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Good Location But Lack of Vision
Have you ever driven by an empty commercial lot and thought, “That would be an awesome place for a business right there,” but then couldn’t think of the perfect business to go there? I know I have and it drives me crazy until I can come up with something that would be perfect for that location. It may take me a few days but I will come up with something that would be a fit. How many people ju

The Genius Of Persistence
Every time we plug an appliance into the wall, it’s because he figured electricity out for us. His incandescent bulb changed our world. He literally spread the light of his genius around the world.Thomas Alva Edison.150 years have passed since he was born.What is the most remarkable thing about him is that he was not the most technically brilliant mind of his time. He w

The ability to scale your company will be largely dependant on your ability to recruit, retain, and properly deploy new employees. While certainly important, recruiting is not the end-game, but rather it is the very first step in the talent management lifecycle. Over the years I have watched great recruiting efforts fall prey to a sudden death when everything that management communicated to the new hire during the interview process was completely unwound by the reality of what they experienced on their first day on the job.

These days there seems to be a “buzz-word” for just about everything in business. This article will focus on the topic of employee “onboarding” which is a combination of employee orientation, integration and socialization. Onboarding is part compliance, part training, part PR, part branding and part cultural socialization. A new hire can finish his/her first day on the job with feeling exhausted, frustrated and second guessing their decision to come to work for your company or they can go home feeling energized, motivated, valued and

Needs Based Selling
I am sure you are familiar with the phrase, “I could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo.” First, allow me to personally congratulate anyone out there who has sold ice cubes to an Eskimo, for I believe this to be quite a difficult task to accomplish.You would have to be one heck of a sales person to accomplish this, but why would anyone waste their time selling somebody something they didn’t n

y first step in the talent management lifecycle. Over the years I have watched great recruiting efforts fall prey to a sudden death when everything that management communicated to the new hire during the interview process was completely unwound by the reality of what they experienced on their first day on the job.

10 Tips for Improving Customer Service and Keeping More of Your Customers
1. Customer service is all about customers’ needs first and your needs second. If your customers expect a response from you in 24 hours and you always respond much later, that’s putting your needs first and their needs second.2. Customers are like a spouse, they need to feel special to continually respond to your offers. You make your customers feel special by

rocess was completely unwound by the reality of what they experienced on their first day on the job.

Tips For Successful Job Hunting: How To Get A Job Without A Resume
I am in my mid-thirties, and, as you can imagine, I have changed and looked for jobs many times in my life. No matter how successful was in my job hunting research, I realized that there are certain ground “rules” that need to be respected; otherwise, we will not get what we want from our careers.First of all, forget about your resume.A resume can’t get you a job. A resume won’t

the topic of employee “onboarding” which is a combination of employee orientation, integration and socialization. Onboarding is part compliance, part training, part PR, part branding and part cultural socialization. A new hire can finish his/her first day on the job with feeling exhausted, frustrated and second guessing their decision to come to work for your company or they can go home feeling energized, motivated, valued and

Image Management: Who Are You and What Do You Want?
If image is all about how great you look, it makes the job of image management so much easier! However, the truth is that even though in the first instant it is about how you look in terms of dressing and grooming, the rest is about your body language and words. In this article, I’m not about to coach you on body language and the words you use. I found that there is something more potent - yo

A new hire can finish his/her first day on the job with feeling exhausted, frustrated and second guessing their decision to come to work for your company or they can go home feeling energized, motivated, valued and lucky to be part of such a great company. Never will your employees be more motivated and impressionable than on their first day of work. You can recognize this as an opportunity and exploit the dynamic for the mutual benefit of all concerned parties or you can waste the opportunity…The choice is yours.

The guidelines listed below will help you create an employee onboarding system that will add value to your recruiting efforts:

• Develop a new hire punchlist that coordinates efforts between HR, Admin, IT, MarComm, Legal and Accounting departments so that nobody is caught off guard or is unprepared for the arrival of a new employee. This simple step will allow for enough lead time to coordinate the logistics of securing work space, provisioning computers, phones, business cards and office supplies, for the configuration of security access

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If you are into networking to help your business grow then you are already a smart marketer and a smart cookie. Often in the past when I was fully engaged in local politics, growing my business and the local chamber of commerce, service clubs and charities; I went to events and used my networking skills to advance my company and propel our efforts forward.

Prospecting is like a game of tennis, if you take your eye of the ball you will miss the shot and a good tennis player knows instinctively, what their opponent will will do next before they do it. Are you on the top of your game?

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