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  • Blind Spots -- (If you don't check your mirrors, you're going to crash…)  By : Coach Kathy
    For a driver, a blind spot is an area not easily seen. It may be the area the mirrors miss, either beside or behind the driver...or is simply forgotten by the driver. Accidents occur when the driver changes lanes and there is another car in their blind spot.

    As humans (and executives!), we have blind spots in our lives and businesses as well, and these blind spots cause all sorts of trouble.
  • 10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs  By : Debbie Gragg
    Article showing 10 effective ways to cut your business costs
  • Nine Reasons Why Mentoring Matters to You  By : Kevin
    In this article I’m going to show you why, despite the competition for our time and energy, being a mentor is one of the best things you can do.
  • Praise Matters  By : Kevin
    As a coach, someone helping people improve their performance for the benefit of both the individual and the organization, there are typically two types of feedback that you could provide on their performance at anytime. The most important and most overlooked is positive feedback which I call praise.
  • Team Building - What Consultants don't tell you  By : Philip Lye
    Team Building is about character - yours! The plethora of information disseminated throughout the western world provides a smorgasbord of choices for business.

    Theories are fine but I have found the practicalities another issue and so will you!

    There is a cost to you and we are not talking just money. The real test is if you have the character and perseverance to make the changes and work through the hard issues of business.

    Do you have what it takes?
  • Successful Documentation Projects – Part 1 of 3 – ‘Understanding’  By : Glenn Murray
    The creation of user documentation is a big component of any software project. Unfortunately, it’s often undervalued and left to the last minute. But that doesn’t mean it should be without a good management plan.
  • Successful Documentation Projects – Part 2 of 3 – ‘Specifying’  By : Glenn Murray
    So you’re responsible for managing a documentation project. You know who your audience is, what they’re trying to achieve, how the product enables them to achieve it, and what the audience requires of the help. Now it’s time to spec out your intentions.
  • Successful Documentation Projects – Part 3 of 3 – ‘Writing’  By : Glenn Murray
    So you understand your user documentation project and you’ve specced it out. Now you’re ready to write. Here’s some tips to help you on your way. This article isn’t about the actual writing itself; it’s about the things which go along with the writing. (For information on writing online help, see www.divinewrite.com/helpfulhelp.htm.)
  • Chairing A Meeting The Most effective Way  By : Gina Gardiner
    Meetings are very expensive. To count the true, collective cost of any meeting you need to add the cost of each person's salary for the time they spend in the meeting, the cost of time which could be spent undertaking other tasks and the emotional cost of being part of a meeting especially if the only decision which gets made is the date of the next meeting.

    Chairing an efficient, effective meeting is a skill - does yours need improving?

    10 rules for chairing successful meetings.
  • The 3 Secrets of Team Motivation  By : Alan Fairweather
    Discover the "3" Secrets of team motivaion.
    Alan Fairweather - "The Motivation Doctor" -is the author
    of "How to get More Sales by Motivating Your Team"
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  • Efficiency in the Office  By : write 2 right
    Nearly every office, be it commercial or home-based, may have areas of inefficiency that can be improved upon. We are not talking sales figures or profit margins or budgets, but inefficient waste and resource management. For instance, let us look at some common aspects and consider how consumption can be reduced and how to make better use of resources.
  • Do These Myths Make Your Meetings Miserable?  By : Steve Kaye
    Surveys show that businesses waste 20% of their professional payroll on bad meetings. Gain huge savings by managing these seven myths about meetings.
  • 10 Things That Lead to One Great Meeting  By : Steve Kaye
    Most leaders consider a person's ability to lead a meeting when making decisions about promotions. Here are ten tips will that will help you look like a leader by holding effective meetings.
  • The Secret To Overcoming Resistance to Change  By : Maria Boomhower The Master Communicator
    For many people, there is nothing more fearful than change. As a result, I have witnessed people, putting up with horrible conditions rather than change.
    And so, it is no wonder change is considered one of the most difficult things for a business to deal with.
  • How to Select a Facilitator  By : Steve Kaye
    Facilitation is a complex activity. Thus, you want to make sure that you engage someone who knows how to help you get results. Here's what to look for.
  • Outsourcing Transcription To Save Costs  By : Kelly Gillis
    Looking for ways to cut costs has become a way of life in most medical offices and institutions. One very efficient way to reduce expenditures has been found to be the outsourcing of medical transcription services.

    In the past medical and business transcription was performed by in house based employees. This means that the institution not only had to pay salaries, health care benefits, vacation and sick pay for their employees, they also had the expense of the physical spa...
  • Virtual Assistance Price List: A Basic Guideline To Setting Rates For Your Virtual Assistant Business  By : India Jordan
    I've seen Virtual Assistants' prices range from $15 to $70/hr depending on the VA's experience, specialty, and the project. One of the most common concerns with a new Virtual Business is what to charge for their services.

    A common mistake made by new Virtual Assistant businesses is underestimating the value of their services. The more specialized your service is the more you may be able to charge for those services. Here are some guidelines:

    Peek in on your competitors
    ...
  • Become The Go - To Expert In Your Industry  By : Doug Staneart
    One of the easiest ways to drive prospective clients and customers to your business is to become the expert in your field. The term Expert carries credibility and prestige that can open many doors for you, and, oddly enough, the term is relatively easy to acquire. This simple three step process can help you quickly and easily set yourself up as the expert in your field.

    Step 1: Determine Your Niche

    Instead of trying to be everything to everybody, narrow down your focus ...
  • The CEO is 10,000 feet above the fire  By : Larry Galler
    The CEO or owner of a small business is the one person responsible for moving the enterprise forward and insuring the future. They need a long range view or they end up just "putting out fires" instead of managing.
  • Customer Relationship Management  By : Richard D S Hill
    Changing consumer attitudes are driving Customer Relationship Management. Fuelled by Internet induced expectations and an even increasing mood of self reliance among customers, companies have to compete in an environment where communication, buying processes, data management, delivery and service are all-important in the battle for longterm, profitable relationships.

    Customers now require:

    - Control over the buying process (information, comparison,
    selection, easy to f...
  • Data Mining And Modelling  By : Richard D S Hill
    The important processes that have to be clearly delineated for Data Mining, Analysis and Modelling are:

    Data model: what data will be available and how will it flow?
    Data gathering: how will data be gathered both in physical and technological terms?
    Data gathered: what data will be gathered?
    Data types: what types of data will be gathered?
    Data formatting: how will data be held?
    Data warehousing: where will data be held?
    Data mining: how will we retrieve data from th...
  • Is Drug Screening Too Costly To Do Or Do Without? One Company Has The Answer!  By : Laura Betterly
    The director of telemarketing operations at a financial services company looks out across his 3600 square foot call center on a typical Monday morning. “Look at all those empty chairs”, he laments. “It is sickly Monday and my partiers are taking their usual unscheduled day long break”. The problem of the “three day weekend” or absenteeism in general doesn’t just affect the manager in this setting. What about the other 80% of the work force who showed up? They are now burdened...
  • Outsourcing Your Packaging Is A Strategic Option  By : Thomas Bacon
    In a recent article in "Investors Business Daily", it was revealed that outsourcing has become more than just an easy way to cut costs. It has become a strategic tool that gives businesses flexibility and access to skilled personnel.

    Since the advent of the Internet, and the rush to get online, companies have turned to outside professionals for services and solutions. Hiring a full-time IT technician is costly and not an efficient use of resources. Outsourcing allows compa...
  • 3 Steps to Stop Absence and Make People Happy At Work  By : Alan Fairweather
    Are you a manager frustrated by workplace absence? This article reveals three steps you can take to reduce absence and make your life easier.
  • Appraisals: Learn How To Love Them  By : Eric Garner
    If you're one of those managers who dreads the annual appraisal, this article is written specially for you. Just learn these 7 simple steps and you'll become the biggest convert to appraisals.
  • Drug Testing: A Workforce In Dilemma  By : James Warden
    When I began my working career, drug testing was not even a word combination. I had never been exposed to drugs beyond the point of alcoholic beverages, and then only on special occasions and holidays. To contemplate daily usage of some foreign substance was beyond my realm of possibilities. I was not alone. That was twenty-five years and many drug issues ago.

    Today, if you apply for a job, of any kind, you will be drug tested. Why? Because a lot has changed in twenty-five...
  • Corporate awards 101  By : mansi gupta
    One universal and noteworthy characteristic of human beings is to seek accolades for their accomplishments. From childhood to maturity we are captivated by the lust for recognition in some form or the other especially for remarkable
  • When It Pays To Use Incentive Programs  By : Trevor Marshall
    Non-cash incentive programs and fringe benefits can have a powerful influence on attitudes, which should in turn improve results. You can give employees the greatest incentive program, but by impairing a sense of ownership in the organization.

    If you don’t know what kind of incentive programs to employ so as to motivate your people to work and increase productivity, here are some tips that you can use:

    1. Sharing the shares.

    Use share schemes as an incentive progr...
  • Ten Tips For Creating A Terrific Employee Appraisal System  By : Dick Grote
    Face the facts: Creating a new performance appraisal system is a difficult undertaking. It’s even more difficult if the organization doesn’t have a logical, well-tested, step-by-step process to follow in developing their new procedure.

    Based on my experience in helping dozens of companies create performance appraisal systems that actually work, here are ten tips that will help any company create a new performance evaluation system that will provide useful data and be enth...
  • Business Classes: What Can They Do For You?  By : Noel Matthew
    Business classes are a great way to learn. Not only do they teach you how to run a business inside and out but they also help you to prepare for personal experiences as well. But, before we get into that, let’s discuss just what business classes are. You can take them as part of a college degree program or you can take them as individual classes to help you learn the things covered in the class. What you will find is that there are many choices to consider in business classes...

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