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Leadership Tips — Add This to Your Reward System

Tom O\’Dea asked: For as long as I’ve worked in Information Technology (and some of you reading this weren’t even born when I started), it’s been a fact: nobody on the IT team gets more recognition than the guy (or girl) who is the best problem solver.  When something goes wrong, really wrong, this is […]

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Team Building Program: Beyond the Power of One

CMOE Team asked: Team Building Program: Beyond the Power of One Individual efforts grant the person a sense of recognition, but there is no better reward than knowing you have finished a great thing through teamwork. This fact is made as the focus on the team building exercises designed for organizations. Team building exercises start […]

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Your Team's Most Pivotal Point of the Season – Now

Randy Brown asked: January is decision time for basketball teams at all levels. This key period in the season brings character, perseverance, and toughness to the forefront. All of your team’s preparation, stretching back to the hot summer workouts, is challenged in this difficult period of a few weeks. Your team has three paths to […]

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Basic Survival Skills for Managing Gen Y

Ira Wolfe asked: (c) 2008 Success Performance Solutions Worldwide Generation Y is huge, nearly 2 billion strong. In the U.S. Gen Y, also called Millennials, outnumber the Baby Boomers, the previously largest generation. The Boomers made and moved markets. The Millennials will be the doing the same thing but more quickly and dramatically. Millennials will […]

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Where Have All the Honest Managers Gone?

Bob Selden asked: Copyright © 2007 The National Learning Institute I well remember as a young bank clerk many years ago, sitting at my desk one morning. Around me were the sounds of hustle and bustle of a busy office – people were sipping their coffee (in those days it was instant!) opening the mail […]

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Video Marketing Research

Russell Brunson asked: With the popularity of video marketing increasing by leaps and bounds, video market research is not far behind and people are using videos for their market research. An easy way to do this is to upload some videos to popular sites like YouTube Or Google Videos. The videos that you upload should […]

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Strategies to Retain Human Resources

Aleeswari & Jayanthi asked: STRATEGIES TO RETAIN HUMAN RESOURCES INTRODUCTION             The Indian economy has been going through a massive transition and transformation process. Restructuring and the process of mergers and acquisitions that had taken a toll of the employment are now giving way to expansion of employment. Finally companies are increasing their advertising budgets and […]

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Six Sigma Team Recognition And Rewards

Tony Jacowski asked: The Advantages of Rewards In Six Sigma architecture, having a rewards and recognition policy in place is equally important. In bringing about changes in the system smoothly, rewards and recognition can play a very important role. If employees feel that their initiatives are being recognized, they will come forward with suggestions for […]

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The Addie Model: Why Use It?

Chuck Castagnolo asked: If you are new to training development and have been thinking of putting together any type of training program, it is important to know and understand the most basic training tool used by professional trainers; it is called the ADDIE model. The ADDIE model is basically a generic, systematic, step-by-step framework used […]

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Saluting the Squawkers: Complaints Often Key to Improving Sales, Retention and Loyalty

Craig Harrison asked: It’s said nobody likes a complainer. I beg to differ. In customer service a complainer is doing you a favor. They are the extension of your research, testing and quality assurance departments. Although essentially unpaid, they’re providing you with invaluable, often real-time feedback on what isn’t working in your business or your […]