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Small business owners are not always the best employee motivators. Some are so wrapped up in operational issues that their people skills fall short. If your business already has employees or plans to hire them, these individuals will be critical to your success. You need to learn how to elicit good results from your employees without micromanaging
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From the Page: "When I founded SmartDraw.com I was a software developer not a manager. Not that this mattered much because the only person I needed to manage at the time was me!
As the company grew, management was "thrust upon me", and I learned four techniques I still use to manage people and projects effectively."
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With gas prices rising rapidly, the advantages of working from a home office seem to be increasing. Not only is the act of commuting stressful for many, but now it is costing you a lot more to get to your job.
Unfortunately the telecommuting trend seems to be reversing a bit. Some of the biggest corporate proponents...
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An ideal scenario for increased productivity would be to approach your desk every day with your work already prioritized and your schedule set up so that you have a block of time marked off for uninterrupted work. There would be nothing on the desk to divert your attention while you are working. Your sole focus would be on the current project.
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From the page: "There's a small but growing trend in which companies are choosing to give employees money toward their personal laptop, rather than providing a company-issued portable. British Petroleum is among the companies that is trying the approach."
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Start changing your life, both personally and professionally, by taking these below written words and turning them into a lifestyle, not a fad to send you into action.
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Here are 5 steps you can take in 5 minutes to protect your business and be resilient at the worst times.
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We are all spacers of time, to some degree. If we were given one hour to do a specific task or job, probability could tell us that we would do that task or job correctly in just fifty-five minutes, with no reduction in quality. If this five-minute savings is true, imagine if you add up those five minutes that you just saved and multiply it by eigh
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The opportunities to expand in today’s global economy often seem daunting. Yet there are basic steps that pertain at every level of expansion and transition. No matter the size of the company you work for, there are times when work expectations might change and opportunities arise. Whether it’s a departmental shift, a promotion, a permanent reloca
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A great article on why you should outsource some of your work and a little info on how to do it.
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What's the most important role for senior partners: worker bee or queen bee? Stewart Weltman makes the case that the unpopular answer here is the one that will make your clients happiest and boost your firm's bottom line.
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Instead of trying to take on the whole world at once, consider unitasking. Focus completely and solely on one goal, achieve it, and move on to the next goal. You will see an increase in your achievements and a higher quality result as well.
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Multitasking: Everyone does this to some extent. Some people attempt to do more things at once than others, but it is almost a requirement now to be able to work. I recently heard of a job posting that listed “multitasking abilities” as one of the prerequisites for the job.
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Professional Services Guru David Maister has made an offer on his website to give a free copy of his book, Strategy and the Fat Smoker, to a senior executive or managing partner of your firm. Do it quickly. The offer is only good for the first 100 eligible senior executives or firm managing partners.
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