Terrible Meetings - Ten Ways to Spot Them! Meetings are valuable components of organisations. Yet they need process, discipline and leadership/facilitation to work best. Working at getting them right is one of the most value-creating activities any organisation can embark on. But it doesn't always work that way...
Problem-Solving Success Tip: Test Your Assumptions About Everything Assumptions have a way of creeping into all parts of a problem-solving project. They're often wrong, which can lead to a lot of wasted effort and even cause a problem-solving project to fail entirely. It's very easy to take a strongly stated assertion as true, especially if it's the boss who makes it.
CRM ...The Emperors New Clothes A system that was supposed to cover the shortcomings of customer service, exposes the real problems but solves none of them.....
Innovation Management – IBM Opens Lid On Its Treasure Chest IBM, which registered 3248 patents last year, has decided that sharing technology can sometimes be more profitable than jealously guarding its property rights on patents, copyrights and trade secrets (Herald Tribune, April 11 2005).
Effective Meetings by Phone - Part 2, How to Hold a Teleconference People attend teleconferences in the privacy of their offices. That avoids travel, but it also allows unproductive behavior that can ruin the meeting. Here's how to make your next teleconference a success.
Hiring a Book Keeping Service Are accounting tasks proving to be your weak link? You are not alone, many entrepreneurs suffer this problem, there is a solution.
Gift Giving for Business a Major Headache Planning corporate gift giving can relieve stress and build customer loyalty, reduce employee turnover and build referrals.
Problem-Solving Success Tip: Measure You've just given a member of your staff responsibility for solving an important business problem--so important that your job depends on it. How will you and she both know when it's solved?
First Things First -- Process BEFORE Technology Technology costs continue to decline, and deployment of technology is no doubt getting easier. But that's a double edge sword. Today, more and more companies are implementing technology for technology's sake. Big mistake. Deploying technology on top of a broken process will cost you plently in terms of customer loyalty, employee satisfaction, and implementation rework. Get the process right first- it'll save you a bundle.
Gambling Equipment 101 The excitement and popularity of the gambling games entices few players to own their own gaming equipments. Mini blackjack tables and poker tables are quite fam...
Flexible Concrete for Space Applications The newest flexible concrete technologies seem to have incredible attributes for all sorts of uses here on Earth. For instance freeways, toll-ways, roads and hi...
Resolve + Enthusiasm = Power Losing weight or living a healthy life is not easy. It may very well be the hardest thing you ever attempt to do. And it may require you to bring for every ou...
Metal Outdoor Furniture - Explained Mention metal patio furniture and you probably think of the light, fly-away aluminium loungers of your youth or that half-ton cast iron table and chair set on y...
Diabetes and Fitness The difference in training with Type I and Type II diabetes. Yes, there is a BIG difference on how the body responds to resistance training with Type I and Type...
For Market Breakthroughs, Put Timing on Your Side In today' s marketplace, the pressure for immediate bottom-line results forces many companies to give knee-jerk reactions to economic fluctuations. While this m...
Marketing Essentials: The 15 Second Elevator Speech Make the most of that 15 second window of opportunity, when asked about your business. Tips for creating an elevator speech that will have them pushing the "ho...
Freedom, the Foundation of Your Desires What we all really desire is freedom. Freedom is the core of everything you want, and you deserve unlimited freedom in your life. Decide what you really and t...
Insider Tips For Finding A Great Online Poker Room Even though they look pretty much the same and they're all selling essentially the same few games, all Online Poker Rooms are NOT created equal! The differences...
How to Get Your Website Linked To Blogs Blogs are all over the internet and gaining popularity all the time. Just do a search for anything and see all the results relating to blog entries. Search engi...
Why You Dont Need Motivation As a life and career coach, I often hear people say they lack motivation - in fact, the "motivation discussion" is almost a ritual with my new clients. You real...
Credit Reports Credit reports are, quite simply, electronic records of your credit activities. These activities can range from borrowing money to buy a car to applying for a l...
Avoid The Thirteen Habits of a Failure Without failure there can be no real learning or achievement. The real issue is that if you don't focus on what causes failure and if you don't decide to do som...
How to Overcome a Bad First Impression Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time can tarnish your image and close doors. Learn how to recover from life's embarrassing moments.
Ride The Gray Train To Increased Profits Something is roaring into the business community's depot that has been building momentum for years. I call it the Gray Train. On December 31, 2004, the last Bab...
