Recent Articles
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3 mistakes to avoid with accounts receivable management
Scott Wolfe Jr. Construction & Building MaterialsAlmost anyone running or managing a company, or working in a finance function within a company, knows the challenges with managing accounts receivables. When you pull a cash statement on your business and get to the receivables line, you're just staring at money owed to you, but not in your pocket.
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Gun control vs. mental health? Maybe the problem is actually intervention
Paula Prentis Mental HealthcareAfter yet another horrific mass shooting by one of our nation's young adults and an unconscionable stabbing by two 12-year-olds, we are faced with the same debate: gun control vs. mental illness.
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3 ways to deal with church quitters
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityAre you a quitter? Most would say no, but there are lots of ways we quit. Some statistics say as many as 95 percent of dieters fail. With 45 million Americans dieting each year, there's some quitting going on. What about your church?
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How leaders win with strategic innovation
Scott Steinberg Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs modern leaders are aware, risk and uncertainty are on the rise today, and making mistakes is currently the No. 1 fear in the workplace. But if your organization wants to continually change, adapt and reinvent itself to strategically innovate and evolve in tune with changing times, it's worth noting that we must become comfortable with all of these factors and constantly seek ways to mitigate them.
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Are you opinionating all over your sales floor?
Harry J. Friedman RetailWhen someone asks how your business is doing, you certainly can answer if business is up or down compared to last year. But do you know which salespeople are producing the most business? Which ones are consistently selling more than one item per sale? Which salespeople have the highest average sale? Come on now. No opinionating. Just the facts, ma'am.
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Pay attention! How to actively teach listening skills
Erick Herrmann EducationIf you ask teachers what their greatest frustrations are in the classroom, inevitably you will be told that students do not know how to listen. Given this frustration on the lack of student listening skills, it would seem that teachers would spend significant time actively teaching listening.
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How to implement a 5S system at your facility
Jeannea Jones Facilities & Grounds5S was established in Japan as five pillars of progress to create a lean methodology for inventory management: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, shitsuke. These Japanese pillars have been identified as one of the techniques that enabled "just in time" manufacturing, and they have been translated into several American versions with various "S" themes.
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Does your association have a website succession plan?
Michael J. Berens Association ManagementOf all the vehicles associations have to communicate with members and potential members, none has greater impact than the website. What does your website say about your association? Does it reflect your current leadership, vision and direction? Or is it a storage trunk of old and outdated information?
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Micro managing doesn’t necessarily mean what it used to
Brie Ragland RetailWorkplace flexibility has proven over and over to go hand in hand with the increased productivity of today's workforce. Arrangements that allow workers to continue making productive contributions to the success of a company while allowing for life activities are becoming increasingly popular.
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Green spas in a nutshell
Beatrice (Vallant) Hochegger Recreation & LeisureThe series of articles on green spas has shown that being green is a trend that will affect the spa industry globally. On the one hand, consumers start demanding eco-friendly spa experiences, and on the other hand spa owners and managers create green philosophies in order to save resources and protect the environment.