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Praise Individuals As Well As Groups
2007-08-13 23:18:00 Praise is often given to groups of people in recognition of a group achievement. This is a good thing. When we’ve all pulled together to meet an objective, that recognition helps extend the “feel good” moment that comes with achievement. Unfortunately, individuals within the group can be left feeling anonymous, not sure that their individual contribution has been noticed. A number of years ... More About: Management , Motivation , Teams , Praise , Groups
10 Key Points on Training the Aging Workforce
2007-08-12 19:43:00 Will baby boomers retire at 60? Will there be a massive employee shortage in a few years? What can companies and government agencies do? This is a very important topic, given demographic trends worldwide. Let me provide an overview with these 10 points. 1) The Conference Board published a good report in 2005 titled America’s Aging Workforce Posing ... More About: Business , Management , Employees , Training
Avoid the Top Five Resume Mistakes
2007-08-10 05:01:00 Over the years as a recruiter and resume coach, I’ve seen the consequences of poorly written resumes. Unfortunately, most people don’t seek professional career help until they experience the frustration of a long and fruitless job search. It’s surprising how many of their problems can be traced to the top five resume mistakes. #1 No resume focus. The most effective resumes leave ... More About: Job Interviewing , Resume , Avoid , Five , Stakes
The Power of Personal PR
2007-08-09 18:59:00 Ten seconds is all it takes to make a first impression ? whether it’s your personal presentation or the first contact a potential client or customer has with your business through the telephone, website or other communication collateral. When they walk through their door ? or you walk through theirs ? your image is imprinted in the ... More About: Personal , Power , Public Relations , Management , Persona
The Unconscious Marketing Secret of Emotions
2007-08-09 18:57:00 Most people make up their minds very quickly about whether to buy your product or service. These fast decisions are made unconsciously. So, if you want to influence them, you have to communicate at an unconscious level. As the unconscious mind is the domain of the emotions, one of the best ways of reaching it is by appealing to the emotions. ... More About: Marketing , Emotions , Secret , Cons , Emotion
5 Ways to Quickly Improve Cash Flow
2007-08-08 20:02:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.actionbusinesspartners.com Below are 5 quick ways to slow down the leaks in the money leaving your company so the money coming in can catch up Bill Promptly. Ever find yourself so busy building your business and making deadlines that you don’t get around to billing on a regular basis? You’re not alone. ... More About: Business , Management , Entrepreneur , Growth , Cash
10 Reasons Why Businesses Fail
2007-08-08 20:00:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.actionbusinesspartners.com Almost 50% of the new companies formed in the US and Canada fail within the first 3 years. Just because that happens to be the case, it doesn?t make seeing a business that somebody worked so hard for die any easier to watch. I hope the following information will make ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Leadership , Reasons , Businesses
Finding a Business to Buy and Making an Offer
2007-08-08 19:59:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.business-buying-help.com So, what is really involved when finding a business to purchase and how complicated could it be? I?d like to say the answer to this question is ?it?s very simple?, but since it really isn?t, I won?t insult your intelligence. And it is definitely not similar to searching for a ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Maki , Makin , Offer
8 BIG Small Business Mistakes
2007-08-08 19:57:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.actionbusinesspartners.com Here?s an interesting notion: Do you realize that there are mistakes you can make at various stages of your business? growth that can be slowly killing it for months or even years if you don?t watch for them? Well, these mistakes do exist and they are not ... More About: Business , Small Business , Entrepreneur , Growth , Small
7 Steps for Successful Direct Marketing
2007-08-08 19:56:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.actionbusinesspartners.com Direct marketing is, and will probably always be, one of the best ways to get a steady stream of new customers for your business. And that goes for any type business. Obviously you will need to make slight variations between one industry and the next, but it still works ... More About: Marketing , Business , Direct Marketing , Sales
Buying a Business- Prepare Yourself
2007-08-08 19:55:00 Copyright (c) George Sierchio www.business-buying-help.com So you have decided that you would like to run your own show and buying an existing business versus starting from scratch is the way to go. This is a very wise decision if you have not been involved in a start-up before. The question then is: Are you ready? ... More About: Business , Buying , Entrepreneur , Sine , Pare
Choosing to Buy a Business
2007-08-08 19:54:00 Copyright (c) 2007 George Sierchio www.business-buying-help.com Buying a business can be a complicated process. This is not at all like buying a house. Facts such as location, age, industry and your experience all play a part in making the purchase of a business complex and difficult to compare to other similar businesses. Even more so, ... More About: Business , Entrepreneur , Sine
How To Sell Yourself Like a Product at a Job Interview
2007-08-07 20:34:00 Interviewing for a job is in many ways comparable to a sales person making a sale. If you were a sales person and were about to sell a product to a customer you would do some homework or research so that you could convince your customers that your product was the best product on the market to fill their needs. If ... More About: Job Interviewing , Product , Interview , Resume , Sell
Great Leadership is an inside Job
2007-08-07 20:23:00 Yesterday my riding session with my bay mare ended with her dripping sweat, her sides heaving? me with a beet red face struggling to maintain any semblance of control whatsoever?then me giving her a bath to cool her down and walk her and myself up and down our driveway to calm us both. Today ended with me relaxed, at ease and ... More About: Leadership , Great , Inside , Inside Job , Ship
I?m Overwhelmed with Paperwork: Options That Can Get You Back to the Busine
2007-08-06 16:08:00 The phone is ringing off the hook, you have 72 emails in your inbox and your desk looks as though it’s being consumed by paperwork. You have three options; you could take on these tasks yourself, hire an Administrative Assistant, or seek the services of a qualified Virtual Assistant. If you decide to put in some overtime and tackle the job ... More About: Management , Back , Options , Opti , The Bus
Keys To Success In New Jobs
2007-08-06 00:10:00 Every new job, be it a promotion, a transfer, or a move to a new organization brings with it a new set of challenges and opportunities. The one constant every new position brings is change ? change in your Universe of People; change in the skills required to do the job; change in relationships with former peers, bosses, subordinates; change in ... More About: Jobs , Job Interviewing , Success , Resume , Keys
Don?t ask for feedback if you don?t want it
2007-08-04 18:08:00 I sat in on a client meeting one day, and saw the leader make a classic communication mistake that never fails to cause resentment. Tom had decided on a course of action for the group to take. I don’t know how much research he had done, or whether he had received input from others, and he didn’t say. That, however, wasn’t ... More About: Management , Feedback
How Well Are You Managing Change?
2007-08-03 18:23:00 I was hired by two organizations within the past two weeks to lead a workshop on this topic for management and employees, because change impacts everyone at ALL levels within an organization. Chan g e has an impact on you whether you work for someone else, work for yourself, or don’t work at all. The truth of the matter is that change is ... More About: Management , Well
Behavioral Interviews?3 Steps to Great Answers
2007-08-03 17:38:00 Some of the most challenging interview questions are found in behavioral interviews. These interviews are designed to test your abilities in three ways: 1. Determining how well you work under pressure 2. Finding out how well you work with others 3. Establishing whether you can resolve conflicts Behavioral interviews can be disastrous if you don’t know how to prepare for them. And ... More About: Interviews , Job Interviewing , Great , Answers , Resume
Hire The Right People - 10 Recommendations On Using Assessments
2007-08-02 17:18:00 Assessments are powerful tools to use in hiring the right people. They can also improve communications, reduce turnover and improve retention of top people. Assessments represent an opportunity to do all these things while returning the highest ROI of any single people directed investment you can make! The following recommendations can help you better utilize these very valuable tools in a variety ... More About: People , Hire , Management , Human Resources , Assessments
Do you die or pass on?
2007-08-02 08:01:00 Euphemisms replace offensive, difficult words with indirect, vague, and more tolerable expressions. The English language, similar to many other languages, has a rich collection of euphemisms. The communication danger exists when native English speakers use euphemisms with non-native English speakers. I returned from Los Angeles on Monday because my grandfather had been in the hospital. He ... More About: Communication , Pass
You?re Not Alone If You Hate Going To Job Interviews
2007-08-01 22:23:00 “I know I could do the job if they would just give it to me. Why do I have to prove myself? I meet all the qualifications they are looking for. I could do this job with my eyes closed. Can’t they tell from my resume that I am qualified?” Ever say any of those things ? or at least ... More About: Interviews , Job Interviewing , Hate , Resume , Lone
Follow-up Wins the Interview
2007-08-01 21:25:00 You thought you were perfect for the job. So why isn?t your phone ringing? Let?s say you just sent your resume off to 25 prospective employers and now you?ve done your part. Now, you just sit back and wait for the phone to ring. But why is nothing happening? Stop! The Job Search Industry is Not on Your Side This is exactly ... More About: Job Interviewing , Interview , Resume , Wins
The Most Important, and Overlooked, Marketing Tactic
2007-08-01 19:40:00 Marketing includes every contact and aspect of the public experiences such as, the way you answer their calls; how you “make good” when something goes wrong; how well you help them solve their most pressing problems and your employees’ attitudes, dress and demeanor. It is about building sincere and profitable long-term relationships with prospects and customers (as well ... More About: Marketing , Look , Import
The Reason Persistence Pays Off In Your Marketing
2007-07-31 20:39:00 One of the secrets of getting your message across to prospects and customers is to communicate with them at an unconscious level. In order to do that successfully, you need to repeat the same message consistently. In marketing terms, that means if you want to get a positive reaction from your customers, you have to be consistent and persistent with your marketing. Businesses ... More About: Marketing , Reason , Pays , Persistence
Harness the Unconscious Marketing Power of Stories
2007-07-31 20:38:00 If you want people to pay attention to what you say, you have to communicate with them at an unconscious level. In order to do that successfully, it’s useful to know that the unconscious mind loves symbols. One of the most powerful ways of using symbols is through metaphor or stories. As the unconscious mind also takes everything it hears personally, ... More About: Marketing , Power , Stories , Cons , The U
Strategy Before Tactics
2007-07-30 01:28:00 The title of today’s article captures the single greatest small business marketing mistake I encounter - and I encounter it every single day. Small business owners often fall prey to the marketing whim of the week, chasing every new way to do direct mail or draw web site visitors they encounter, because they have no real marketing strategy to help them ... More About: Business , Strategy , Tactics , Fore , Rate
How a Blog Can Help Your Business
2007-07-28 20:07:00 If you have a business, a blog (short for web log) is a marketing tool that can further position you as the expert in your industry. Your prospects and clients want information about your products and services. They are hungry for it! And a blog gives you the opportunity to share your expertise with people across the globe. Once they are ... More About: Marketing , Business , Blog , Sine
How to Be a Marketing Warrior, Not a Marketing Wimp
2007-07-28 01:08:00 Last summer, I attended a remarkable five-day training known as the Enlightened Warrior Training Camp at which I learned eight essential attitudes of warriors-those who will stop at nothing to achieve the cherished, fulfilling life they want for themselves. These warrior attitudes are adaptable to almost anything: finances, relationships, depression and much more. I find them particularly useful when applied to marketing ... More About: Marketing , Business
Have You Ever Been Fired From a Job?
More articles from this author:2007-07-27 17:52:00 If you’ve ever been fired, this question is probably the one interview question you dread the most. Not only have you had a bad experience, but you have to talk about it ? again and again. How you deal with this question in your interviews will depend a lot on how you have resolved the issue with yourself. In order ... More About: Business , Job Interviewing , Resume , Fired , Been 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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