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Negotiating commercial leases: Cap your operating costs
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailFor many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.
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How to think like a leader
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA title does not make someone a leader. In fact, leaders can be found within all levels of the organization. Yet, just as there are a few common characteristics of all leaders, there are also common ways leaders approach their work. Whether transitioning into a leadership role or looking for ways to refresh your leadership approach, here a few ways to think more like a leader.
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Simple tips for managing older employees
Ryan Clark Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWith people today working further into their lives and retiring later, the workforce has begun to age noticeably. This leads to real situations in which younger managers are tasked with supervising direct reports who are much older than they are.
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Is a higher minimum wage worth job losses?
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhile the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has remained unchanged since 2009, 21 states have changed their minimum wage laws since January 2014, according to the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, 41 localities have adopted minimum wages above their state minimum wage.
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Risk management in developing countries
Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementBased on experience, it seems that the majority of companies in developing countries who are implementing risk management do not get the added value they expect. This is often because they are attempting to import risk management from a different cultural setting, from developed to developing parts of the world.
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Drive project efficiency with templates
Deborah Ike Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMost project managers have more than one project to manage at a time. Therefore, anything you can do to make your job easier and less complicated, the better. That's where templates come into the picture. If your company has a project management office (PMO), they probably provide you with templates. However, if you don't have a PMO or if it's relatively new, then you might need to create your own.
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How to command attention during a presentation
Lisa Mulcahy Association ManagementYou've done quality research and work through every step of prepping your presentation — the last thing you want to see are glazed eyeballs while you're talking through each key point.
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Encourage employees to take care of themselves
Mashaal Ryan Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementFlu season, illnesses, tough political times, economic hardships, grief, difficult relationships — all of these things and more are affecting your employees on a daily basis. Obviously, a lot of this is happening outside of your company's walls, but it can still cause problems during work hours.
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Leadership focus: Embrace one priority
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe amount of information available at our fingertips is amazing. At any given moment, we can accomplish more, quicker. We can connect with more people, easily. And we can capture data, ideas and potential issues, simply.
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3 reasons every organization should care about leaks
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAn Apple employee recently leaked an internal memo in which Apple warns employees to stop leaking information. While it is hard not to enjoy the irony of a leaked memo warning against leaked information, the incident has highlighted a sensitive issue that reaches far beyond Silicon Valley. Here are three reasons every organization should care about leaks.
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