March 12th, 2010 by adrian
Do you have what it takes to get through the recession? Here are the traits that get home based business owners through the hard times.
Regardless of your definition of success, there are, oddly enough, a great number of common characteristics that are shared by successful businesspeople. You can place a check beside each characteristic that [...]
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March 8th, 2010 by adrian
In the past 25 years, the concept of organizational culture has gained wide acceptance as a way to understand human systems. From an “open-sytems” perspective, each aspect of organizational culture can be seen as an important environmental condition affecting the system and its subsystems. The examination of organizational culture is also a valuable analytical tool [...]
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March 8th, 2010 by adrian
1.Dependability
2.Honesty & Integrity
3.Positive, Proactive Attitude
4.Willing to Work
5.Uses Down Time Productively
DEPENDABILITY
Management and executive staff and corporate employers overall see Dependability in these good qualities:
1.Always Follows Directions
2.Consistently Accurate
3.Works Independently
4.Gets Along with peers, management, and clients
5.Good Grooming and Hygiene
6.Always On Time to work and back from breaks.
7.Good Attendance - Does not take off all their sick time just [...]
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March 5th, 2010 by adrian
By now, you should be almost ready to open the doors to your new practice. It’s time to focus on setting up essential office systems and services such as telephone and transcription. You also need to set down the specific procedures your employees should follow to bill patients and insurance companies, as well as how [...]
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March 5th, 2010 by adrian
Successful people and successful businesses find ways to meaningfully differentiate themselves from the competition. One of the best ways to differentiate yourself is through the perception of exceptional service. Great service attracts customers. It translates into repeat business and customer referrals. Astute business people recognize that selling customer service is an opportunity to move ahead [...]
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March 4th, 2010 by adrian
Discipline is training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. True success, the kind that is achieved through personal development, is based on self-discipline. Learn ways to become more self-disciplined.
In the late ’90s, the Internet boom made millionaires out of many investors virtually overnight. [...]
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March 4th, 2010 by adrian
Organizational Behavior is a study which deals with group or individual dynamics between individuals in an organization. Learning and implementing this study in an organization will add credibility to the organization.
Organizational Behavior is a non-performance related set of practices which when implemented in organizations lend good credibility to the organization for its ethics. Imagine, [...]
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March 3rd, 2010 by adrian
So what’s the deal with all the different ways employers post jobs these days? Seems like you’ve got 15 ways of saying the same thing and calling an “Executive Assistant” something that it’s not. Also, why is it that you’re asking for simple qualifications but trying to make them sound complex and intense by adding [...]
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March 1st, 2010 by adrian
Promoting a Good Workplace
Why Are Reviews So Important?
The answer to this question may seem obvious; every employee needs to know what the expectations and standards are for their job. Yet, most companies do not have a formal performance review program in effect for their employees. Reviews are given when an employee is being disciplined [...]
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February 26th, 2010 by adrian
Every self-respecting rainmaker knows the power of personal brands. Whether you are an individual practitioner in a larger organization, or a solo thought leader active in industry associations or communities, it pays to be known.
The challenge: The same branding strategies and tactics that work in the marketplace usually don’t work as well in smaller communities [...]
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