| 1391 | Are Your Meetings MINM or JAM? Preview: When people come to your meetings, do they say "this is a meeting I never miss" ( MINM) or do they say "this is just another meeting." (JAM) Unproductive meetings gobble up an estimated 20% of corporate payrolls, throwing away $420 billion a year. Amer... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1392 | Don’t Shrink – RETHINK! Preview: Now is the time to pull together and think creatively about our businesses. When times are easy, unfortunately, we often lose the edge to monitor performance, to question out-dated procedures and unnecessary expenses. Maintenance items slip when we’re bu... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1393 | Leadership Lessons: Piloting in Turbulent Times Preview: The pace of change impacting the insurance industry has never been greater. From consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions to re-engineering profit centers, creating new product lines and calming a variety of stakeholders, managers are faced with what of... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1394 | Patience Not Panic: Survive and Thrive Through Economic Turbulence Preview: From 28,000 feet, snow still spots parts of Michigan, Illinois and other states further West. The earth looks brown and barren, dark and ugly from this vantage point. But I know that if I could walk the fields and wait patiently, I’d see signs of new gro... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1395 | Making Profitable Lemonade From Lemons! Preview: This October 31 turned cold, wet and dreary across Chicago and its suburbs. A rotten night for Halloween. And it could have been a lousy night for this business traveler, cheered only by the prospect of conducting an interactive team session the next day... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1396 | Are You A Green Thumb Leader? Preview: From my home office, I can look out and see my garden. It’s loaded with wonderful, terrible sights, sights that mirror much I find in many of America’s organizations. You’d recognize it too. There are roses speckled with mildew and rust from the fog car... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1397 | Retaining Employees and Customers Is A Family Affair Preview: “The more things change, the more things remain the same.” As e-mail, voice mail, and technology allow people to conduct business without ever seeing each other, the competitive edge can very well be the re-creation of conversation -- specifically conve... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1398 | JOB TALK--THE HEART OF PRODUCTIVITY Preview: Read the word "productivity" and chances are you envision assembly lines, warehouses stocked with goods, even space-age machinery performing tasks at faster-than-human speed. Or if you are in corporate management, your mind recalls the U.S. production st... (more) Published By: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Submitted: 03 May,2002 |
| 1399 | Book Summary: Networking For Professional Success Preview: Book Summary: Effective Networking for Professional Success This article is based on the following book: Effective Networking for Professional Success "How to Make the Most of Your Personal Contacts" by Rupert Hart, Stirling Books, 1997 ISBN 0 949 142 0... (more) Published By: Regine P. Azurin Submitted: 05 May,2002 |
| 1400 | What can the Internet REALLY do for me? - 12 KEY BENEFITS Preview: In my conversations with business people i've noticed a surprising lack of understanding about the Internet and its potential for their business. Most know it is important for business in general but dont really know why. Few really understand what it ca... (more) Published By: Peter Simmons Submitted: 06 May,2002 |
| 1401 | Cookie Jars and the Scarcity Mindset ...How They Produce a Sales Frenzy Preview: It's called "The Scarcity Mindset". As unusual as it may at first seem, it works. The more "unattainable" you make your product or service, the greater the desire is for people to buy from you. Here are some examples that illustrate this "positioning st... (more) Published By: Kris Mills Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1402 | 7 Guidelines for Successful Business Development Preview: Wouldn’t you like to close more sales? Business development is the heart and soul of growth in your organization, yet not always the easiest thing to do. I would like to share with you seven powerful guidelines that have brought success to my clients esp... (more) Published By: Justin Hitt Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1403 | Strategic Knowledge Management - The Key to Sustainable Performancel Preview: Leading organizations in the global economy understand that in order for them to stay competitive, they must efficiently and effectively create, capture, and share their organization's knowledge and expertise within their organization. The practice of le... (more) Published By: JT Frank Management Centre Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1404 | Investigative Resources Worldwide Preview: Investigative Resources Worldwide ION maintains information on over 33,000 investigative agencies throughout the world. The majority of these are part time agencies operated by people with good credentials, skills and abilities. They are capable and ava... (more) Published By: Leroy Cook Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1405 | 10 Secret Ways To Strengthen Your Profits! Preview: 1. Create and follow short/long term goals for your business. The short goals can create early success and the long term goals can create future success. 2. Create a good first impression. You will not be able to sell very many products if your visitors... (more) Published By: Larry Dotson Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1406 | 8 Ways To Generate New Ideas Preview: The only purpose of a business is to bring in a customer; and there are really only two ways to do it - through marketing or innovation. New ideas are the lifeblood of any business so it is important to encourage creativity and to be truly innovativ... (more) Published By: Noel Peebles Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1407 | 10 Ways To Create A Killer Product! Preview: 1. Solve an existing problem for people. There are thousands of problems in the world. Create a product that can provide a solution to one of those problems. 2. Find out what's the current hot trend. You can find out what the new trends are by watching ... (more) Published By: Larry Dotson Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1408 | 10 Things to Think About When You Run Your Own Seminar or Workshop Preview: Experts on all kinds of subjects, at some point in their careers, often try to run seminars or workshops. There are lots of reasons why they do it, but the main one is money. These can be very lucrative money- spinners if done correctly. An awful lot ar... (more) Published By: Martin Avis Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1409 | Simply Awful Training Tips Preview: It's been reported that the most common human fear involves public speaking. In the business world, the day will come when most of us will be called upon to give a training presentation. The result is a flock butterflies the size of pigeons in the pit of... (more) Published By: Mike Delaney Submitted: 07 May,2002 |
| 1410 | It's all happening HERE! NOW! in our lifetime!!! Preview: We are living in "The Greatest Entrepreneurial Boom In History." We are surrounded by opportunities, but most people don't recognize them. For example, there are far more opportunities in direct marketing and internet marketing today, especially for ... (more) Published By: Noel Peebles Submitted: 07 May,2002 |