold Your Vendors Accountable Ultimately to create margin improvement, your entire sales team must have good judgment of market potential as it relates to margin improvement. They must be self disciplined and make intelligent decisions based on fact. Each territory manager must develop his own plan for profit improvement and be flexible on the implementation of that plan. They must be action oriented and customer driven and yet be extremely conscious of profitability objectives.
Six Tips for Confronting Negative Behaviors It is a fact of organizational life - negative, unacceptable behaviors will happen. When they do, the leader must address them. For people who, like me, would rather avoid a confrontation, I offer these suggestions to ease the stress...
Business Continuity and Payment Systems There were some important lessons to be learned regarding payment systems and business continuity in the aftermath of the events of 9/11. What were these and what you should be doing if you are in any way involved in the operations side of your organization's payment system?
Make Your Meetings More Productive - Move the Chairs Have you ever considered the laout of the room for a meeting? Or do you just accept the room the way it is? Meetings could be more productive if you get rid of the table and re-arrange the chairs. This article delves into the psychology of what that happens.
Time Tracking: Software All Companies Need Time tracking is essential for al businesses. You need to be able to know just how productive your business is. In many cases, accurate tracking can lead to instances where you'll be able to see just what is holding your company back from reaching its goals. Time is valuable and you do not have much to throw away on useless products. Instead, you need high quality software to get the job done correctly.
Effective Talent Management Dr. Mike Beitler points out research that show that most organizations are doing a poor job of managing internal talent. Make sure that you are not falling into the same traps that many organizations are today. This article is based on an issue of Mike's newsletter, "Strategies and Tools for Greater Effectiveness."
Inventory Control: Can You Afford Not To? Inventory control is the most basic form of protection that you should have in your retail establishment. If you have people come into your location, then you need to make sure they are not leaving with anything that they should not be. But, many business owners do not know the right way to handle inventory control. There are various methods that you can use and they all work well in their specialties. If you have had enough with shoplifting, employees stealing or other loss prevention issues, then it is time to consider a reliable inventory control system.
Starbucks Team Partner Legendary Service Robot Starbucks employees are not just regular employees behind the average counter, they are Team Partners in charge of providing "Legendary Service" the millions of regular customers worldwide. In fact there are secret shoppers at Starbucks; did you know that? They do the ever feared "Snap Shot" where they judge the Team Partners to see if they are really "pouring their hearts into it."
Step by Step Guide to Employee Satisfaction Surveys This step by step guide will help you conduct your own Employee Satisfaction Surveys that can bring many direct and indirect benefits to any organization.
How To Conduct a Successful Brainstorming Session Most of us have heard about Brainstorming, how many follow the process properly?
Ever been disappointed with the outcome or results?
Ever had a session that didn't conclude effectively?
Left a session feeling frustrated?
Time to Quit the Rat Race? North American businesses are full of employees who are bored, frustrated, and looking to do something more rewarding both financially and mentally. In this article, Certified business coach John M McKee discusses some of the issues behind this and what is needed to change the situation.
Memory Research Misses the Obvious Science seeks many avenues to discover the secret behind human memory. Branching, LTP, Hippocampus. Yet, it is the the recent Nobel Prize winning discovery of c...
Business Innovation – Tacit Knowledge Nonaka et al (1995) define knowledge as being tacit or explicit. Explicit knowledge is all that can be codified, easily communicated and explained. Tacit knowle...
Customer Satisfaction Is Your Business Regardless of what business you are in ...you are really in the business of satisfying customers. The degree of customer satisfaction you deliver determines the...
Reciprocal Links Vs. Text Link Ads - Which Is Best? Summaries issues involved in choosing between a reciprocal linking strategy and buying text link ads. Recommends a combination of both - but timing is key.
Herbs Can Heal You or Save Your Life A quick history about herbs and how important they are in helping you cure and eliminate any illness you have. Herbs have always had center stage since the beg...
Death of a Parent: Saying Good-Bye to Mommy or Daddy Everyone has their own way of dealing with the loss of a loved one, and children are no exception to that rule. When the worst happens and a child must face th...
Planning Your Successful Career: 15 Ideas "Doing a good job is one of the most important ways to move up the ladder", says Dr. Don Bagin, Professor of Communications at Glassbro State College. If you ar...
Profitable Idea Generation in 4 Steps Using Improv If your business is stuck, Improv techniques will help reveal new paths to profit. Marketing Improv, a training and consulting company, shares their secrets to ...
Common Scents For Emotional Well Being Aromatics which include essential oils, perfume, centred candles and incense, have been used for centuries to affect the mind (and also, ultimately, the body) i...
How to Make Your Own Roulette System If you are thinking of buying, a roulette system, save your money - roulette systems sold for money don't work! Here we will show you how to devise your own sys...
Payment Plan Options for Home Treadmills If you are looking for a treadmill but you think you can't afford it, consider the many payment plan options that are available to you. Treadmills are availabl...
Back to School; Time to Recharge Back-to-school is also time to recharge the parenting batteries. The kids are gone until at least 3:00. The house is quiet. I actually get some work done for...
DNA Testing Has Changed Everything The possibility that DNA could be used for human identity and relationship testing had been discussed from the time DNA was first revealed as the molecule which...
Meditation, Self-Acceptance & the Muse Artists sometimes have the experience of music, words, or other ideas, coming to them from "out of nowhere". Where is this "nowhere" and how can we go in there ...
Creating a Vision That Achieves Results Developing a vision statement is more than some fancy wordsmithing. You want to create a statement that will stir excitement in staff, and investors alike
Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind What's black and white and read all over? A newsletter of course! And while there are perhaps hundreds of ways to market your business and increase your bottom ...
