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Why BYOD policies are crucial for the workplace
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementBringing your own device (BYOD) to the workplace has been around for several years, and will not be going away anytime soon. In fact, it is a growing concern for both the public and private business sectors. How does an organization handle BYOD in the workplace?
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Should your office go paperless? Yes, and here’s why
Kaylee Nelson and Jessica Taylor Waste Management & EnvironmentalOne great benefit of technology is that it has enabled businesses to go paperless. It's a scary thought — to move all of your organized filings into one computer system — but it's one step closer to making our planet better and greener. It will probably make you and your employees happier, too.
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Employee recruiting myth: I don’t have time
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementRecruiting is like bathing — it's only effective if you do it every day. If you recruit only "when you have the time," you severely limit your ability to attract and hire the best. If you don't make any recruiting efforts until you actually need to hire someone, it's just like grocery shopping on an empty stomach — you'll grab the first thing that looks good.
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Manager or leader — which is best?
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThere's an old expression: "Managers do things right, and leaders do the right things." It is true that managers and leaders look at the world differently and exhibit opposite styles of interacting with their environment.
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Mind your KDQs: Turning your sales professionals into sales superstars
Greg Witz Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHas the performance of your sales team flat-lined? Is performance on the decline? Or perhaps your team is delivering good results but you know that great results are achievable? Killer diller questions, or KDQs, may be an excellent tool you can use to optimize the potential and maximize the performance of your sales team.
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Proactive management: A formula for success
Harry J. Friedman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn both good times and in bad, there are always companies that are making their goals and many that are even exceeding them. So how is it possible for some companies to prosper while so many others are struggling to keep their doors open?
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The ‘full’ keys to leadership
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat is a leader's purpose? Does he or she sit in their office and let the team or organization run itself? What must a leader do to be fully engaged in being a leader? It starts with attitude. John Maxwell states, "...the attitude of a leader affects the atmosphere of the office." It is how you handle yourself and a situation.
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How to energize your pharmacy career
Greg L. Alston PharmaceuticalWhen you're trying to learn something new, as you will be during your pharmacy career, the only way it will make sense to you is if you have a way to connect to the information. If you can't figure out how the information is relevant to you, it's going to be very difficult for you to learn. Greg L. Alston looks at how he has learned over the years, not just as a pharmacist, but also as an educator and speaker.
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7 steps employers should take now to prevent workplace bullying
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWorkplace bullying is becoming a bigger problem than harassment. Twenty-seven percent of U.S. workers report experiencing abusive conduct at work, and 21 percent report witnessing such conduct. Bullying can be physical or psychological. Simply put, bullying is a form of violence. Workplace bullying does not just affect the target. It affects others in the workplace, and can cause reduced productivity, interfere with the free flow of communications within the organization and lead to higher turnover, all of which significantly increase an employer’s operating costs.
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Church phone systems vulnerable to costly hacking
Robert C. Foreman Religious CommunityMost churches with multiline small-business phone systems are unaware of the potential for their phones to be hacked by international criminals. This can be a very costly problem, as we discovered when our phone system was hacked over a weekend from outside and used to make tens of thousands of international calls to various foreign countries. The numbers called were "premium" numbers, well-known by phone security experts.
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