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4 easy ways to have a better day at work
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHow do you change your attitude when you are in the midst of a bad day? Here are four simple things I have learned from my peers and my practice that you can do right now to put your day on a better track.
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Spot the losers and say ‘no thanks’
Anne Rose Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementDo you dread seeing a particular client's caller ID or email show up on your phone or inbox? I refuse to be so desperate for any kind of business that I will subject myself to rude, demeaning, demanding, nonstop complaining or simply unlikable clients.
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How to make better hiring decisions
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe best applicant and the best employee are rarely one in the same, so I recommend following a "hire tough, manage easy" philosophy. Even if you occasionally miss the mark, you will still be hiring to a higher standard.
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What CrossFit teaches us about pricing
Marc Wayshak MarketingWalk into any CrossFit gym, and you'll probably hear loud music blasting over the grunts of CrossFitters pushing their bodies well past what most would consider possible. Regardless of your athletic ability, though, CrossFit has a few lessons in store for you. In fact, all small business owners would be wise to learn a thing or two about pricing from the CrossFit business model.
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It’s time to pay your employees to quit — Will you do it?
Robin Throckmorton Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementFollowing in the footsteps of Zappos, Amazon recently implemented its own "pay to quit" program to find out just how happy its employees are. In a nutshell, Amazon is offering up to $5,000 to employees to quit, with hopes that they won't take it. Amazon has realized the value of having employees who want to work for the company and gives those who don't a way out.
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How does the Heartbleed bug affect your business?
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyIf you've followed the tech world in the last two weeks, chances are that you've heard of the Heartbleed bug. But what exactly is Heartbleed, how serious is the risk, and how will it affect your business?
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Does your business suffer from PMS?
Greg L. Alston RetailNo, I am not talking about the condition that women encounter once a month. What I am talking about is the devastatingly destructive force created by a series of bad assumptions known as the parallactic myth syndrome (PMS).
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5 tools for averting proposal disaster
Joe Latta MarketingWe all know that proper planning and communication can go a long way to preventing last-minute proposal chaos. But let's be honest: Every proposal writer, no matter how prepared, has felt the stress of a down-to-the-wire proposal submission.
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Can interview techniques squash boring business meetings?
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMeetings and interviews can be some of the worst job experiences. We can have too many or not enough. They can go too long or you can run out of time. And frequently, people leave with a different understanding of how it went and what happens next.
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Who killed strategic planning?
Michael J. Berens Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementStrategic planning is dead. So claims economist Bill Conerly in a series of articles for Forbes. That may come as welcome news to many executives and managers who have long questioned the value of developing strategic plans.
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