11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

Reducing the High Cost of Absenteeism

Employers pay a high price for absenteeism, often more than they may realize, in terms of both financial and production losses and employee morale. Managers may view the tasks of finding a substitute employee as a short-term inconvenience; however, ...

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Allan Kempert Discovered That Truly All You Gotta Do Is Ask.

A year or so ago, I met Allan Kempert. Allan was the Quality Assurance Supervisor for a metal stamping company in Ontario, and just completed Norman Bodek’s book, The Idea Generator, Quick and Easy Kaizen. As Allan explains, he couldn’t put the b...

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Proven two minutes magic exercise to conqure the fear of phone

I got a confession to make!The little communication device usedto scare me to death!I would pick ip up and dial a prospect and when the phone ringsmy heart would start pounding wishing that the recipient does,tpick the phone up.When the phone is pick...

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Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Have a Complete Agenda

Most agendas for a meeting look like this.BudgetPayrollStaffSalesVutszxtnSome people would tell me, "That's a perfectly good agenda. I know what all of those things mean, except, uh, 'vutszxtn'." The point is, vutszxtn means as much to...

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Home Equity Loan – Beware of equity stripping scam

The market for mortgage refinancing has been brisk during the last few years. The boom in business can be attributed to interest rates that have been at or near historic lows, and to lenders who have more money to lend now that they aren’t investin...

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Magnetic Signs. Where Do They Work Best?

Magnetic Signs. Where Do They Work Best? by: Tony Nagy Recently, a woman called to ask about replacing a magnetic sign she had purchased from another company. Her original sign had actually blown off the side of her car. I had visions of the sig...

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Penny Stock Investing

Penny Stock Investing by: Peter Leeds The Nature of Penny Stocks For anyone new to investing in penny stocks, you should first be made aware of the differences between these micro-cap stocks and the more conventional blue-chip and mid-cap inves...

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Success In Innovative Leadership: Modelling Strategic Excellence

Soren Kierkegaard once said that prayer does not change God but it changes him who prays. As Kierkegaard points this out, the innovation strategy is not what changes, it is we who activate and spread out the strategy to enlighten, encourage, engage, ...

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Understand the Professional Speaking Business

Q&A about the Speaking Business The answers below are my opinion. I've answered as honest as possible. There is no one way to succeed in the professional speaking business. That's one of the attractions of it. You can write your own rule ...

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The Truth About Negative Commands (Don't Read This!)

As humans, we are often instructed to follow positive commands such as “eat your vegetables” or “exercise regularly.” However, we are also given negative commands such as “don’t touch that” or “stop being lazy.” It is believed that ...

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