| Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Reference Question by Melissa Vokoun |
| Giving references can be a tricky business and finding your policy on this question is essential to your security and health as a company. |
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| Creating A Showcase For Your Place by Melissa Vokoun |
| But one way to showcase your business with the entire scope of its talent, ability, function, and vitality is to spread the word through article marketing. |
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| Delegation with Confidence: Five Essential Steps by Melissa Vokoun |
| But the effective manager is one who understands their limitations and has confidence in both their ability to delegate and their subordinates. There are five steps that insure that the delegation process will yield the best results for the manager and the recipient of delegated tasks. |
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| Constructing Effective Work Groups by Melissa Vokoun |
| Putting together a winning team is like orchestrating a piece of music and it doesn't happen by chance. It requires a great deal of information, careful thought, and sound resource management. |
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| Getting to Know You: Your Ezine at Work by Melissa Vokoun |
| In today's global marketplace, how do we establish that sales relationship? The answer is to introduce yourself and establish that relationship through an online ezine. |
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| Inspire to Lead and Lead to Inspire by Melissa Vokoun |
| Inspiration comes at both ends of the leadership equation. Leaders are called to guide and lead from many different directions but there is always an element of emotion and inspiration. The call to act as a motivator, guide, teacher, and mentor is usually the first step in a process whereby an individual begins a journey to lead. |
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| Defining Dynamic: Managing the Personalities in your Organization by Melissa Vokoun |
| The good manager learns from day one that maximizing your resources is essential to good organizational management. Whether it's people, materials, or money, using the resources on hand is the difference between success and failure. |
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| Forming a Mentoring Circle by Melissa Vokoun |
| More and more businesses are seeing the value of establishing mentoring programs for their employees but finding it hard to keep up with demand. Matching each employee with a mentor, with all the demands and responsibilities connected with the commitment, is a daunting task. One solution is to form a circle of mentors who can act as a team and share the demands of mentoring. |
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| Boosting Your Sales by Boosting Morale: Employee Coaching by Melissa Vokoun |
| Morale building through employee coaching has to be a real commitment by managers and owners alike. When you see morale translated into sales it is easy to see why this is so vital. When you see dollars flooding into your business when morale is high and employees are happy and motivated you will see the wisdom in consciously stimulating morale. |
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| Can you Teach Leadership: Confronting Conventional Thought by Melissa Vokoun |
| Many people, including many colleges and universities, are firm in the belief that leadership is an inborn trait and cannot be taught as a field of study. This belief is rooted in the historical context of charismatic leaders who rose to leadership roles as a response to economic, religious, and political events |
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| Chronicle Your Path to Success: Document Everything! by Melissa Vokoun |
| From your organization's infancy to going public, your record of documentation should be complete and thorough. |
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| Agility and Innovation: The Niche Market's Advantage by Melissa Vokoun |
| It has been a long held belief that BIGGER WAS BETTER! But, in many industries, this belief is being challenged and smaller niche businesses are winning the battle of "David and Goliath." |
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| Building Relationships to Build Business by Melissa Vokoun |
| Everyone you meet is a potential customer as well as a friend. We don't make friends just to drive business but it is important to keep in mind how our services and products can help and enrich our friends and acquaintances. If we truly value what we do and what we offer, it is only natural that we want to bring these things to everyone we meet. |
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| 5 Ways to Avoid Employee Burnout by Melissa Vokoun |
| Burnout in employees and managers continues to be a major and costly issue affecting businesses today. Major inroads have been made in maintaining employee health through the use of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and improved employee counseling but days of work lost to depression and a host of other psychological problems continues to cost American employers millions per year. |
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| Avoiding a Hostile Workplace: Fairness in Employee Discipline by Melissa Vokoun |
| The environment of your workplace is vital to employee satisfaction, reduction of turnover, and productivity. It is also vital to the legal stability of your business. A hostile work environment can be the basis for many types of employee complaints and causes of legal action |
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| 5 Essentials to Effective Communications by Melissa Vokoun |
| There are 5 essential components that will guide you and your employees to better ways of sharing information and mutual understanding. |
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| All Chiefs and no Indians: Leadership in the Team Context by Melissa Vokoun |
| Every organization values and nurtures its leadership talent. We seek out leaders and they are essential to the growth and functioning of every organization. |
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