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		<title>ignite business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veture</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Website is amazing, everyone can find what they want on it. This morning, I found a interesting website accidentally, www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz .
The main topic of this website is about turning energy into income. How to make money in the energy bill, how to save money on the energy bill, how to really turn energy into income, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Website is amazing, everyone can find what they want on it. This morning, I found a interesting website accidentally, <a href="http://www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz" target="_blank">www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz</a> .</p>
<p>The main topic of this website is about turning energy into income. How to make money in the energy bill, how to save money on the energy bill, how to really turn energy into income, the three topic lead us know more about the whole website, and know more about what the websit holder want to delivery to us.</p>
<p>From the website, i also found out an interesting thing, it&#8217;s if everyone including you and me want to make income, you must to <a href="http://www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz/">ignite business</a>. Then most of us will have a question, how to ignite the business, the question also can be found on this websit, it&#8217;s to catch the opportunity, <a href="http://www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz/">ignite opportunity</a>.</p>
<p>By browsing the website, I learn how to ignite business, ignite opportunity, the most important is to <a href="http://www.jayleatherwood.igniteinc.biz/">join ignite</a>, if everyone put your heart on it, everything can be done,  &#8220;Nothing is impossible&#8221;. We should learn how to ignite the business, we  also should learn how to ignite our life, how to ignite opportunity in our lift.</p>
<p>For the better life, let&#8217;s ignite our opportunity in every time of our life.</p>
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		<title>the on line casinos in us</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veture</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[www.on-line-casinos.us, a new website type I met this morning, which made me interested on it. At first, i really don&#8217;t know what kinds of website it belong to, but from the website name, I found something interesting, it&#8217;s how can be online casinos running.
Most of us know that the biggest and most famous casinos is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.on-line-casinos.us" target="_blank">www.on-line-casinos.us</a>, a new website type I met this morning, which made me interested on it. At first, i really don&#8217;t know what kinds of website it belong to, but from the website name, I found something interesting, it&#8217;s how can be online casinos running.</p>
<p>Most of us know that the biggest and most famous casinos is Las Vegas, and casinos is a place can attractive people, most people also like to find happiness and money in there. But not every can go to Las Vegas to have a try, so I think online casinos is a good way for the one who like to have happiness and income.</p>
<p>Us online casinos likes a large game show, you can find what you know and what you want on it, and most online casinos us players also like to play on this <a href="http://www.on-line-casinos.us/news/09-2008/and-this-is-464.html" target="_blank">website</a>. The most reason is that it&#8217;s so convenient, you only need to connect the website, then can play all games with any kinds of people in the whole world. And if you&#8217;re lucky enough, you also will get much income from it.</p>
<p>Website is amazing, you can found many happiness on it. The most important is if you have the courage to have a try.</p>
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		<title>International Cargo Transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veture</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[International cargo transportation is one of the component parts of the world economic processes. Traffic is influenced by the changes in placement of industrial production centers. In these circumstances international container traffic is of great importance. Container traffic seems to be one of the most developing parts of the transportation business. A great part of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>International cargo transportation is one of the component parts of the world economic processes. Traffic is influenced by the changes in placement of industrial production centers. In these circumstances international container traffic is of great importance. Container traffic seems to be one of the most developing parts of the transportation business. A great part of containers falls on international cargo transportation. Motor cargo transportations are organized between manufacturing companies and ports, between distribution centers and markets, between terminals and consignees. Often time the cargo type is determinant when choosing the transportation modalities and transportation company. Container transportations are the most universal.
<p>Containers are convenient because they may be transported by many kinds of transport and this fact facilitates multimodal transportations. It is easier to trans-ship containers than simple cargo. Besides, containers allow temporary storage of goods out of storage facilities and in the same time not in the open air. One more advantage of containers is the safer delivery of joint cargo.
<p>Door-to-door transportation of joint cargo reduces terms of delivery and raises cargo safety. The cargo transportation services price depends on several factors: cargo volume, periodicity of cargo transpirations, type of transport (motor transportation, air transportation, railway transportation, sea shipping, intermodal or multimodal transportations - sometimes they are called mixed), as well as of kind of cargo transportation: international, long-distance or local.
<p>First it is necessary to decide how and in what cargo will be transported. For example company Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers when transporting liquid food products, such as wine, oil, vinegar, ethyl alcohol, liquid chocolate, treacle, beers, uses special cisterns for food products, which have a sink at the bottom and are marked in a special manner. Before loading cisterns Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers prepare them in a necessary way. Namely, the interior surface of the cisterns is treated with the products which are to be transported. Cisterns and containers for transportation of food products must correspond to ISO standards. For transportation of &#8220;complicated&#8221; products, such as beer, special containers-cisterns, having equipment for maintenance of temperature and pressure in carbonic medium, are used. For transportation of liquid chocolate, fructose and other sorbites, it is necessary to maintain certain temperature and to transport products very quickly, otherwise they&#8217;ll loose they properties.
<p>For transportation of chemical substances, such as liquefied gas, ethyl fluid, yellow phosphorus, acids, special cisterns are used. Separate cisterns are used for each type of products. On transportation of gases equipment for pressure measurement (manometer) is installed. All the above-said are under the control of Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers technical department.
<p>For free-flowing products transportation, special containers, which may be loaded in an ordinary manner or under the pressure, are used.
<p>There are containers for transportation of products which require special temperatures. These are containers-refrigerators, containers-thermoses etc. Selection of concrete type of container depends on kind of transported product. Not so many companies have such technical resources. Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers is one of such companies.
<p>If you need to transport piece goods or box cargo it is necessary to choose either universal container, or particularized container. Particularized container may be loaded not only through lateral doorways, but otherwise too, and it has some distinctive design features.
<p>Now when we have decided in what type of cargo the goods are to be transported, let&#8217;s pass to some elements which refer to transportation itself. First of all let&#8217;s gain an understanding of terms &#8220;intermodal&#8221; and &#8220;multimodal&#8221; transportation.
<p>- Intermodal transportation - cargo transportation by the means of one or several kinds of transport without reloading cargo on change of transport.
<p>- Multimodal transportation - during cargo transportation change of transport takes place. For example first transportation is made by the means of motor transport, and then cargo is shifted, for example, in aircraft for further transportation.
<p>In order to choose the most optimal chain of &#8220;door-to-door&#8221; delivery, reliable transportation companies, such as Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers, have logistics department. Professionals of logistics department of Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers will route, estimate delivery time and transportation cost, track the transportation progress on-line.
<p>Professional transportation companies logistics department employees, such as Sem&#8217;s Moving and Storage, Toronto movers, always monitor the market of transportation services in those countries where company has partners and know tariff policy of each of the countries-partners.</p>
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		<title>How to Survive the Tough Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veture</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Look&#8230; Let&#8217;s be honest. There&#8217;s no &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; solution to survival during challenging times. But there are some strategies that will help no matter what situation you and your business are in.
The first strategy, for starters, is not to take things too seriously. I know that there can be significant consequences as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look&#8230; Let&#8217;s be honest. There&#8217;s no &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; solution to survival during challenging times. But there are some strategies that will help no matter what situation you and your business are in.
<p>The first strategy, for starters, is not to take things too seriously. I know that there can be significant consequences as a result of the things we do or don&#8217;t do, but in the big picture - in the scope of things that REALLY matter - these consequences are incidental. Have you ever heard the expression, &#8220;Don&#8217;t sweat the small stuff, and everything is small stuff&#8221;? When you put the everyday occurrences of life into perspective, most of them don&#8217;t really matter all that much.
<p>It&#8217;s more important than ever in tough times to keep everything in its proper perspective. &#8220;Things&#8221; don&#8217;t matter all that much. It&#8217;s nice to have toys and gadgets, but toys can be replaced and we can still enjoy life without every latest gadget. Yes,&#8230; it&#8217;s important to make a good impression, but as I&#8217;ve said over and over for many years, PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO YOU BY WHO YOU ARE. People aren&#8217;t attracted to you by the suit you wear or the toys you have. It&#8217;s &#8220;who you are as a person&#8221; that causes people to be attracted to you, choose to do business with you, and decide to follow you.
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, toys, gadgets, and suits are nice to have. My point is simply that if you have to forgo some of them in tough times, it won&#8217;t have much bearing on your success. Don&#8217;t take things so seriously. Instead, during tough times, be the best &#8220;you&#8221; that you can be. A good place to start is by working on your attitude. People want to be around positive people. In addition, positive people are more creative. When they are faced with a challenge, they decide to overcome it and are solution-oriented. Negative people tend to focus on the obstacle and get &#8220;stuck&#8221;.
<p>How do you work on attitude? Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Cut out the negative messages. Stop watching TV news. Stop reading the newspaper. Trust me. In this day and age, you can&#8217;t help but hear about the really important things. There&#8217;s no need to seek them out (along with all the negative news and stories). Avoid negative people. What you focus on determines your reality. If you hang around with people who see everything in a negative light, you will see everything in a negative light. It will become your reality. You can see where I&#8217;m headed with this. If you want positive things to happen in your life, hang out with positive people. Positive people share what works; negative people share what doesn&#8217;t work. Your present reality will slowly shift to a more positive reality as you associate with positive people..
<p>If you really want to kick your attitude into high gear, don&#8217;t just eliminate negative messages, decide to introduce positive messages. Get your hands on some tapes or CD&#8217;s that will help you grow. Listen to motivational and personal growth programs. Will you notice an immediate change? No. But you will over time.</p>
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		<title>Is Business Acumen a Substitute For Leadership?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the top of organisations, which are more important - management skills or business skills?
Take the case of hedge fund managers who have been in the news lately. Hedge funds managers are investment experts. They generally represent a small group of very wealthy people and organisations. They follow the financial markets in an endeavor to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the top of organisations, which are more important - management skills or business skills?
<p>Take the case of hedge fund managers who have been in the news lately. Hedge funds managers are investment experts. They generally represent a small group of very wealthy people and organisations. They follow the financial markets in an endeavor to predict fluctuations and invest accordingly. First set up as far back as 1949, hedge funds principal areas of investment have been:
<p>- Short selling stocks they think will decrease in value
<p>- &#8220;Fair value&#8221; - using computer systems to calculate the relative value of one stock against another and then shorting the more expensive one and buying the cheaper
<p>- Taking on a bankrupt company or merging companies where a profit can be seen
<p>- Trading stocks by taking positions on the direction markets, currencies and commodities are likely to move
<p>As investment funds following these strategies, they have been extremely successful. That is until recently. Their failure to manage financial risk, has seen their performances plummet. In some cases they have closed up shop altogether (e.g. Sailfish Capital Partners, a $2 billion fund closed in January).
<p>However, even before the current financial crisis brought on by the sub-prime failures, some fund managers were having difficulty in another area. Those that moved away from their original investment strategies into taking a direct role in not only ownership but also management of organisations, ran into trouble. Is this a case of not &#8220;sticking to the knitting&#8221;, or a lack of business acumen?
<p>The recent press reports of one such fund manager, give some clues. Edward Lampert, a hedge fund maestro, masterminded the takeover and merger of Sears and Kmart in 2005. It seems that Lampert has found that actually managing an organisation is a bit different to investing in its stock.
<p>Since gaining control of the organisation, Lampert has taken a very hands on approach to management. And that approach has been based on his own expertise (finance), not the expertise of the business - retailing. For example, the key underpinnings of his strategy have been to:
<p>- Raise prices
<p>- Cut capital spending
<p>- Cut marketing budgets
<p>To head up the new organisation, he also appointed as CEO, Aylwin Lewis. Lewis was an expert in the fast food industry, not retail. However, Lampert still maintained his hands on approach to management.
<p>The result? Customer visits and sales are down, and so are profits. Those involved in retail, know that people want an &#8220;experience&#8221; when they shop. Sure they often want the best price. But they also want to be treated as people (customers) first, not numbers on a balance sheet. Often people buy based on their emotive response to the retail experience and then support their decision with reason and logic, such as price. Sears are not providing this. As was reported in the International Herald Tribune (Tuesday, 29th Jan 2008), &#8220;Stores &#8230; look shabby next to those of rivals like Target and JC Penny. Dozens of products &#8230; were sold out. Much of the commodity merchandise that was in stock was more expensive than nearby competitors. People are simply going elsewhere for their shopping experience.
<p>The message here? People who run organisations such as active directors and CEOs, at the very least, need to be expert in the business of the business. This has been supported by two recent studies.
<p>The first, PriceaterhouseCoopers&#8217; annual CEO survey, found that organisations are first and foremost looking for senior executives with hard technical and business experience. People skills, whilst considered relevant, were not as high on their wish list. However, one needs to be careful to read too much into this finding. For instance, are CEOs aware of the power generated by effective leadership and management or is it just getting harder to find experienced people?
<p>The second however, is a more robust study of actual behaviour of managers within organisations. The authors tracked over 1,000 managers at all organisational levels. Carried out by Mumford, Campion and Morgeson and reported in The Leadership Quarterly (Vol 18 N0. 2, 2007), they found that in addition to cognitive and interpersonal skills, business skills and in particular strategic skills actually became more important as a manager progressed through the organisation.
<p>Where should the balance be in management development - business or people skills?
<p>My own observations over the last 20 years as a designer of management development initiatives, suggests that there has been a greater emphasis on people skills in training and development than pure business skills (I know my own efforts have often been in this direction). This seems particularly so at the higher levels. Is it our expectation that managers at this level know all there is to know about business, but need to be made aware of the people power they can harness through effective leadership and management?
<p>If we are to look at some of the recent business failures, particularly in the finance industry and at the Mumford et al findings, it would appear that:
<p>- Organisations, when appointing senior managers need to look for both technical business expertise and good leadership skills
<p>- Designers and providers of leadership and management development need to focus equally on the development of both strategic business skills and good leadership and management skills.</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Listen to Hype - Learn to Trust Your Intuition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most new business owners fail because he or she doesn&#8217;t trust his or her intuition. You have to learn to tune in to what is best for you and your business. Too many new entrepreneurs (and myself included) are pulled in this direction and that by every new fangled gadget, widget, next best thing, promises, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most new business owners fail because he or she doesn&#8217;t trust his or her intuition. You have to learn to tune in to what is best for you and your business. Too many new entrepreneurs (and myself included) are pulled in this direction and that by every new fangled gadget, widget, next best thing, promises, and basically hype. If you trust yourself you can see through the sales pitch, and make a conscious decision as to whether that new thing is really urgent after all, determine the direction for your business to go in, and or to spend your hard earned dollars.
<p>Remember a sales person is only doing his or her job well when he or she has convinced you to buy! Urgency is the life blood of sales tactics!!! You need this!! Buy it now and save yourself!! When you learn to listen to your intuition and trust your inner most guide then you are able to negotiate a path through the obstacles and dangers that lurk just below the surface. There are too many infomercials, targeted advertising, loads of paper pushers, and hype that is being circulated with the intent to sway you to take action!! Why do you think they push so hard?!
<p>If you want to succeed in business you have to resist this pressure. Learn to make decisions based not on the hype but on what is really an effective use of your money, time and energy. Here are a few helpful hints: If you can avoid it don&#8217;t make the decision on your own. Two heads are better than one. Talk it over with someone you trust such as your partner, spouse, or a trusted colleague. If possible show him or her details and facts including the price without the sales pitch. Ask his or her opinion? Just listen, don&#8217;t try to convince your partner.
<p>If you have to go to a sales presentation, unless you are absolutely ready to buy, don&#8217;t bring your credit card or blank check. Through the presentation sift through the facts. Listen to any negatives. Ask questions. Get a full picture. I always find it better to be able to go home and sleep on it. If there is a website, if there is a phone number that you can call to get your questions answered that&#8217;s better.
<p>I also find it helpful to go to a quiet place and sit there undisturbed and check in with your &#8220;gut.&#8221; If you are in a knot or feel all tense and nervous, probably that new fangled widget is not your answer. Trust those feelings. Beyond the hype that you have been blasted with is the real answer. The new fangled thing is surely not going to live up to its promotion, there will be problems or challenges and not so easy as the sales person tells you.
<p>A few things to ask yourself&#8211;Previously did I manage to get along fine without this? Why do I think I have to have it now? Is this going to make the process easier? What goal am I hoping to achieve with this? Can I achieve the same goal without spending the money? Am I being swayed by the hype right now? Is this the direction in which I want to take my business? Do I know anybody personally who is using this new widget and getting the results that I want to achieve?
<p>When you can answer these questions clearly without emotion probably you are making a sound decision. But still proceed with caution. Today it&#8217;s this widget tomorrow it will be newer and improved. Don&#8217;t make desperate decisions. Turn your attention inward and make those decisions based on your intuition, wisdom, and knowing what your vision for your business is leading you to do.</p>
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		<title>Sometimes You Need to Take Calculated Risks - But Don&#8217;t Lose Your Shirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many time that you need to assess a situation and grab an opportunity when it presents itself. You have to know when to take a calculated risk and when to hold back. If you are tuned in to your own inner guidance taking that calculated risk will pay off. But you have to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many time that you need to assess a situation and grab an opportunity when it presents itself. You have to know when to take a calculated risk and when to hold back. <br />If you are tuned in to your own inner guidance taking that calculated risk will pay off. But you have to be aware of what goal you are trying to achieve and will this calculated risk be in line with the direction you wish to bring your company.
<p>Too many business owners take big risks without fully knowing the consequences and they lose their shirt. If you take a risk and you don&#8217;t have adequate financial support are you going to be able to survive if the action and the risk don&#8217;t go the way that you anticipate? Do you have enough financial staying power?
<p>Other times a business owner sees a big opportunity that could catapult their business to new heights but he or she doesn&#8217;t take action out of fear. Opportunities line up just right once in a while. If you don&#8217;t move on them when you see them another good break could take a long time to manifest.
<p>There were so many times that I missed a really good opportunity because I didn&#8217;t have the finances needed to seize it in that moment. That is surely the other factor is to have the finances (and spend the money) when the opportunity comes and you need to act. If you manage your finances well you should have the money aside in a pinch.
<p>It is very important that you know where you would like to end up. What is your direction and vision? Then you will be able to make a decision based on that vision. For an example let&#8217;s say that you are in retail and you are renting a small warehouse and you need to expand. Now let&#8217;s say that you discover a large warehouse building with parking has come on the market to purchase. It is perfect and it would make a good investment for your business to expand and you could rent out a portion for extra income. If you see that opportunity but you don&#8217;t act that building will be gone. But you need the finances or the loan source to make that happen. The risk is that you won&#8217;t be able to rent it out and your payments will be a huge chunk until it is rented. Do you take the risk? Is that the direction that your business should take?
<p>Only you can answer that question. But you need to assess the cost, what is at risk and how much can you afford to lose, and decide if taking that risk will be in line with the direction and vision that you wish to bring your new company. Remember calculated risks can pay off big, or it can dramatically improve the efficiency of your delivery which will increase your income over a longer period of time. Make your decision and then stick with it until you see it implemented. Be prepared for the good or bad.</p>
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		<title>Linking Employee Performance to Learning and Development - A Performance Improvement Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think about it, each of your employees could benefit from some type of learning and development. The employee who wants to be selected for more high profile projects might need to learn more about your organization&#8217;s strategic plan. The employee who is bored with answering the telephone might want to acquire greater knowledge [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you think about it, each of your employees could benefit from some type of learning and development. The employee who wants to be selected for more high profile projects might need to learn more about your organization&#8217;s strategic plan. The employee who is bored with answering the telephone might want to acquire greater knowledge about managing office activities. The employee who enjoys designing PowerPoint slides might like to learn more about developing training programs.
<p>When it comes to your employees, you can probably think of several more examples. Your employees have interests. They share this information with you during formal performance discussions as well as casual conversations. And even if your employees do not verbally state what they need or want to learn, you could probably make some logical inferences based on their career goals, their personalities, their dislikes, their likes, their strengths, and their weaknesses.
<p>So how do you use this information to improve employee performance? Just <i>link the behaviors and activities you want or need</i> <b>to</b> <i>the learning and development employees want or need</i>. Consider these six examples:
<p>1. Rhonda, if you participate in this project, you would have an opportunity to learn more about&#8230;
<p>2. Rhonda, if you attended the monthly meetings, you would gain additional information about&#8230;
<p>3. Rhonda, you would be able to process requests faster if you learned how to&#8230;
<p>4. Rhonda, you would have fewer errors if you started using the new&#8230;
<p>5. Rhonda, this new project management training will give you the skills you need to&#8230;
<p>6. Rhonda, working with the new employees will help you become more comfortable with&#8230;
<p>The possibilities for making these kind of links to learning and development are probably endless. Your goal is to clearly make the connection between what you want and what employees gain. When you use this approach, employees know that you listen to them. You will also have a greater chance of convincing employees that their performance has personal benefits. Those personal benefits could include learning something new, enhancing current knowledge, or gaining additional capabilities. Employees want to know <i>Why should I give my best performance</i>? This approach gives you one way to positively answer that question.</p>
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		<title>Is Your Management Style Reactionary?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stress and rapid pace of today&#8217;s world can force many of us to abandon plans, procedures, and proven practices that over time have served us well. It has been my experience working with my most successful clients that most of them regardless of what is going on around them; the economy, their competitors, the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The stress and rapid pace of today&#8217;s world can force many of us to abandon plans, procedures, and proven practices that over time have served us well. It has been my experience working with my most successful clients that most of them regardless of what is going on around them; the economy, their competitors, the government, the employee pool, the latest management fads or the weather - have learned that there are three essential approaches that they need to follow, adhere to and believe in.
<p>1)They stick with what works - the basics. Yes they experiment, innovate, try new strategies, are open to new approaches and tactics and even embrace them when it is in their best long-term interests but in the end the foundation for their enduring success is a strategy that always comes back to the basics that over time regardless of what is going on - work.
<p>2)They give the right people in their organization, those who have earned or deserve respect for their attitudes, values, work ethic, creativity, motivation and persistence the ability and freedom to operate their division, branch, office, territory or are of responsibility without interference and meddling.
<p>3)They are optimistic and positive about the future and this mindset permits them to weather any storm or temporary glitch in their business, the economy or anywhere else they can&#8217;t control. This doesn&#8217;t mean they are hopeless positive thinkers who rant and rave positive affirmations day in and day out and put positive thinking signs on every wall and in every office in the business. What it does mean is they know ultimately they are in control of their own attitudes, outlooks and behaviors. They never blame anyone for anything. They believe in their vision, their people and their direction and pursue it with a vengeance regardless of potholes or pitfalls.
<p>Yes, there are many other actions, attitudes and behaviors necessary for success during challenging times or any time for that matter but managers who consistently succeed know that if they will focus on a few fundamental behaviors that the rest will fall into place sooner or later. They don&#8217;t operate in a knee-jerk or reactionary style as they have learned that this approach sooner or later causes poor decisions or ripple-effect consequences that can linger long after the current fad or circumstances have passed.
<p>They have also learned that to follow proven strategies will sooner or later help them weather changes in consumer attitudes, needs or concerns. Let&#8217;s face it folks - people are people, whether employees or customers. Technology has changed over the years, business have come and gone, products have evolved but people are pretty much the same with the same desires, dreams, hopes, and challenges.
<p>And in case you have forgotten, you are in the people business; not the computer business, the food business, the housing business or the banking business. And, that as a manger you are responsible to your people - customers or employees or vendors to operate with a mindset of nobility, fairness and honesty. Remember this and all of your decisions, actions and behaviors will sooner or later be pay off.</p>
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		<title>Is Your Management Style Dysfunctional?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dysfunction - a disturbance in the usual pattern of activity or behavior. An irregularity in the functioning of an organ or other part or system of the body (the following is my contribution to Mr Webster - to include a; position, department, branch, division, approach, strategy, philosophy, product, policy, tactic, goal, objective, plan - did [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dysfunction - a disturbance in the usual pattern of activity or behavior. An irregularity in the functioning of an organ or other part or system of the body (the following is my contribution to Mr Webster - to include a; position, department, branch, division, approach, strategy, philosophy, product, policy, tactic, goal, objective, plan - did I miss anything?)
<p>So in reality I&#8217;ll bet every organization operating today is dysfunctional in some way. <br />So, the questions are; (don&#8217;t even read them if you are not prepared to be totally honest with yourself.)
<p>1) Is this dysfunction getting in the way of your growth, profits or market share?
<p>2) Is this dysfunction preventing you from clearly viewing your past, present and future?
<p>3) Is this dysfunction causing you to develop attitudes that are counterproductive to the success you desire?
<p>4) Are some departments or branches or divisions more dysfunctional than others? Why?
<p>5) Has your organization&#8217;s or department&#8217;s dysfunction increased during the past couple of years? If so, why?
<p>6) Are you accurately aware of where your organization is dysfunctional?
<p>7) Are you stuck in dysfunctional behaviors, policies or approaches because of someone&#8217;s ego?
<p> <img src='http://www.naphe.com/hello/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Are you stuck in dysfunctional behaviors or attitudes about current or past products or services?
<p>9) Are your employees more aware of your organization&#8217;s dysfunctions than you are?
<p>10) Are you willing to look honestly at areas of your business that are dysfunctional and take appropriate actions to reduce their consequences?
<p>You might consider posing the above questions to your direct reports or even your employees, if you have the courage that is!
<p>Let&#8217;s face it; you&#8217;ll never be dysfunction free. Why? Because your organization is made up of humans and humans are generally dysfunctional. This is why organizations are dysfunctional. If you could eliminate people from your organization I&#8217;ll bet it would be normal or not dysfunctional.
<p>One of my favorite lines is - if you want more problems - hire more people. However, please keep in mind that it&#8217;s your people who do the work but must do it while; putting up with poor leadership, often having to tolerate idiots for bosses, often being under paid and under appreciated and in spite of all of this they are expected to perform miracles day in and day out.
<p>So the real question is; is most of your dysfunction top-down or bottom-up?</p>
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