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10 Ways To Retain Your Top Talent
If LaBron James decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for another team, the performance of that franchise would drop like a rock. This is the case for any business, no matter what business you're in. Studies have shown that losing any of the top 10% of your performers has 5-10 times more impact on your business than losing your average performers. With that in mind, here are 10 strategies for keeping your best people:(1) Go to your best people right now and do a pre-exit interview. Don't wait for them to get a call from a headhunter or to come to you saying that "I've decided to resign." Be proactive and ask them in a one on one: "What are the factors that will cause you to stay?" Ask them to warn you if they become unhappy.(2) Verbally ask them to rate their current job on a 1-10 scale on the factors below. And then ask them what corrective steps could be taken to raise any problem

nd appealing themes will play a big part in establishing that level of interest! So where do you start?

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

The folks in Boise, Idaho, might not get too excited about a Midwestern Barbeque Night but those of us here in the islands who’ve never ridden a cart filled with hay would delight at corn on the cob and pu

Career Development: Get That Pay Rise
Over the years I have worked with numerous people on career development, from the high flyers in the city to mothers that wanted to start a home based business. Some of the people that I worked with said that they had their dream job, or it would be if only they could get a pay rise and be adequately paid for the great job that they do.So if you are one of these guys, I have made a short list of tips that you can use to work towards that all important pay rise that you so rightly deserve!1. Before you speak with the boss, think about the contribution that you make to the company and then highlight this to him in talks. Think about past projects that you have achieved for him and current stuff that you are achieving that needs you for completion. Don’t be afraid to sell yourself, but do remember to not over sell yourself.2. Come up with a figure that you want and know that your boss

Event planners seeking a theme around which to build a novel attraction might do well to take a look at a Hawaii surfing theme.

But before jumping into the water, consider the factors upon which this seemingly no-brainer of a recommendation is based as many event planners have found themselves with the greatest sounding theme yet a small turnout or, possibly worse, a great crowd finding themselves bored and wondering what to do next.

There are a number of elements that when incorporated into an event help to make it a winner from the point of publicity through that very late hour when the last guests are finally told they really have to leave. These elements are the same whether it’s a casino night, clambake, or barnyard ho-down. These are the elements that will often make or break your event.

To a large extent, these elements are the same when planning for exhibitions when your success is dependent on making folks stop at your exhibit out of the scores of others competing for their attention. After all, we all know the feeling of manning a booth in which the only people in it are the spillover from the adjacent booth, don’t we?

Give ‘Em A Theme!

An event without a strong theme is nothing more than a function. Not all bad, but hardly the thing that makes memories. The road to excitement starts when your event is one people are curious or downright excited about and appealing themes will play a big part in establishing that level of interest! So where do you start?

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

23 Things to Know Before Attending or Having a Display at Another Tradeshow
Here are some simple tradeshow do's and don'ts that you may or may not know, but you might want to review them every time to decide to attend or become a vendor at one. I've compiled these from years of doing different tradeshows, biz expos, kid's expos, health fairs, community festivals and more while working at various jobs and with my own marketing business as well.Learn how to work the room OR be the vendor everyone wants to stop at with my 23 tradeshow techniques!Here are the 14 Things Every Vendor Should Know:1. Bring your friendliest employees or friends to work the booth with you, at least one other person so you're not managing it by yourself. You want high-energy, happy people in your booth that know about your business but most of all ones that know how to talk to people.2. Try not to stand or sit behind your booth, sometimes it's more appropriate to put your ta

r, possibly worse, a great crowd finding themselves bored and wondering what to do next.

Give ‘Em A Theme!

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

The De-Attraction Principle
Recently I have attended several networking events where I was amazed to find out that there were several people from the same business attending the event too. What was amazing was that those people sat right next to each other at the same tables. What were they thinking?In the one instance those people were at the table where I chose to sit. I tried to strike up a conversation with the person to my right, and no matter what I asked I was met with conversation ending answers. It sure did make me hesitant about speaking to the two additional people representing the same company. The person who didn’t feel like conversing essentially acted as a barrier to the other two people sitting to her right. Now I guess I’m going to have to get more creative with my questions in the future. Maybe at my next event I will ask if they can share their favorite story about a success. So I must take some

no night, clambake, or barnyard ho-down. These are the elements that will often make or break your event.

Give ‘Em A Theme!

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

Franchise Survey; Are Your Franchisees Happy?
Most all businesses do customer service surveys to make sure all their customers are happy and sometimes they send them in the mail and sometimes you can fill them out at the counter and drop them in the mail. Customer surveys give important feedback to the business owner or corporation on ways they can improve their services and products.In the franchising industry it is equally important to make sure all your vendor partners, franchisees and team of consultants are happy with how things are going. For the franchisor, the franchisees are their customer. It is important to do franchisee surveys to make sure you are on the right track. Having been the franchisor founder of my own franchising company I cannot tell you how valuable such in formal surveys were to me.However, since I was the founder there were certain things that franchisees would not tell me and this is why you need an ou

anning a booth in which the only people in it are the spillover from the adjacent booth, don’t we?

Give ‘Em A Theme!

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

Don't Let Your Sales Management Slip - In Good Times Or Bad
If your business is to both grow and be resilient in the face of whatever might come around the corner in the future continual prospecting for new customers is simply essential. The conventional wisdom is that every business needs to have its sales force spent 20% of their time prospecting that's one day a week!So how do you judge whether your sales people are doing a good job – just on performance against budget? I find the Sales Management Matrix model a very useful tool to view your sales people from the helicopter.The y-axis represents prospecting activity and the x-axis performance against budget - be that based on orders achieved or on contribution. Your salespeople are then characterised into four types - Junior, Star, Cow and Dog.Let me explain some more: A new salesperson will always start off as a Junior since they have no customers and everything they do is, by def

nd appealing themes will play a big part in establishing that level of interest! So where do you start?

Give ‘Em Something Exotic!

At the same time, offer our Midwestern friends an opportunity to enter a big wave surfing contest while their lei-decked friends with Mai-tais in hand cheer them on and you’ve got the first element of a successful event – a taste of the exotic!

Exotic is really anything that’s attractively different than that which we’re accustomed. Our ability to deliver something to our guests that puts them into another time or place for those few hours they’re with us will determine the excitement and appeal the event holds for them.

Give ‘Em A Challenge!

Horseshoes, cook-your-own, surfing contests, craps, poker, blackjack, and dance lessons all offer one thing in common – the opportunity for your guests to engage themselves in a challenge… not so much between themselves but with the activity. This is a key element to instant camaraderie allowing your guests a common and exciting subject to talk about.

Selecting the activities is key and the best ones are those that are as fun to watch as they are to do! Consider walking into a large convention hall and hearing folks screaming and laughing as opposed to the drone of muted talk reflective of your high-classed cocktail parties and you have the difference between an activity and an event!

Give ‘Em A Setting They’ll Talk About!

Imagine wal

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By first opting for commodities paper trading, you are able to learn helpful techniques, as well as certain techniques that you should avoid in the future. It is also important to mention that many commodities paper trading programs are completed with the assistance of a commodities trading broker, who is at your disposal.

Although the field of public relations is quite new, it is seen to be pivotal to many companies when coordinating advertising and marketing campaigns. Public relations has been increasing in popularity, especially now with the Internet being used as a tool for communication in modern society.

Perhaps you might find humor in the fact that human beings often work their whole lives to establish themselves as individuals and different than the masses. Yet at the same time to get a job they must describe themselves on a two-dimensional piece of paper.

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