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Maintenance: A Change Opponent
There are many activities that oppose to change initiatives. Maintenance is one you probably wouldn’t reckon to fit the profile, yet it is a very powerful element fighting change propositions. And possible without the intention of doing any harm.Maintenance is the group of activities that are used to gradually upgrade... systems, buildings, cars and just everything else that is durable. Even knowledge can or should be maintained.A bus

road and farther away from accomplishing your goals. The key to avoiding the Summertime Blues and running in place until Sep

Accounting and Planning for a Tax Audit
A tax audit is usually not a welcoming experience for anyone in business. Whether it is in part or total, the experience can be a minor problem if the audit is only about certain records, or a major dilemma in accounting for a complete audit of the business.If your business is notified of an audit, you will be informed of which part or parts of your tax return will be examined so that you can assemble the required documents. You must also

It’s hard to believe the year will be half over in just a few weeks. All the planning you did is either turning out great, coming along slowly but surely or hasn’t really gotten off the ground because other issues keep getting in the way.

With so many things to distract you from your small business this time of year – like outdoor activities, yard work, vacations and the kids being home from school, just to name a few – the next 90 days often fly by and you find yourself further down the road and farther away from accomplishing your goals. The key to avoiding the Summertime Blues and running in place until Sept

Abandoning The Poverty Mentality Syndrome
Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva“Conference calls are too expensive.” “I don’t have the money to attend the conference.” “I can’t afford to advertise.” “I’m not making the money John (or whoever) is making, so I’m not able to do X, Y, Z.”I’ve heard a lot of these comments during my twenty plus years in the business. Interestingly, most of them have been second-hand reports from other distributors, not in-person comments from the spea

oming along slowly but surely or hasn’t really gotten off the ground because other issues keep getting in the way.

Are You Asking Enough Questions?
Questions are a powerful communication tool that can help you advance your business, gain rapport with friends, and create harmony at home.Yet, many people avoid asking questions. They believe that asking questions implies weakness, reveals ignorance, or shows submission. People also avoid questions because they fear answers that cause change. And so, they prefer to continue making mistakes or to suffer with having less.Actually, aski

so many things to distract you from your small business this time of year – like outdoor activities, yard work, vacations and the kids being home from school, just to name a few – the next 90 days often fly by and you find yourself further down the road and farther away from accomplishing your goals. The key to avoiding the Summertime Blues and running in place until Sep

Retail Management Interview – READY?
Are you ready to make that internal move? Retail provides many opportunities to move up, move quickly and move often. You may be interviewing for positions such as Key Holder, Assistant Manager and Store Manager or even as a Regional Manager. The concept is the same. How are you and your experiences able to provide the numbers, able to keep operations in line and all while keeping client experience high? You have one shot to prove it and that is in

d the kids being home from school, just to name a few – the next 90 days often fly by and you find yourself further down the road and farther away from accomplishing your goals. The key to avoiding the Summertime Blues and running in place until Sep

Fixed Asset Management: Keep Up-To-Date With The Latest Tools
There are a number of ways in which businesses today streamline their productivity and returns over investment. One of the best ways to make you levels of profit improve is to have a system for fixed asset management in place. As the name suggests, “fixed asset management” means the management of your assets such as; your buildings, equipment and fixtures in an office, software, computer hardware, vehicles, and even the labor associated with the pr

road and farther away from accomplishing your goals. The key to avoiding the Summertime Blues and running in place until September is to conduct a mid-year check-up.

Success Handler Action: With your team, spend some time discussing what you’ve accomplished so far this year. Focus on the positive things occurring in your small business. Celebrate your successes – however small they are – so everyone recognizes there are indeed good things happening. Here are some questions to help you get started:

~ What is the best thing you’ve done as a company this year?

~ Why are you better today than six months

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