By kevinsimpson on April 10, 2009
Alabama has a history founded principally on agriculture, but as times have moved on the State has expanded its interests to match the demands of the global economy, diversifying into education and defence. There are now major US Air Force and Army bases in the State providing a significant number of jobs and incomes to [...]
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By gandhi14 on April 8, 2009
Your organisation probably has an established schedule for performance appraisal interviews. When a person is not performing however, you cannot afford to wait for the next planned appraisal. You need to talk now!
There is scarcely an employee who does not need a constant answer to the question: How am I doing? And there are [...]
Posted in Communication
By JimKemp on April 8, 2009
Managing a proposal program for success can stretch the resources of even the most talented proposal team. The challenge requires an equal measure of writing talent, project management skill, and interpersonal communication ability.
By any measure, the success of a proposal program will be evident in how well individual proposals and RFP activities are carried out. [...]
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By dominicdonaldson on April 7, 2009
Soft skills are nowadays seen as essential business skills. Employers look for them when recruiting candidates, HR and managers include them in core competencies when assessing performance and clients expect suppliers to have the soft skills to support the product or service they supply.
So what are soft skills? One way of thinking about it is [...]
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By gandhi14 on April 7, 2009
Animal trainers use it. The research supports it. You know it is the right thing to do. If you really want top performance from your people, give them the one thing most likely to help them deliver. Give them positive feedback.
Positive feedback is the simplest and most effective means of improving performance ever! It involves [...]
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By cathywarschaw on April 7, 2009
Why do some doctors seldom, if ever, voice complaints about past-due balances, while others spend significant time on this problem? Much of the answer begins long before a statement is sent. One of the most valuable changes you can make in your accounts receivable process is to define payment expectations with your patients in advance [...]
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By wemail1 on April 5, 2009
This article will look at the impact this can have on your organization and how you can structure this to be used effectively.
To start with, employee recognition must be a consistent effort within an organization. There must be a clear plan in place for what will constitute recognition. When developing a plan for providing recognition, [...]
Posted in Team Building
By dpoulos on April 3, 2009
There are many areas of common interest among member-based organizations, especially now, but the largest and longest running area of concern is certainly finding and keeping members for the long term. Its the bread and butter, the engine of any organization, forming the reason for being, driving strategic direction, drawing stable revenue, and creating the [...]
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By kokuj1n on April 2, 2009
Creating Controversy has to be one of the BEST ways to generate sales. Controversy creates two types of interest as well as generating a lot of . Negative and positive. And both forms of interest work together to make you profits. How exactly? Well, let’s do a quick example. Person N and Person P. Person [...]
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By kokuj1n on April 2, 2009
THE “SHOCK” TACTIC : I’m sure you’ve heard the term “shock value” before. Well that’s what this tactic is all about. Shocking your readers or customers. Some folks will use foul language to shock their readers. Some will use incredible stories. And still others will tell them how they have made huge mistakes. How many [...]
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