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Interim Management - Increasingly Part Of The Plan
Interim management has traditionally been seen as a reactive response to organisational failure. Increasingly, a new breed of interims are emerging - people who regard interim management as a career and have transferable leadership skills to work across sectors. Building in organisational capacity to accommodate career interims 'as part of the solution' is discussed.
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Products Need Better Instruction Booklets For the Mechanically Challenged
There are too many lousy manuals out there, that poorly explain our expensive, newly bought electronics and other items. Here's one mechanically-challenged consumer's take on an all too common issue. Why can't they just make decent guides to go with the items we buy? There must be a publisher out there who puts out this stuff just to confuse us.
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Workplace Violence - Acknowledge, Anticipate, and Act
Organizations of all kinds must develop policies and contingency plans to deal with the potentialities of workplace violence. This article, designed as a three-part series but easily adaptable to a single-article format, reviews government and industry data on workplace violence and provides readers with strategies they can use to prevent, or deal with, violence in the workplace.
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Millionaire Mind - Win the Lottery - Luck OR Law of Attraction?
Another example of the universal Law of Attraction. You should look at playing the lottery as just another type of investment. Think of real estate, stock market, commodities and lotteries as simply different types of INVESTMENTS. Because that's what the lottery is - just another way of investing your money and time. This investment takes very little knowledge and time, and you could get a huge rate of return the EASY and FUN way.
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Why You Need Ergonomically Correct Office Furniture
Most people spend long hours each week in their office, making it very important to have the right style of furniture. While comfort is important, you really need to be more focused on the office furniture being ergonomically correct then on the color or material of it.
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Business Coach - What A Business Coach Can Do For You
A Business Coach can be thought off as being similar to a sporting coach... A business coach is a trained and certified professional who can help clarify a business owner's goals and chart out a plan of action to meet them... initially, having a business coach is no longer a luxury but a necessity. A business coach, like a career coach is an invaluable investment when treading a difficult business patch.
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Converting Casual Contacts into Business Contracts
Frankly, most professionals don't give a damn about how to network, because they try and sell who they are and what they do based on past success - assuming this will open doors and business. However by selling rather than marketing, many people just simply walk away with no benefit or potential outcome. Consequently events become nothing short of boring and a general waste of time. I can see you nodding.
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Who Can Sue Your Business Under The ADA
Title III of the ADA was intended to remove barriers and make places of public accommodation for all type of individuals with disabilities and not just those that are wheel chair bound. The primary focus under the ADA is persons with physical disabilities and includes a very broad range of disabled individuals.
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Burglar-Proofing Your Business - Nine Tips for Business Security
Many business owners take basic steps to protect their business from break-ins, but most don't think a burglary is really likely until it happens to them. Don't wait for a break-in to put a solid business security plan in place. Here are a few tips on how you can protect your business, your employees, and your livelihood from robbery.
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A New Reason to Read
Why do we read? Well, we read for any number of reasons. I've read books for pure entertainment, to pass time, out of cohersion (school), or to learn about something I was interested in. Last year, however, I discovered a new reason I like to read.
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10 Business Street Smarts
This article is a short and punchy list of things that smart business people know or do. It is perfect for people starting in business or for people who find themselves facing challenges in their business. The article is practical and will show you in about 4 minutes, what smart people know to make sure they own a business, not a job!
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Improving Workplace Morale With Corporate Fun Days
In any type of business, one of the most important aspects is your employee morale. While this may sound like some type of HR buzzword, it is a vital piece of the puzzle. Unhappy workers produce less work. Not to mention, the quality of the work usually leaves something to be desired. Happy workers produce more quality work.
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ISO 9000 FAQs
ISO 9000 is a set of standards internationally accepted by businesses and consumers. It allows organizations to establish and monitor quality management systems. ISO 9000 standards are considered to be generic standards since they can apply to any business, product or service irrespective of the industry. They have been developed and are maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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Process and Outcome in Investing
In too many cases, investors dwell solely on outcomes without appropriate consideration of process. The focus on results is to some degree understandable. Results -- the bottom line -- are what ultimately matter. And results are typically easier to assess and more objective than evaluating processes.
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Mix Business with Pleasure? There's a Safe Way
Want to drastically cut the workload in your business, reduce the emotional drain to nearly nothing, and inject more pleasure into your work day? Here's a secret -- check your client list. Troublesome clients will -- if you let them -- account for a disproportionately large part of your workload and emotional strain.
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