Archive for June, 2009
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Job Search and Career Networking Tips
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The Importance of Career Networking
The importance of career networking shouldn’t be discounted when you are in the midst of a job search. In fact, career networking should become a part of your daily work and career-related endeavors. Your career network should be in place for when you need it, both for job searching and for [...] -
Dare to Be Different
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Growth may seem to come easily to the “usual suspects” — companies like Apple, Google, and Procter & Gamble, for example. Less well known are the growth strategies of companies like Rolls Royce and DeWalt. You might not expect these old-line companies to be home to remarkable growth strategies, but by looking beyond the status [...]
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Seven Reasons Why People Cheat
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Cheating, according to the my Dictionary is defined as having a romantic emotional or physical relationship with another being outside of ones primary commitment unbeknownst to ones partner and also, I might add, while still holding onto ones primary relationship.
I tried to think of some exceptions, as relationships can be somewhat complicated, and I thought [...] -
Creating a Winning Attitude at Work
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Leaders improve their company by instilling confidence in each employee’s ability to meet and overcome workplace challenges. Experience has taught us that confidence precedes competence. A person in the office or a player in a game must first believe he or she can succeed by developing a winning attitude reinforced by skill-building practice.
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Plan a Memorable Corporate Event, Despite the Current Economy
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
In today’s economy, many meeting planners feel that they have their hands tied. They want to create a memorable event for their attendees, but they know they have to be more mindful than ever of expenses. They also have to watch perception. So even if they stay under budget for their meeting, if attendees perceive [...]
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Employee Performance:Do You Have Fizzlers or Sizzlers?
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
In today’s workplace, employee performance follows the the Pareto Principle (the 80/20 rule) – 80 percent of employees fizzle, 20 percent of employees sizzle. The 80 percent of employees who fizzle are are weak and disinterested performers who do just enough not to get fired. The 20 percent of employees who sizzle are passionate and [...]
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Make an ally out of your boss
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Q. Although my supervisor is basically a good person whose heart is in the right place, I have very little respect for him. Not only is he a micromanager but he also favors the people who pay him compliments and fawn all over him.
Today, I just couldn’t stand to be in the same room with [...] -
Entrepreneurialism - The Reality of Following Your Dream
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Entrepreneurialism can sound a frightening word (and that’s not just getting the spelling right!) The trouble is that many people assume that entrepreneurs are go-getters of the modern world, the high flying successes with bank balances bursting at the seams, and the Midas touch that turns ideas into gold overnight; they’re the people whose bank [...]
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Problem Solving Techniques
Friday, June 19th, 2009
As with creative thinking, flexibility is a crucially important feature in problem solving. Many of these techniques you will begin to use regularly for each major problem you address. Others you will use selectively.
Assumption Articulation
A first and frequently overlooked step in problem solving is to identify the assumptions you are making about the situation. Many [...] -
Ten Steps to Creating Higher Performing Workplaces
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Do you believe that job stress is higher than it’s ever been? That people have greater fear about their jobs and financial security than ever before? And that stress and fear reduces productivity? What if you were told you that there is an antidote for these conditions and that this antidote could be taken almost [...]