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Team Effectiveness: Teams vs. Mobs

Harvey Robbins asked: In the rush to bestow the manifold blessings of teams upon our organizations, lots of groups get called teams that probably should not be. The resulting groups are too big, too lumpy, quite mismatched, and more than a little confused. I call these assemblages mobs. There are ways to differentiate real teams […]

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Do You Have an Employee Retention Strategy That Also Increases Employee Motivation?

Bob Urichuck asked: e the questions posed to Business owners in a workshop at an Annual Conference at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort earlier this year. Thanks to their contributions, this article became possible as an employee retention and employee motivation learning tool for you. Teams were created to brainstorm answers to each of these questions. […]

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Meeting Themes – How to Integrate Your Theme Into Your Meeting or Other Activity!

Jerry Busche asked: It’s important to hold regular meetings whether you’re in sales, customer service, production, or whatever. Also, special conferences, conventions, annual meetings, contests and other competitions can be essential for your business or organization. Meetings serve several purposes. Some are: Awareness. They can encourage heightened awareness in an atmosphere of togetherness and comradeship […]

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The Enemy of Marketing is Here

Paul Johnson asked: Do you leave customers breathless and begging for an encore, or fuming and screaming, “No more!”? How do you know… for sure? I had almost finished a glorious shopping experience at one of my favorite stores. The shelves were stocked with plenty of options, and the helpful salespeople gave me good guidance. […]

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Six Steps to Successful Performance Appraisals

manik mahesh asked: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} Six Steps to Successful Performance Appraisals Managers often dread performance appraisals like the plague, but – done correctly – they can actually be enjoyable and productive. Performance […]

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Trademe – Customer Service Keeps Them Coming Back

Anton Kal asked: ademe -selling world, customer service is the name of the game. Sellers that do what they say they will and deliver what they promise tend to get repeat customers and plenty of new ones, as well. Sellers that fall flat get lousy feedback ratings and might find it nearly impossible to sell […]

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Why Do We Find it so Difficult to Motivate Ourselves?

Barry Share asked: dent and safe to assume that we will spend a significant part of our lives dealing with tasks that do not particularly appeal to us. It is also safe to assume that more often than not, we will find ourselves despondent and with less motivation in the face of such situations and […]

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Basics of Team Building

shijina asked: A team may be defined as a group of people who come to achieve a common purpose. The word team is derived from the use of oxens or bullocks shackled together to create a focused, shared force for transporting heavy materials. Although there is no magic formula to build team efforts effectively however […]

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Unofficial Fan Made Sites Blossom Daily for Disney Stars

Lisa Johnverrell asked: Lauren Townes doesn’t have to log on to the main site of the House of Mouse to see her new favorite teen girl idol. Instead, she gathers in a special place where others adore Ashley Tisdale just as much.   “Ashley-T is the best website for Ashley Tisdale”, the sixteen year old […]

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Market Research – How Good Is The Data?

Martin Day asked: money for taking surveys”,” Cash for your opinion”, “Make easy money at home”. Everywhere you look there is a company willing to pay people to participate in their surveys. It seems like a win win situation, the participants get paid for providing their opinion, the market research company gets paid for conducting […]