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Turn Your Difficult Business Conversations into Productive Problem-Solving

How many times do you walk away from aconversation wondering whether you’ve gotten yourpoint across, been understood, resolved the issueor reached an agreement that will result in theoutcomes you want and. through the conversation,enriched the rela...

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Maximize Cost Savings with Increased Efficiency

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." - BILL GATES Hi F...

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Getting Your Name Right

Getting Your Name RightBy Andy RoutledgeIt’s true. Creating a good name for your business or products is crucial to long term success. In general, names should be short, easy to say and spell and the name should ‘stick’ in the minds ofthe consu...

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Jumpstart Your Local Business Get Online

If you're not marketing your local business online,opportunity is passing you by. So many people focus on theInternet's global reach that its potential benefit to localbusiness is often overlooked. Global information is great,but people&apo...

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How to Avoid Nasty Business Surprises

Conducting business in the 21st century often requires quick decisions. This often leads to sound data being replaced by perception as the basis for making important resolutions. The risks in this approach are clear: business decisions made without a...

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Stimulate Creativity and Learning

What does cultivating creativity add to the workplace andyour business? The benefits are huge but are oftenunderestimated by most people. Companies who wish toprogress quickly and stay ahead need to stimulatecreativity and learning among their employ...

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Tips for Reducing Shipping Costs

If shipping and handling is one of your profit centers, you already know that this can be an expensive and time-consuming aspect of your business operations. Try these tips:Mind your InventoryBy keeping sufficient inventory on hand, you'll avoid...

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Creativity In The Workplace

This article introduces the concept of fostering creativity in the workplace as a prelude to building a world-class Knowledge Creation and Management system. Peter Drucker was quoted in Forbes Magazine’s Management New Paradigms “Managing people ...

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Is Innovation Dead

You can tell it's quiet out there in the world of new products when the biggest introductions this season both come from Microsoft, the X Box and the XP platform. Though these new items are getting some buzz from tech journalists, the coverage o...

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WHY CONSULTING FIRMS FAIL

The key to succeeding in the market has always been the abilityto gain and maintain a competitive edge. Today's consumer isobsessed with speed and has the false impression that speedlends itself to efficiency by default. Just because we areworki...

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