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Three Things I’ve Learned – Fixing A Profit Problem
Image SourceA problem with profits is not something a business wants, but it is something a lot of businesses seem to have. We all know some of the biggest companies from a variety of industries have...
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Three Things I’ve Learned About Honing Your Business And Becoming A More...
Image from https://pixabay.com/en/boss-brainstorming-business-3385070/Possessing entrepreneurial flair doesn’t always go hand in hand with being a natural leader. On paper, you may have the...
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Manage Your Stress Before It Mismanages You
—The Mayo Clinic remains the #1 medical clinic in the entire world. So, when they talk about something, they have the highest overall ranking in the world to substantiate their evidence and claims...
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Dear HR Department
—Yuck! I read a social media post the other day where a person called Human Resources—Human Rats.I don’t think all of us HR people are bad folks. My stomach churned after reading this person’s rant. I...
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Management Theory
—Slightly over a year ago, I had the opportunity to enroll in Organizational Behavior. This is a course that is required for my M.A. in Public and Nonprofit Administration and it’s a course that I’ve...
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Should You Join A Labor Union?
—A labor union is an organization that acts as an intermediary between its members and the business that employs them. The main purpose of labor unions is to give workers the power to negotiate for...
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Three Things I’ve Learned About Taking Care of Your Business That Takes Care...
Image CreditThere are countless stories of entrepreneurs that end up going out of business due to neglecting to take care of their business, in the sense of making sure it remains compliant and...
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Why Business Isn’t as Easy as You Think
I remember as a young twenty one year old I would look across at my manager at the desk behind me. I wanted her job. She hardly looked busy.I could put my feet up on the desk and perhaps fall asleep...
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What is Your Organization’s Culture?
Many people in organizations, including their leaders, have no idea what organization culture is. One definition of business culture is “a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, which...
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Are You Invested in Your Team?
I’ve worked for many terrible managers in the past. Most have killed any kind of work ethic and enthusiasm I had for their places of employment. One place had me playing games on their computers for an...
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Embrace Turbulence
How many really bad things can go wrong in business in a single day? One or two? Five? Dozens? Dozens of dozens? A key employee leaves because a spouse is offered a job a thousand miles away. A key...
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We Need to Talk About Servant Leadership
It sounds so good. When Robert Greenleaf writes about servant leadership, he is describing what we should all want to be. Tell me this doesn’t make you feel just delicious: “A servant-leader focuses...
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If You Hate Rumor Mills, Why Did You Build One?
— The math itself is straightforward. In any company with more than two people, there will be times when some people have information that other people don’t. In any company with more than three...
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Good Tidings, Kind of, a Little
— Good tidings, kind of, a little. I work in the distribution biz. We distribute, mostly, designer driven, fashionable, somewhat useful home decor items. In this business there is a wide margin of...
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Wildlife Sanctuary vs. National Park
— In India, there are 103 National Parks (with a few proposed) and 537 wildlife sanctuaries (source), out of a total of 733 protected areas. While both serve the purpose of protection of wildlife,...
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Oh No! My Boss is Leaving!
— Jeremy has a great relationship with his boss, Donna. Donna is demanding but always fair, communicates clearly, and is fun to be around. Donna has been supportive every step of the way. They have...
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Is Groundwater a Reliable Source of Water for Communities
— Traditionally, communities all over the world have relied on fresh surface water to meet their water needs. Thus, with the advent of urban centers and rapid development, one of the first thrust areas...
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10 Leadership Success Principles: A Roadmap
— 1st Principle Be Yourself In a highly labeling and imitation-prone society such as ours, as it is an entertainment culture first of all, there is very little original content. People are dulled and...
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How to Be a Better Leader in 4 Badly Drawn Charts
— New managers are idiots, and I was no exception. I meant well. We all do. But tech isn’t great at setting examples for management, and so people come in with some messed up ideas. I’ve worked with...
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You Won’t Brilliant Your Way Out of This
— I’m gonna make this one quick, because I know you’ve got a lot going on. You’re not as smart as you think you are. Don’t get me wrong, you’re smart. You have good, creative ideas that are well...
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