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The Top 10 Mistakes Business Owners Make – and How to Avoid Them Part 2By Michael Smyth
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Why Running Your Business is No Different from Running Your Car
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15 Marketing Ideas For A Shoestring BudgetBy Guest Writer$0.00 USD
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Effective marketing does not always require a substantial budget. If you’re strapped for ca...
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20 Ways To Grow Your Business With EaseBy Caterina Rando$20.00 USD
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During an economic recession, most businesses will batten down the hatches, cut all spending and ...
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200 Start UpTipsBy Ilya Kaganovich$0.00 USD
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200 Tips For Becoming A Strong Leader And Creating A Successful Company
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3 E-Book Online World BundleBy Lesley Morrissey$30.00 USD
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If you are a beginner trying to get your head around working online, then these three e-books wil...
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37 Winning Tips and Strategies of Self Made Millionaire EntrepreneursBy Guest Writer$0.00 USD
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37 Millionaires Share Their Tips For Making Your First Million
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5 Easy Steps to Perfect Employee PerformanceBy Sigrid de Kaste$27.00 USD
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How to find and keep perfect staff. Never have to fire a worker
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75 Tips For Effective Communication 2008By Kim Chamberlain$15.00 USD
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A simple guide to knowing what to say, when to say it and more importantly HOW to say it. Never b...
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A Useful Guide To NetworkingBy Michael Beale$0.00 USD
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A live interview on the how, why and where of networking.
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Absolute CertaintyBy John Haylock$22.50 USD
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Are you one of those business owners with too little time and too much to do? This book is the st...
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An Introduction to Social Media for BusinessBy Craig Garner$0.00 USD
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Making the social media journey as painless as possible
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Assess Your Business (Template)By Peter & Roberta Budvietas$0.00 USD
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Evaluate where you are and where you are going and how you plan to get there
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Attract Clients with EaseBy Caterina Rando$15.00 USD
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How to attract clients and grow your business (even during a recession).
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Be Seen, Get Known, Move Ahead (e-book)By Robyn Henderson CSP$12.00 USD
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A beginner's guide to self-promotion.
The authors take a slightly different slant on the network...
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Better Questions For Managers To Ask At A Performance ReviewBy Lindsay Tighe$9.95 USD
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How to improve employee performance by asking better questions at review time
Some managers and ...
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Better Questions To Be More Socially Responsible and Environmentally FriendlyBy Lindsay Tighe$9.95 USD
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Empower yourself to live a better life in the community
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Better Questions To Become More Cost EffectiveBy Lindsay Tighe$9.95 USD
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How to put dollars in your pocket by creating better cost controls
There's an old saying ‘...
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Better Questions to Become More ProfitableBy Lindsay Tighe$9.95 USD
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Being in business is easy; being profitable takes skill
Sadly dreams of owning your own business...
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Bringing Passion To WorkBy Michael A. Podolinsky CSP$17.95 USD
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Developing Passionate Leaders and Teams.
Michael poses this scenario: ‘You work hard....
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Building A Business On Bacon & EggsBy Stephen Harvard Davis$22.50 USD
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Building A Business On Bacon & Eggs by Stephen Harvard Davis, Andy Lopata & Terence P O'H...
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Business Applications of Neuro Linguistic ProgrammingBy Wyatt L. Woodsmall, PH.D$54.00 USD
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How to sell and negotiate more powerfully
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Changing What’s NormalBy Ian Berry CSP$20.00 USD
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Understanding the spark that leads to change
Ian Berry suggests that most political intentions a...
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Chocks AwayBy James McBrearty$6.99 USD
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Achieving Freedom from 9 to 5
There are millions of books out there which talk about how to use ...
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Coaches Bible - Chapter 1 - Stick and StonesBy Elias Kanaris$0.00 USD
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Helping You to Simply Reach Your Potential
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Coaching and Feedback Made EasyBy Derek Good$25.00 USD
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Simplifying Coaching For Better Results
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Complexity MeasurementBy Dr. Jacek Marczyk$14.95 USD
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A new comprehensive metric for project management
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Creativity As A Business ToolBy Derek Cheshire$0.00 USD
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The power of creative thinking on bottom line results.
Derek Cheshire spent a number of years wo...
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Creativity Technique Kit 2By Derek Cheshire$15.00 USD
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Even more creativity exercises designed to stimulate ideas for your business.
Derek Cheshire spe...
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Creativity Technique Kits 1 & 2By Derek Cheshire$25.00 USD
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A series of creativity exercises guaranteed to stimulate ideas for your business.
Derek Cheshire...
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Did I Really Employ You? (e-book)By Ann Andrews CSP$24.95 USD
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A practical, easy-to-use manual to help employers and human resource personnel select the right p...
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Effective CommunicationsBy Dr Denise Meyerson$14.87 USD
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How to hold a crucial workplace conversation with integrity and ease
In business we are all even...
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Eleven Ways To Find More CustomersBy Guest Writer$0.00 USD
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You always need new customers, both to expand trade and to replace the customers you inevitably l...
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Fun In BusinessBy Dennis H Moore$15.00 USD
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How to turn fun into profit.
Dennis H Moore spent his early life traveling with sideshows and us...
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Fun ResourcesBy Dennis H Moore$15.00 USD
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Tips, tools and techniques for bringing humor into the workplace.
Dennis H Moore spent his early...
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Get More Customers Now!By Andrew Baird$0.00 USD
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How To Grow Your Customer Base Using Little or No Cost Uncongenial Strategies
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Guide to Getting Quality Client Feedback for Your FirmBy Kirsten Hodgson$0.00 USD
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Getting useful Feedback to get more clients
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Have We Been Played?By John Berling Hardy$24.97 USD
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The Hidden Game of Business Revealed
This is a book for today. It is a book that explains the re...
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High Response Sales LettersBy Alan Searing$15.00 USD
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6 Quick and Easy Steps for Writing Attention Grabbing Sales Letters
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How To Be A Strategic ThinkerBy Jenni Murphy-Scanlon$15.00 USD
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5 Steps to being Strategically Savvy.
According to the author, all you need is a newspaper and w...
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How To Cost Effectively Market Your Small Business To Make Money In A Depressed EconomyBy Nicky Bowden$69.00 USD
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How to be competitive as a small business through cost effective marketing.
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How to Market Your Business Better in 30 DaysBy Lesley Morrissey$27.00 USD
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30 Steps to Get Your Message Right and Deliver It
Marketing your business is essential - it's ab...
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How To Really Use Linked-In (Light version)By Jan Vermeiren$9.95 USD
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Simple ways to use Linked-in to leverage it for your business and career.
For those of you who j...
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How To Use Twitter In Your BusinessBy Graham Jones$17.00 USD
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The power of Twitter as a Business Tool.
When Twitter was launched in October 2006 it was seen i...
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How To Write Your Business E-book In 5 DaysBy Ann Andrews CSP$27.00 USD
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Turning your knowledge into income.
The author had a very philosophical discussion with a publis...
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Identify Your Ideal Client and Watch Your Profits Grow!By Deborah Pilgrim$29.00 USD
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How To Identify The Clients You Do Want To Work With and Those You Don't
Defining your ideal cli...
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It's Just A Numbers GameBy Ann Andrews CSP$27.00 USD
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How to set up a training/consulting business from scratch.
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Let's Connect (hard copy)By Jan Vermeiren$22.50 USD
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A practical guide for networking at events and on the web for ALL business professionals.
Just s...
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Making Money is Killing Your BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman$28.95 USD
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How To Build A Business And Have A Life Too
NFIB Names ‘Making Money is Killing ...
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Making Money is Killing Your Business - Chapter 1By Chuck Blakeman$0.00 USD
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How to Build a Business and Have a Life Too.
This is a free chapter of "Making Money Is Killing ...
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Marketing In A World Gone Technology MadBy Andrew Haddleton$14.95 USD
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What to do when you realize your old marketing ways are dead and buried.
After 30+ years experie...
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Microsoft Outlook 2010 Increasing Productivity BundleBy Sharyn Baines$74.00 USD
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How to Get the Best out of Microsoft 2010 To Achieve Better Results Faster
This amazing bundle o...
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Moving Beyond The Boys’ Club For Women In Consultancies and the Legal SectorBy Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD$17.00 USD
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Tips for Women Who Want to Progress
What does the author mean when she talks about ‘moving...
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Passionate People ProduceBy Charles Kovess CSP$22.50 USD
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A blueprint for business people to rekindle passion and creativity.
What is passion? How d...
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People Capability and ValueBy Cherri Holland$17.00 USD
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Accelerating people's potential and speeding up change
For toddlers, learning is as natural as b...
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People Management Made EasyBy Cherri Holland$14.95 USD
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How to Coach People For High Performance.
In Business, as in sport, those teams which outperform...
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Put Your Business On AutopilotBy Greg Roworth$15.00 USD
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Greg Roworth has been exactly where you are. He has owned and operated five businesses since the ...
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Return On Investment Made EasyBy Derek Good$25.00 USD
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Simplifying the topic of ROI
The world has frequently experienced periods of economic uncertaint...
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Secrets Of E-mail MarketingBy David Kelly$12.95 USD
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How e.mail can become part of your marketing.
Want to bask in the success of email marketing? Yo...
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Shift Your ButBy Ann Andrews CSP$22.50 USD
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Ann shares with you the steps towards THRIVING in business instead of merely surviving.
In this ...
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Social Ju JitsuBy John Berling Hardy$19.95 USD
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The Games of Business – Collected Essays
The author introduces us to the wily rascals; th...
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Success Is A Mind GameBy Steve Sharpley$12.99 USD
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How To Improve Consistency and Results in Golf and Business
Every now and again a book comes acr...
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Success Rules OkBy David Holland$0.00 USD
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How to Stand Out and Get Ahead
According to the author of this e-book, David Holland, typing "su...
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Successful WomanBy Karen Boyes$13.97 USD
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A Guide to Achieving Success in Six Life Areas
Several years ago, Karen Boyes had an idea to run...
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Telephone Sales & Appointment Setting - How To Become World ClassBy Bruce King$21.99 USD
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The Key attributes of World-Class Cold Callers.
Q: Do you have to make appointments for yourself...
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The 25 Hour DayBy Dr Denise Meyerson$27.00 USD
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Discover an additional hour in your day, and put it to the best use!
Wouldn't we all just love a...
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The 7 Fatal Mistakes That Almost Every Business Owner Makes On Their WebsiteBy Gihan Perera$0.00 USD
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Why Most Web Sites Cost Money - And How Yours Can MAKE Money - Gihan Perera.
Any fool can create...
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The Benefits of WoMentoringBy Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD$17.00 USD
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The power of mentoring of and for women
This book is for people who work with professional women...
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The Essential Guide to Successful MeetingsBy Dr Paul Robinson$0.00 USD
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How to never have a boring meeting ever again
This gorgeously entertaining and colourful little ...
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The Future is Coming Ready or NotBy Ann Andrews CSP$0.00 USD
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A questionnaire to find out your online readiness
We hear that 60-80% of people now Google any p...
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The Guide To Professional Business NetworkingBy Tessa Hood$9.97 USD
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The Hidden Game of Business BundleBy John Berling Hardy$64.91 USD
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Since the financial melt-down of late 2008; and factoring in the massive financial and social sca...
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The Impassioned LeaderBy Denis Orme$12.50 USD
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Leadership strategies for business and career success.
Powerful leadership strategies for busine...
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The Integrity FactorBy Hannah Samuel and Ricky Nowak$15.00 USD
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Why Reputation Rules In Business and Leadership
The Integrity Factor - Far from being an old-fas...
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The Key to ProductivityBy Peter L Mitchell$27.00 USD
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A step by step guide to improve workplace labor
This book has been written specifically to help ...
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The Marketing MinefieldBy Maria Carlton$9.95 USD
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How to cut through the clutter and confusions to make marketing work
This Ebook is filled with e...
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The Pocket Media CoachBy Alan Stevens$22.50 USD
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The handy guide to getting your message across on TV, radio or in print
The Pocket Media Coach p...
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The Power Of More Than OneBy Maria Carlton$10.00 USD
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Some of Australasia's most talented business specialists have joined together to share insights, ...
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The Power of Referral MarketingBy Vince Golder$47.50 USD
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Hundreds of simple yet effective ideas to gain referrals for your business!
According to the aut...
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The Role Play ToolkitBy Bryan Edwards$187.00 USD
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Introduction
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The Top 10 Mistakes Made by Business Owners (and how to avoid them) Part 1By Michael Smyth$9.95 USD
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The Secret of Business Success
Using the example of the famous book ‘The Secret’, th...
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Top Up Your ToolboxBy Derek Cheshire$7.50 USD
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Another 12 exciting problem solving techniques to add to your business toolbox.
Derek Cheshire o...
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Truth and LiesBy Ann Andrews and Grant Shields$27.00 USD
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What Everyone Needs To Know About Making Money Online (now in Reader format and translated into S...
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Twitter For BusinessBy Mark Shaw$0.00 USD
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How to generate business and leads from Tweeting.
Mark Shaw has been twittering for over a year ...
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Who's In Charge Around Here? by Outside the Box (UK)By Vivien Long & Dawn Turner$399.00 USD
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A workshop to teach techniques and strategies for managing people.
This is a license to run the ...
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Women in BusinessBy Ann Andrews CSP$47.00 USD
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Because I seem to get a lot of questions from male managers and business owners around how to hol...
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Word Of Mouth MagicBy Dr Martin Russell$35.00 USD
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‘Word of Mouth Magic' is THE way to do business, and this book gives you the tools and stra...
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WoW Entrepreneur – How To Start Your Own BusinessBy Kevin Benfield$49.00 USD
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Do you have what it takes to be an Entrepreneur?
So you'd like to be an entrepreneur?
Do you ha...
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YES You CanBy Derek Cheshire$10.00 USD
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12 simple rules for solving business problems.
Frustrated with the thinking - we've always done ...
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You Have Your Website - Now What?By Peter & Roberta Budvietas$14.95 USD
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Website Marketing 101.
You have your Website – Now What is a must for anyone who is either...
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You Want It WHEN? by Outside the Box (UK)By Vivien Long & Dawn Turner$399.00 USD
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A workshop to teach techniques and strategies for time management and business efficiencies.
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2. Why All The Advice You’ve Ever Received About Selling Online Is WRONG! |
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Are Toxic Employees Destroying Your Workplace |
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Auditing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity |
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Business Really is - Going Global |
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Changing What's Normal with Ian Berry CSP FAIM |
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Gateway To Web 2.0 (Two Webinar Series) |
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How To Get The Very Best Out Of Your Millenials (Gen Y's) |
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How To Help Your Staff Cope With Never Ending Change |
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How To Motivate The Late, The Lazy And The Terminally Uninspired |
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How To Rid Your Business of Bullies and Make Your Workplace A Great Place To Work |
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Internal Auditing Primer - for Employees Involved in an Internal Audit Department Rotation Program and New Internal Auditors |
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Leader Power and Human Instincts |
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Millions Of People Want To Do Business With You - Can They Find You? |
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Multicultural Teams - Marvel or Minefield? |
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Recession Proofing Your Business |
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Recession Proofing Your Business |
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Recession Proofing Your Business |
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Recession Proofing Your Business |
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The Live Workshop - Earn Money For Your Knowledge And Get Your Clicks For FREE |
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Upcoming Event hosted by Ann Andrews CSP |
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The Secrets To a Successful Mentoring Relationship |
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The World Business and Executive Coach Summit |
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Time To End The Gloom and Doom - Let's Start A Global Happydemic |
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Webinars And Social Media For Your Business |
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Webinars And Social Media For Your Business |
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Why Are Some People So Easy To Manage And Work With And Others So Difficult? |
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10 Crucial Consumer Trends For 2010, From Mass Mingling To MaturialismBy Reiner Evers |
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10 Reasons to Embrace ConflictBy Fiona White |
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10 Ways To Have Fun At Work Without Breaking The BankBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Does fun add to the bottom line? Maybe, maybe not. Do tired, stressed, unmotivated staff do anything for your bottom line? Absolutely not.
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12 Steps To Running Great MeetingsBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Over the years I’ve experimented with calling meetings by other names, simply because the very word ‘meetings’ conjures up all manner of reactions ...
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15 Ways To Beat A RecessionBy Ann Andrews CSP |
We won't have much money so we are going to have to use our brains.
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3 Steps To Explode Your Business ForwardBy Deborah Pilgrim |
There are the 3 things you need to STOP doing if you want to move your business to the next level.
1. STOP doing everything yourself and being ...
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7 No- And Low-Cost Ways To Grow Your Business In Any MarketBy Andrew Haddleton |
Or what you can do today to make more money on your business, today!
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7 PowerPoint Presentation BloopersBy Leslie Allan |
Whatever your role in your organization, here are seven practices to avoid if you want your next PowerPoint presentation to be a success.
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7 Steps To A Winning ReputationBy Hannah Samuel |
There are many ways to create, and maintain, a winning reputation, some of which are industry, or even business or individual, specific. However, t...
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7 Strategies To Motivate Your PeopleBy Jon Archer |
A motivated set of employees can prove transformational in terms of maximising their output. Do you seek to identify strategies that can motivate y...
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7 Tips to Rock Your LifeBy Mike Handcock |
It's been a couple of hard years for those of us in business or performance orientated careers.
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A Company's Health Policy. For Health or Peak Performance?By Sam Borrett |
Most leaders still don’t take into account the fact that when businesses or companies encourage their employees to do some exercise it is only for ...
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A Matter of TrustBy Barry Urquhart |
Confidence. It is the aphrodisiac of business.
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A Summary of Sun Tzu's Art of WarBy Lucas Wyrsch |
A Summary of Sun Tzu's Art of War
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Alphabetical Pointers For The New EconomyBy Martin Gray |
I enjoy receiving the regular updates and business ideas from Ann (Andrews).
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An Acid-Test Of ReputationBy Hannah Samuel |
If you've never stopped to consider what people think of you, or your company, in a word, I strongly recommend you do. Why? Because it's an ‘acid-t...
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Are You Nurturing Recommendations?By Hannah Samuel |
Research indicates it's 6-7 times more expensive to gain one new client or customer than it is to retain one. And yet many businesses spend thousan...
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Are You On An Eternal Countdown?By Elias Kanaris |
Counting down is needed before a lift-off
The other day, I heard a great presentation that taught me that sometime we have to go backwards befor...
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Are You Trying To Use New-Style Marketing For An Old-Style Business?By Gihan Perera |
I've recently been re-reading Seth Godin's 2007 book "Meatball Sundae". Although the book is now a few years old (2007, which is a lifetime ago in ...
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Are Your Webinars Getting You New Business?By Gihan Perera |
Presenters mainly want to use webinars as another way of delivering some of their educational material. Great! But today I want to show you some in...
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At What Point Do You Tend To Give Up?By Ann Andrews CSP |
We hear that Edison had hundreds of attempts at creating the light bulb, and just kept going until he created one that worked.
Colonel Sanders was...
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Audio Brand Guidelines: Does Your Company Have Corporate Guidelines For The Application Of Sound In Brand Communications?By Julian Treasure |
As a starting point, every brand should have what we call BrandSound™ Guidelines (BGs) in place as part of its brand book. BGs will list all the pr...
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Bad Plans Carried Out Violently Many Times Yield Good Results. So Do Something!By Chuck Blakeman |
This was my Marine Corps soccer team’s motto 30 years ago. It has since become a key business practice for me. It’s also the title of a book I’m wr...
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Blog PromotionBy Graham Jones |
How to get your blog noticed: Blogging is nothing more than creating a web page without using a design program or a web designer, if you can type i...
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Building Collegial TrustBy Hannah Samuel |
Almost without exception, one of the biggest concerns people have about their personal or professional reputation is the impact the people they wor...
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Business Etiquette, Manners and BehavioursBy Tessa Hood |
Hopefully you will have now read the last 4 of the 5 articles I have written this year, and now I’m finishing with these final few words on manners...
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But How Do I Find The Time To Blog?By Fiona Powell |
A number of women say to me; okay I want to blog, I understand the value for me and my business in blogging... but where do I find the time?
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But Which Social Network Should You Market In?By Andrew Peel |
So we all agree it's important to get involved in the emerging social media to advertise in. Now here is an interesting question I had not really c...
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Can One Person Make A Difference?By Sharn Rayner |
The leadership challenge is essentially concerned with the extent to which a leader can influence the factors driving performance. Everyday we see ...
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Casual FridayBy Guest Writer |
Fashions for the workplace.
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Charisma, Authenticity and Business StyleBy Tessa Hood |
We are all the sum of many parts and, hopefully, there is much more depth to us than the initial impression we give out.
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Clarity, Hope and Risk – Growing A Successful BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
In the big picture there are really only three things we need to grow a Mature Business.
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Converting Casual Contacts Into Business ContractsBy Ricky Nowak |
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 -...
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Corporate Double Speak Clogging the Arteries of an OrganisationBy John Berling Hardy |
Communication is the lifeblood of an organization.
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Costly Unscheduled Absences Will AccelerateBy Joyce Gioia |
Unscheduled absences cost employers a lot of money. There are many causes for those absences, including the employees' being ill themselves, needin...
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Distinctive Or Different. Which Is Best?By Hannah Samuel |
If you’ve ever wanted to stand out from the crowd and create a competitive edge no doubt a well-meaning advisor may have said ‘be different!’ Whils...
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Do Not Fear FailureBy Barry Urquhart |
Fear of rejection.
Three words. Highly emotional, insightful and reflecting a pervading reality in global, national and local marketplaces.
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Do People Listen When You Speak?By Mike Handcock |
'Oh my goodness she was amazing... so smart... so sophisticated... so current'
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Do You Have An Exit Strategy for Your Business?By Michael Smyth |
Approximately 40% of New Zealand SME business owners are looking for an exit strategy in the next 5 years. Given that the process to exit your busi...
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Do You Produce a Product?By Wendy Kerr |
Do You Produce Information For Your Product?
The effort and expense involved in producing promotional and information material is a huge commitm...
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Don’t Be a Mosquito in a Nudist ColonyBy Chuck Blakeman |
Why Lifetime Goals are so important to what I do tomorrow, and why tomorrow is so important to my Lifetime Goals.
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Don’t Focus On Making Money. No Business Can Survive ThatBy Chuck Blakeman |
The biggest problem in trying to grow a business is that we’re too busy making money. It’s not a play on words – it’s a serious problem. You’re too...
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Earn More Money By Being More ConfidentBy Janice Davies |
Do you want more money in your life to pay the rent or mortgage, go on holiday, buy a new car or save for retirement? If you’re like me then your a...
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Effective Off and Online NetworkingBy Tessa Hood |
If you haven’t started networking yet – shame on you! Every new business must develop a network of influencers who can guide people to your door, ...
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Effective Off and Online NetworkingBy Tessa Hood |
If you haven’t started networking yet – shame on you! Every new business must develop a network of influencers who can guide people to your door, ...
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Eight Expressions of a Brand in SoundBy Julian Treasure |
Does your company pay enough attention to the sound dimension of your brand promise?
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Eight Powerful Ways to Maximize Your Business GrowthBy Vince Golder |
SME owners find they get too involved in the daily grind of business to dedicate required time to market their company. Whilst owners have the pro...
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Employee Recognition and PraiseBy Bob Urichuck |
Maintaining a motivated staff is not always the easiest of tasks, but it does pay off for you, your customers and the employee. This article focu...
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Enhance Your Reputation by Reframing Your RelevanceBy Hannah Samuel |
Before you put yourself under pressure to come up with something ‘new’ based on a notion that your clients or customers might tire of the products ...
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Entrepreneurs Are The Worst At Building A Successful BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
Contrary to popular opinion, Entrepreneurs are easily the worst at building successful businesses.
Entrepreneur – Wikipedia: “willing to accept ...
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Entrepreneurs Refuse the Big Big PayoutsBy Robert Craven |
The first or second question discussed with any half-decent bankers, advisors, potential investors or board members is "What is the exit strategy?"
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Entrepreneurs The Worst At Building BusinessesBy Chuck Blakeman |
Contrary to popular opinion, Entrepreneurs are easily the worst at building successful businesses.
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Every Business Owner Needs Two Bosses. Do You Have Them?By Chuck Blakeman |
Ever feel like you’ve got 11 ping pong balls to hold under the water and only 10 fingers? There is a solution.
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Fast Future’s 100 Predictions for 2011-2012 – Part 1 – Inevitable SurprisesBy Rohit Talwar |
Fast Future’s 100 Predictions for 2011-2012 – Part 1 – Inevitable Surprises
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Fear, Greed and Performance ManagementBy Michael Taplin |
If the universal goal is a high performance, why is performance management so difficult. In this newsletter I will explore the influence of two dri...
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Finding The Square Root Of A BananaBy Ann Andrews CSP |
How vulnerable are you in these challenging times?
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Five Easy Ways to Add E-Learning to Your BusinessBy Gihan Perera |
If you're a presenter, thought leader or infopreneur, I'm sure you've already heard about "e-learning", and you might even be doing some of it alre...
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Five Traits Of The Truly SuccessfulBy Bernadette Doyle |
What is it that makes one person wildly successful in business and an equally talented person fail?
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Four Tips For Follow Up SuccessBy Deborah Pilgrim |
I learnt a long time ago in business that conversion of sales and leads is all in the follow-up. A good follow-up is critical to building strong re...
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From A Parent Child Into A Performance CultureBy Cherri Holland |
Wherever you have people and traditionally-structured organisations, you find a Parent/Child culture.
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Fun, Funds and FundamentalsBy Barry Urquhart |
In an era of cuts, rationalizations and restructures, the following article cuts to the core. Figuratively, it speaks about the unspeakable. The is...
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Get your Business Social-Mediazed!By Eva Maria |
Although I’m a huge advocate for Social Media, but at the end of the day, it’s merely a marketing platform, and just like you, as a business, don’t...
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Getting The Best Out Of Your TeamBy Sharn Rayner |
What do you do to ensure that you are getting the best from your team? I’ve spoken with a number of business owners of late, trying to help focus o...
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Glimmers of HopeBy Joyce Gioia |
In numerous previous Herman Trend Alerts, we have discussed the tremendous influence small- and medium-size companies have on the job market in the...
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Global Talent Shortages IntensifyBy Joyce Gioia |
In spite of persistently high unemployment levels, employers around the world are having increasing difficulty recruiting the people they need. Jus...
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Goal Setting, Monitoring and Appraisals For Your StaffBy Sigrid de Kaste |
“Success is the result of meeting your goals,” now you would have heard this many times from the mouths of many different people. But the scope of ...
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Guard Your Reputation – At All CostsBy Tessa Hood |
Warren Buffett said “Lose dollars for the firm and I will be understanding, lose reputation and I will be ruthless”, and recently when asked what w...
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Hardwired Humans And…ChangeBy Andrew O'Keeffe |
Mostly from painful experience, business leaders learn that change management is a critical skill.
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Healthy Employees Cost You LessBy Dr Das Suman |
Since 1995, the percentage of Johnson & Johnson employees who smoke has dropped by more than two-thirds. The number who have high blood pressure or...
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Help The Business Is Failing And The Bank Has The House!By Sarah Lochead-MacMillan |
(Article contains explicit language)
I cannot describe how many clients do not ask for help until it is almost to late, it is like they have stu...
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Herman Trend Alert: Drive Employee "Ownership" with Online FeedbackBy Joyce Gioia |
Employers everywhere want to engage workers. When you can build business at the same time that you drive employee engagement, then you have a win-win.
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Herman Trend Alert: Worldwide Hiring Expectations Look GoodBy Joyce Gioia |
Within the last two weeks two respected organizations have released reports that confirm our forecast: employers will be hiring more people in the ...
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High Nurturance Environments Foster Productivity!!By Pat Armitstead |
This article encapsulates two modes of thinking; one is the practice of the Virtues and the second is the 30 areas of workplace operation most subj...
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High Potential Leaders?By Andrew O'Keeffe |
For the last 20 years I’ve watched a crop of young people identified in the late 1980s as ‘high potential leaders’ in IBM Australia develop into to...
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How Can I Cope With Several Different Social Sites?By Graham Jones |
Have you visited Facebook today? And what about Twitter - have you been Tweeting all morning? Of course, you are bound to have been discussing thin...
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How Can I Future - Proof My Online Business?By Graham Jones |
The other day I was speaking at an event where one of the questions at the end of my talk was about the possible future of the internet. What was l...
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How Can I Get Web Visitors To Stay Longer?By Graham Jones |
In the "real world" people generally engage with a business in terms of minutes. If they call you up, the phone conversation - even a brief one - m...
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How Can My Business Benefit From Wikipedia?By Graham Jones |
Wikipedia is ten years old today; Happy Birthday Wikipedia. This amazing online encyclopedia can be of significant help to your business. It is, af...
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How Do We Keep Track Of Our Online Work?By Graham Jones |
I was asked this at a meeting I spoke at during the week, when someone said there was so much to do online these days, keeping track of it all is n...
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How Important Is A Domain Name?By Graham Jones |
Google.com is probably the best known domain name in the world, yet it is a mis-spelling; the correct spelling of this word is "googol" which is a ...
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How Influential Are Your Business Presentations?By Allan Mackintosh |
Just over a year ago I attended a large Sales Force Effectiveness conference and was attracted to attend for a number of reasons.
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How Many Hours Are There In A Day?By Graham Jones |
This week I have given two presentations where I emphasised the need to put material onto your website EVERY DAY. If you don't update your site dai...
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How Much Is Your Knowledge Worth?By Maria Carlton |
Leveraging your expertise is easy when you know how - and it's important to have a strategic plan for this, but where do you start?
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How Small Should A Niche Really Be?By Graham Jones |
Niche marketing is all the rage online. Everywhere you look people are telling you to make sure you have a niche. But what exactly is a niche, I wa...
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How To Approach Mentoring For Women In BusinessBy Karen Murphy |
For ambitious women in business who have clear goals that they want to achieve, having someone to offer support and clarity on crucial career-defin...
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How to Avoid Being Eaten By a SharkBy John Blake |
Two weekends ago, I went surfing down in my old home Margaret River.
(I actually missed last weekend's surf which was EPIC but i won't go into th...
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How to Become a MillionaireBy Michael A. Podolinsky CSP |
Here are 5 formulas for becoming a millionaire. Choose any one that suits you.
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How To Franchise Your BusinessBy Guest Writer |
Wondering how to make your business grow? Franchising could be the answer, according to David Pearson. Here he offers some advice to potential fran...
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How To Get Off The Time Equals Money Hours TreadmillBy Tom Poland |
In the book that I am currently writing I lead readers through five phase of new business evolution.
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How To Get Your Business To Grow Up And Run ItselfBy Chuck Blakeman |
Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, understood that to have his business grow up and run itself, he would need to pay attention to all of the Seve...
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How To Get Your Customers To Definitely Read Your WebsiteBy Graham Jones |
The issue of getting people to read your web content is vexing. Earlier this week I was at a meeting where a couple of people complained they keep ...
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How to Grab a Recruiter’s AttentionBy Debbie Carr |
I read hundreds of CV‘s a week. It becomes tedious and at times frustrating. Other times I get a good laugh because of the blatant mistakes or drea...
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How To Grow Your Prospect ListBy Bernadette Doyle |
A few years ago, I met one of the best known 'sales experts' in the UK. He had authored several books, and provided motivational training for blue-...
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How To Motivate Employees On A BudgetBy Debbie Carr |
Happy employees make for better profits. Here are my tips for helping to get the team engaged and become advocates for your business.
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How To Really Use LinkedInBy Jan Vermeiren and Bert Verdonck |
Over 140 million people (and this number is growing) have a profile on LinkedIn and also a few Connections. However, the question that most people ...
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How To Recruit Great FranchiseesBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Recruitment can be a headache for franchisees and franchisors alike. Ann Andrews offers some suggestions on finding the right person for the job.
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How To Stand Out From Other Candidates By Using Your Personal Value PropositionBy Debbie Carr |
“What is your PVP” = Personal Value Proposition? If you don’t know this now is the time to find out, because this is what will set you apart from o...
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How to Turn a Complainer Into a CampaignerBy Hannah Samuel |
As more of us get used to sharing our opinions online and off, handling negative feedback and complaints effectively has become increasingly import...
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How We Got On The Business Treadmill And Why We Can’t Get OffBy Chuck Blakeman |
Our business trains us to focus on the wrong thing. And we buy into the lie.
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How We Got On The Business Treadmill And Why We Can’t Get OffBy Chuck Blakeman |
Our business trains us to focus on the wrong thing. And we buy into the lie.
There are Seven Stages in the Maturity of a business. Today we’ll f...
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How Will You Manage Your Money After The Recession?By Andrew Peel |
President Obama has endorsed them, Donald Trump has so has Robert Kiyosaki. What are they?
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HR Responds to the Economy and Labor Market (Part 1) December 15, 2010By Joyce Gioia |
Occasionally, a study is so important that we devote two weeks and extend the length of The Herman Trend Alert to cover these results. This week, w...
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Idea Flows and Cash FlowsBy Ed Bernacki |
Every business school teaches the value of managing cash. This is appropriately called cashflow
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Integrity SellsBy Sam Borrett |
Once we have identified the key drivers of a particular buyer of our product, services or offer we need then to then see how these drivers combine...
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Is A Marketing Funnel Important?By Graham Jones |
No doubt you have heard of the concept of the "marketing funnel".
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Is a Referral Program a Bad Idea?By Chuck Blakeman |
Here’s my three cents. I believe people refer to me most when 1) they like me, 2) like what I’ve done for them, and most importantly, 3) when I’ve ...
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Is The World Insane?By Peter & Roberta Budvietas |
There is an old saying that you are insane if you consistently try to do the same thing and expect different results.
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It's All About Your BusinessBy Clare Feeney |
Simple survival is difficult enough for construction companies in these challenging times, let alone increasing profits
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It’s Not About Us. It’s About ThemBy Barry Urquhart |
First things first. Establishing, refining and maintaining a marketing focus requires discipline. It has as much to do with how we think, as what w...
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Leading Transformation in Difficult TimesBy Mark Eaton |
Mark Eaton explores the pressures faced by leaders in community and acute heathcare organisations and looks at the key organisational issues that n...
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Let's Talk... Exit, Sell or RetireBy Robert Craven |
I've just come back from a most depressing two days in North Wales (Bangor and Wrexham) - the area and the people were great: real warm hospitality...
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Letting Lean Into Your Supply ChainBy Guest Writer |
The concept of lean is often primarily associated with the hands-on manufacturing processes. However, the extension of lean into "The Big Five" - ...
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Listen. Sound AffectsBy Julian Treasure |
We experience sound from 12 weeks after our conception to our death, 24 hours a day, every day. Our ears are at work even while we sleep – they hav...
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Look What Happens When The Bean Counters Take Over Your BusinessBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Is this what happened in the pharmaceutical industry to make profits more important than healing and curing and is this what happened at BP as we w...
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Lying With Facts: The Future Of Business?By John Berling Hardy |
In today’s business world facts are king.
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Make More Money – Stop Reacting To Shiny Objects And Winds Of ChangeBy Chuck Blakeman |
Small businesses with the fastest growing revenue know exactly where they are going.
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Make Your Life Worth Living As Your Living Is Being MadeBy Catherine De Vrye CSP |
Think of people who, through their work, have made a difference to your life. It could have been an encouraging teacher, a boss who believed in you...
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Making Improvements StickBy Mark Eaton |
Having invested in making improvements to the processes and systems within your organization is it likely that there will be problems ensuring thos...
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Making Sense Of The NumbersBy Guest Writer |
When you buy a business, you need to know if it will make money and when. David Weusten offers a guide to three vital financial reports
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Making Tough Decisions Emotionally ResponsiblyBy Katheren Leitner |
“It’s not personal, it’s business”, is in my opinion a line best suited to a Tui Billboard…”It’s not personal, it’s just business” - Yeah Right. Wh...
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Making Workplace Change Happen in Six StepsBy Leslie Allan |
Managing change in today’s organizations is not easy. Those companies that get it right win a significant strategic advantage over their struggling...
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More Economic Pain To Come (An Australian Perspective)By Barry Urquhart |
There is economic pain on the near-term horizon for taxpayers, small business owners and corporations.
This is a key finding of an extensive an...
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My Son Lachies First Steps And Getting First Steps Done Right In BusinessBy John Blake |
My son Lachlan took his first steps yesterday. He's been climbing things for weeks (including the top of the television cabinet) but yesterday he t...
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Never Lay Off Another EmployeeBy Chuck Reaves |
The new normal in leadership
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New Business Ideas and Products From Around The World - 09.02.11By Springwise |
Some new business ideas and products that have caught our eye from around the world
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One Minute Nugget: In 2011, What Is The Most Difficult Problem Facing BusinessBy Warwick John Fahy |
Technology when used well can enhance your message and credentials, but the problem is that most presenters are lazy and make the technology the me...
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One Mouth, Two EarsBy Deborah Pilgrim |
How good are you at listening? Is it something you really think about? Is listening really that important to running a successful business? I think...
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Online Action ListBy Graham Jones |
Tasks to perform each day, week and month to enjoy online success
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Paperclips Don’t Grow On Trees-Add Value; Not Cost To The Bottom LineBy Catherine De Vrye CSP |
In todays’ economy, no leader-whether in the private or public sector-is immune from fluctuations in financial circumstances. Post GFC, many remain...
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Part 1: Social Media for Business - Why, What, When, Who, And How?By Craig Garner |
It’s not surprising business people are confused by Social Media.
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People Buy Consistency, Not QualityBy Chuck Blakeman |
Okay, you make a great product or provide a very unique service. You’re in love with it and so are your customers. It’s a wonderful product/service...
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Performance Issues Survey Results No.2By Michael Smyth |
Performance Issues Survey Results No.2
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Personal CharacterBy Ian Williams |
In life and business we're often thinking about how we could do better, and how we could change and improve. No matter how hard we try, sometimes w...
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Preparing for Tomorrow’s Corrected MarketBy Peter & Roberta Budvietas |
Do you think that business will be done the same way in 2011 and beyond? We are in the last stages of the current economic correction; it is time t...
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Process Mapping – A Key To Owning A BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
Last week we talked about why processes are so much more important to small businesses than even big business. This week we’ll cover just how simpl...
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ProductivityBy Clare Feeney |
What is it, and why do we need to talk about it?
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Project Management Perfection: 5 Easy StepsBy Susan Black |
Project management can be stressful at the best of times. Poor communication, low team motivation and unclarified objectives are just a few of the ...
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Pull The Digit Out!By Barry Urquhart |
Digitisation is revolutionising the world. Its impact on technology and communications in particular is resounding, if you’ll pardon the pun.
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Putting Social Media To Work For Your BusinessBy Latesha Randall |
It’s everywhere and seemingly everyone is using it. Your employees, your clients, your friends, and maybe even your Mum! All busy blogging, posting...
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Questionnaire - Growing Your Business With EaseBy Caterina Rando |
A questionnaire by Caterina Rando on how to grow your business with ease
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Raise Your Prices Before It's Too LateBy Chuck Reaves |
2+2+2
Last week two audiences brought up "increasing prices" in the Q&A sessions following my presentation.
Last week two clients called a...
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Rating The Rating Agency. We’ve Rated Moody’sBy Dr. Jacek Marczyk |
Moody's is the largest of the Big Three rating agencies. It employs 4500 people worldwide and has reported a revenue of $2 billion in 2010.
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Recent Legislation on Workplace Bullying - Brodie's LawBy Fiona White |
At the beginning of April, the landmark case of Brodie Panlock, who was subjected to ‘extremely aggressive and intimidating’ treatment at the hands...
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Revenue Is Not Your Friend - Pricing For ProfitBy Chuck Blakeman |
The Mind Games of Pricing.
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Revolutionary ThinkingBy Gilly Chater |
I recently attended the NSAA (National Speakers Association of Australia’s) annual convention in Melbourne. One of the speakers was Kevin Roberts, ...
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ROI: Are You Getting Any?By Derek Good |
If you’re not getting any ROI (Return On Investment), then you’ve never experienced the measurable effect an HR programme or marketing campaign ca...
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Roots, Purpose and ROI of CoachingBy Ruth Garrett MSc. PhD |
Coaching has its roots in the area of sports dating as far back as ancient Greece and the Olympic games.
Workplace coaching is much more contemp...
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Sales and Finance: Forming the RelationshipBy Elias Cortez |
Sales and finance are finally able to interconnect, sharing data online and sharing communication. Prior to now, these two were completely separate...
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Search Engine Optimisation – The Basics & BenefitsBy Latesha Randall |
If you’ve had a website built, you’ve probably encountered the little acronym ‘SEO’ before. But chances are, you didn’t really understand what it m...
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Self-Promotion With Integrity For Executive WomenBy Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD |
Self-Promotion has understandably earned a bad reputation –it’s much maligned image conjures up rapid fire business card exchanges and inauthentic ...
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Seven Decision-Making Principles Leading Us To ProfitabilityBy Chuck Blakeman |
Guiding Principles of a business are necessary (honesty, integrity, customer service, etc.), but there is another set of principles that help the B...
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Seven Simple Ways To Get More Business Using Your WebsiteBy Paul Easton |
So many times we spend a decent amount of money on a slick new website, only to find that it’s not bringing you any more business.
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Seven Tips For Better WebinarsBy Gihan Perera |
Webinars are certainly a hot new technology; and if you're a speaker, trainer, thought leader or other infopreneur, they are a "must know" skill ra...
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Seven Words A Business Owner Can Never Afford To UseBy Chuck Blakeman |
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Seven Words A Business Owner Can Never Afford To UseBy Chuck Blakeman |
Seven Words a Business Owner Can Never Afford to Use
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Should I Separate My Personal and Business Profiles?By Graham Jones |
Many people appear concerned about their two "lives" - their business life and their personal one. Often, people in business try to separate their ...
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Should You Really End Prices With An Odd Number?By Graham Jones |
People often remark that there is a preponderance of the number 7 on prices you see online.
Books are sold for £9.97 or there are membership si...
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Simple Processes Create More RevenueBy Chuck Blakeman |
Once in a while Mom would tell me on the way out the door to school that we were having hamburgers that night. But when I came in from playing to e...
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Simple Processes Create More Revenue - Part 1By Chuck Blakeman |
Once in awhile Mom would tell me on the way out the door to school that we were having hamburgers that night. But when I came in from playing to e...
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Small Businesses Increasingly Resort to Surviving by Using Credit CardsBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Business IS picking up for sure, but during those two very hard years, lots of small businesses had to resort to using credit cards to stay in busi...
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Small Target, Big Results: The Power of Choosing a Niche for Women Business Owners and ConsultantsBy Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD |
What sets you apart? It’s amazing how people seem to become flustered when asked this question directly. Yet choosing a specialism or niche, is one...
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Snappy new business ideas from around the world - 20.05.10By Springwise |
A quick run-down of the new business ideas that caught the attention of springwise.com this week
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So You Think You’re In Charge? Let’s SeeBy Chuck Blakeman |
Your Guiding Principles are more important to your business than anything you sell.
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So You Want Change? What Are You Doing About It?By Paul Bridle |
In December of 2009 I went to a number of conferences where I heard people say; “Oh I’ll be glad when this year is over and we can start afresh nex...
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Soft Key Performance Indicators Are "Mission-Critical"By Michael Taplin |
In this article we will work through a real example of an operational soft KPI that changed the relationship of a business with its customers. Afte...
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Some Companies Go Out of Business by Focusing on BusynessBy Chuck Reaves |
There is a misconception running around that we are more productive when we multitask. In fact, more studies are coming forward that prove just the...
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Sometimes It IS Just About The Wedding DressBy Gihan Perera |
I've seen some recent comments from speakers, trainers and consultants along the lines of:
"Companies that are cutting training budgets are shooti...
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Soundscape Design 101By Julian Treasure |
We often do not appreciate the importance of sound as a brand asset and that it should be recognised and managed in accordance with its value as a ...
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Soundscapes In Corporate Reception AreasBy Julian Treasure |
Soundscapes describe either the totality of sound in a commercial space like a corporate reception, or more specifically a designed stream of sound...
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Step By Step - Turnarounds Happen!By Deborah Pilgrim |
We're all on the same playing field....right?
If that’s so, then what makes one business owner more successful than another? I was thinking a...
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Stop Chasing Traffic and Start Looking for CustomersBy Gihan Perera |
When I ask people in my network:
"What's the biggest challenge you have about making more money from your Web site?"
By far the biggest quest...
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Sweat The Small Stuff For Reputational SuccessBy Hannah Samuel |
Research indicates it’s 6-7 times more expensive to gain one new customer than it is to retain one, and that a 5 percent increase in customer reten...
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Taking The Strain Out Of TrainingBy Vivien Long & Dawn Turner |
If you're running a busy hotel, restaurant or bar (or any small business come to think of it) the thought of sending staff off for training is like...
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Targeting Your Sales Effort To Get The Best R.O.T.I. (Return On Time Invested)By Bob Urichuck |
Target marketing is one of the predominant behaviours required to succeed in business, and in sales. Sales people, like business owners and many o...
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Technology Allows You To Grow Your DatabaseBy Gihan Perera |
As professional speakers we can get onto the hours-for-dollars treadmill very easily which is not a good long term business strategy.
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Telecommuting Growth Slows - What Does It MeanBy Joyce Gioia |
Though many well-respected futurists and organizations, including Forrester Research (and us), had forecast that by now, we would see high percenta...
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Test Your Skills - How Risky Is Your Environmental Performance To Your Bottom Line and Even Your Business Reputation?By Clare Feeney |
Being green can actually get you out of the red. Being green isn’t about ‘tree hugging’ it’s a serious business strategy which will not only save m...
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The 10 Commandments of Reputation BrandingBy Hannah Samuel |
Reputation branding isn’t rocket-science; it’s largely common-sense. But for some reason common-sense isn’t common! Only rarely do we take the time...
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The 2010 Success AttitudeBy Janice Davies |
To succeed ... You need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you and something to inspire you." Tony Dorsett.
What a great quot...
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The 2nd Most Important Question in BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain
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The 4 T's of 'Business UN-usual'By Hannah Samuel |
Will 'business as usual' ever return? I doubt it. Although business owners and operators may yearn for the 'good old days' before the Global Financ...
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The 6 Stages of Being a FranchiseeBy Ann Andrews CSP |
There are 6 stages of being a franchisee
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The Art and Science of Looking for Sales KPIsBy Michael Taplin |
This is the first of three short articles on finding and defining the specific sales KPIs for your business that will create competitive advantage....
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The Best Clients in the World Want What You've GotBy Gihan Perera |
Here's a deceptively simple but extremely effective marketing idea: Work with the people who want what you've got.
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The Best Of Times, The Worst Of TimesBy Ann Andrews CSP |
We are facing the melt-down of the Western banking system - for who knows what reason.
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The Best Sales Tactic Ever, Isn’t a Sales TacticBy Chuck Blakeman |
The funniest things go through your mind when riding a bike on switchbacks up a mountain. It came to me today while slogging up the hill that somet...
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The Biggest Business Scandal Of All Time?By Doug Holman |
Successful enterprises actively avoid repeating the mistakes of others.
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The BP Debacle and The War for TalentBy Lucas Wyrsch |
The War for Talent was a copy of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that started 44 years ago with the Chinese talents from all the Chinese ...
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The Cost Of Laying Off StaffBy Lucas Wyrsch |
Productivity reduction of 25% can be experienced after layoffs as people go into a ‘grief’ process.
This is not the only one thing that can hur...
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The Employment ScamBy Cherri Holland |
It intrigues me that businesses survive paying people for their title – what they ARE – rather than what they DO.
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The Fearful or Fearless LeaderBy Gilly Chater |
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" - a famous quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
The leader's state of mind really does matter as it can...
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The First Step To Being A Strategic ThinkerBy Jenni Murphy-Scanlon |
To think strategically about any organisation, you must first understand the vision, strategies and values its owners have for it. Without a thorou...
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The Great HR Paradox Of The 21st CenturyBy John Berling Hardy |
Alvin Toffler’s book, "Power Shift", describes the need for a new approach to business. In place of the traditional, linear, power paradigm prevale...
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The Individual - Not The Team As ParamountBy Jon Archer |
The traditional view of teamwork – the one you are all familiar with. I have read countless philosophies on the ideal of teamwork and heard them s...
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The Internet – A Scary Place Or A Way To Make More Out Of Life?By Andrew Haddleton |
We see our children and grandchildren playing, working, communicating and even making money using the Internet. And for a while we could ignore it...
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The KPI’s of Change ManagementBy Michael Taplin |
Good organisations exist in a state of constant change. They adapt to changing circumstances to survive.
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The Law of Intentionality – It’s No SecretBy Chuck Blakeman |
More often than not, we catch what we pursue, not what we envision.
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The Need For Every Business To Raise Their Sights Above Only Bottom-Line ThinkingBy Ann Andrews CSP |
I have just been working with an international bank and their staff are absolutely overwhelmed by the never-ending, on-going changes that keep comi...
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The Passionate BaristaBy Gilly Chater |
The mind is an amazing part of we humans.
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The Power of Asking…By Tom O'Neil |
I am constantly amazed that one of the biggest keys to success is so simple, yet so powerful. I truly believe that one of the most powerful tools ...
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The Simple Things Make Us More MoneyBy Chuck Blakeman |
Simple vs. Complex
Occam’s Razor says that given two possible answers to a problem, the simpler one is usually right. If we applied this ancient...
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The Single Most Important Question in BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
The single most important question in business is the one we ask least often.
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The Sound of BrandsBy Julian Treasure |
All businesses are making sound; most just aren’t controlling it – and the effects of this random noise are lost sales, undermined brands and lost ...
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The Success AttitudeBy Janice Davies |
"To succeed ... You need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you and something to inspire you." Tony Dorsett
What a great quot...
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The Web: What Does Your Website Sound Like?By Julian Treasure |
Sound is coming to the Internet, and it will be a major competitive differentiator for those who use it well.
The web will find its voice: the p...
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The Weirdest Thing That's Ever Happen To Me In SalesBy John Blake |
When I was Sales Manager at Arnette I had a really weird sales experience that I want to share with you.
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The Wisdom Value ChainBy Mike Bell |
We are beginning to understand that the major challenges that businesses face are complex – that is they comprise myriad interconnected parts.
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There Is More To A Business Than Just The Bottom LineBy Ann Andrews CSP |
I have just been working with an international bank and their staff are absolutely overwhelmed by the never-ending, on-going changes that keep comi...
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Things Going Great? Keep Them Going That WayBy Chuck Blakeman |
I ran a marathon 30 years ago. While training, my wife, Diane, started casually jogging with me at the end or beginning of my runs. A few weeks bef...
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Think Before You SpeakBy Hannah Samuel |
Many of us will have experienced a time when we consciously caught ourselves thinking ‘I shouldn't be saying this’ . As the words left our lips we ...
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This week's most promising new business ideas from Springwise - 04 May 2011By Springwise |
This week's most promising new business ideas from around the world:
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Three Secrets To Succeeding in Your BusinessBy Deborah Pilgrim |
There’s no beating around the bush here today, as I want to share three things you really will want to STOP doing, so that your business can move t...
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Time For A Rethink? While Away From Work - Future Proof Your BusinessBy Janice Davies |
You might be fishing or lounging on the beach, when suddenly a great idea pops into your mind….why didn’t I think of this before, you might think…....
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Too Many Businesses Neglecting Human Rights, Corruption Concerns – UN SurveyBy Guest Writer |
14 June 2010 – Corruption and human rights issues continue to be neglected by companies despite ongoing interest in United Nations-led efforts to e...
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Turn The People You Have Into The People You Want!By Cherri Holland |
Sources suggest that the full cost of employing someone is about 50% more than their actual salary. For someone on $40,000, the business may have t...
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Turning Setbacks Into SuccessBy Doug Holman |
Why do large, well-established businesses experience setbacks? Why do half of new businesses fail within two years? Why do less than 20% survive fi...
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Use Webinars to Add Value to Existing PresentationsBy Gihan Perera |
When I talk to some presenters about the webinars I conduct, their first response is:
"There's no way we could do our training courses by webin...
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Using the Senses to Engage EmployeesBy Joyce Gioia |
Aromatherapy was first used by the ancient Egyptians, who used essential
oils to heal maladies. Scents can also boost confidence, ease stress,
ac...
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Wandering and Wondering In BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
Are you wandering through your business wondering what it could be like when/if…?
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Weird and Whacky Business Ideas 2008By Ann Andrews CSP |
It has been such a period of doom and gloom, so for those of us who celebrate Christmas, and even for those who don't, let's lighten the load a bit...
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What Can Executive Coaching Do For Women Aiming For The Top?By Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD |
Executive coaching, while using some of the skills employed by gifted leaders for generations, is fast gaining recognition for its dramatic utility...
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What Do Gen Y Business Owners and Customer Service Have In Common?By Ann Andrews CSP |
In my own recent and very personal and expensive experience. Not a lot!
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What is a Personal Brand?By Tessa Hood |
How do people in your business network know you exist? Are you visible? And, if you run a business, is your company as visible as you would like ...
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What is a Personal Brand?By Tessa Hood |
How do people in your business network know you exist? Are you visible? And, if you run a business, is your company as visible as you would like ...
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What Is The Best Method Of Analysing Website Success?By Graham Jones |
Working out how well your website is doing can be tricky. There are lots of different ways you can consider it . For instance, you can think about ...
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What Is The Best Way Of Keeping Up-To-Date?By Graham Jones |
Thanks to Jason who asked me this question at a meeting at the start of this week. He heard me talk about some new developments in the social media...
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What Is The Most Important Design Feature Of A Website?By Graham Jones |
Whenever people think of revamping their website, or starting a new one, they tend to focus first on what it will look like. Even if people set up ...
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What Is The True Cost Of Employing Staff?By Cherri Holland |
Sources suggest that the full cost of employing someone is about 50% more than their actual salary. For someone on $40,000, the business may have t...
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What Is Your Business Strategy For 2011?By Gihan Perera |
In the last six weeks I've done quite a lot of mentoring for clients to help them plan their on-line strategy for 2011. One of the common problems ...
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What The Christchurch Earthquake Teaches Us About BusinessBy Chuck Blakeman |
We were in Auckland when it happened. Everyone there knows someone in Christchurch and felt the impact, if only emotionally.
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What Would I Do Differently If My Annual Income Became My Monthly Income?By Ann Andrews CSP |
This is a question I was asked several years ago and which I now have pinned right above my head in my office so that I never forget my aim now tha...
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What's the Difference Between Content and Blogging?By Graham Jones |
Everywhere you look these days online there is advice on adding "content" to your website. Meanwhile, internet marketing gurus will tell you that y...
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What's Your Position?By Barry Urquhart |
Inconsistencies have consequences. Globally, businesses from a broad spectrum of sectors are suffering from a trend to commoditisation and the inh...
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When Someone Isn’t Performing, You Need to Know What to Say, When to Say It and HOW to Say ItBy Ann Andrews CSP |
Once a year I run a workshop with an employment lawyer - I teach attendees how to PREVENT ending up with personal grievances and he takes over when...
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Who's Listening?By Barry Urquhart |
Good question.
What do Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir David Frost have to offer those in business, marketing and sales? In a word, lots.
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Why Blogs Will Be Around For A Long Time YetBy Fiona Powell |
Blogs (from the original term ‘web log’ which jokingly morphed to ‘we blog’ and then finally blog) evolved from the online diary. Student Justin Ha...
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Why Bother With Market Research?By Andrew Haddleton |
Most business owners simply set about trying to promote a product or service without finding out if there is a market for that product or service. ...
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Why Good Leaders Last LongerBy Andrew O'Keeffe |
Last month Dr Goodall and I spoke with business audiences and she shared (as she did in 2008) an observation about chimpanzee leaders. Good leaders...
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Why Hire or Become an Interim Manager?By Debbie Carr |
When SME’s are facing change or rapid growth and don’t have a budget to hire a full time executive a viable alternative is to utilize the expertise...
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Why Is Specific Feedback Important In Coaching?By Derek Good |
Feedback can be something of a double edged sword. If used correctly it can spur a person on to improve their performance and achieve better things...
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Why Product Focused Owners End Up On The TreadmillBy Chuck Blakeman |
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Systems Focused owners are great business builders but aren't such great ...
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Why Product Focused Owners End Up on the TreadmillBy Chuck Blakeman |
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Systems Focused owners are great business builders but aren’t such great ...
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Why Recruitment Should Be More Like DatingBy Sharn Rayner |
Would you make a long term commitment to a complete stranger, someone that you’ve just met and only known for an hour and a half? Would you then in...
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Why Systems Focused Owners Are Better Business Builders Than Business StartersBy Guest Writer |
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Market Focused entrepreneur isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
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Why Systems Focused Owners Are Better Business Builders Than Business StartersBy Chuck Blakeman |
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Market Focused entrepreneur isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. This week we...
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Why The Customer Is Always RightBy Hannah Samuel |
Is the customer always right? It’s a question that’s guaranteed to generate debate. Many of us think ‘yes’ the customer is always right – even whe...
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Why Trainers Hate Webinars And How To Get Over It!By Wayne Turmel |
“Webinars are sucking the life out of the speaking business.” “Webinars are boring.” ...
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Why Won't Employees Change?By Leslie Allan |
Are you experiencing difficulty getting the support you need to make changes in your workplace? If people appear to be going slow or pushing back i...
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Why You Need to Imitate Eagles & Avoid The Ducks!By Elias Kanaris |
Just make sure that you are not distracted by the squirrels!
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Women in Accountancy: Strategies for Taking Control of Your CareerBy Suzanne Doyle-Morris PhD |
Women accountants across the globe are joining the profession in increasing numbers, yet like their sisters in many other sectors, are not reaching...
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You’re Almost Certainly A Hostage Of Your Business And Don’t Know ItBy Chuck Blakeman |
During the Iranian hostage crisis in 1980, I listened to an expert describe why being a hostage for a short period of time was exponentially worse ...
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Your Online Strategy: Don't Wait Until It's Too Late!By Gihan Perera |
More than two years ago, Australian retail boss Gerry Harvey predicted that on-line retailing would be a flop
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Your Slip Is Showing!By Barry Urquhart |
Oops! We've slipped... and it shows.
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