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Ethics in Speaking A Practical Point of View

Often managers have to deliver presentations with unpleasant content. The vice president has to announce that there is a hiring freeze or a downsizing. The human resource director speaks to the employees about a benefits package with fewer benefits....

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Is it Perfunctory of Desultory It Pays to Know the Difference.

Part of Emotional Intelligence is being able to label emotions and therefore attitudes, and in the workplace, these lead to motivation and performance.It’s important to understand the distinction between desultory, and perfunctory when dealing with...

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Crunch Time Don't Forget the Upfront Stuff

Crunch Time: Don’t Forget the Upfront StuffWhat time is it… if you have two minutes to go and your team is down by 10 points?What time is it…if your presentation to the biggest possible client and sale you’ve ever had is due in two days? What...

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Create a Compelling Vision for Your Business

I ask you a very important question: Do you have a vision—a Technicolor snapshot in your mind of what your ideal life looks like? If not, create one. Not a goal; goals come later. Visions are more powerful than goals because visions have an emotion...

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How Do You Set Consulting Fees

How Do You Set Consulting Fees?by J. Stephen PopeOne of the most frequent questions I receivefrom those who are trying to start or growtheir own consulting business is: "How andwhat do you charge clients for your consultingservices?"The ways of billi...

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The Primary Purpose of Business

Consider the following quote from author and Fortune 500business consultant, Lance Secretan:"The primary purpose of an organization is not to makea profit. It is to help human beings grow, expresstheir creativity, contribute their life-source and mak...

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Why /Businesses Fail

Businesses fail for a great variety of reasons, but somereasons are more common than others. Columnist Doug Hood, inthe September 2000 issue of INC. Magazine, provided what hefinds to be the ten most common reasons that businessesfail. They are:1. La...

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Debt Consolidation Benefits

If you’ve ever been in a situation where you needed money that you didn’t have, you probably already know about loans and credit cards. Here is a brief Explanation on What both are:LoansA loan is a type of financial aid which must be repaid, norm...

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Non-Reporting Shells

Non-Reporting ShellsBy William CatePublished January 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Clean shells don't exist. Among the dirtiest of dirty sh...

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Hiring Your First Business Personal Assistant Some Guidelines for Successful Hiring

Hiring the first personal business assistant is an exciting time for new business owners. It means that the business is doing well enough that the business owner can no longer keep up effectively with the demands of the new business. Sales are explod...

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