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Selecting A Collection Agency


If you run a business, you are sure to have some customers who require a lot of follow-up before they pay you. Often you spend too much time and energy to collect money that is rightfully due to you. Giving this task to a collection agency will help you:

Creating Your Own Business Upturn - Powering Business Development


We all see it . . . business markets are trying hard but continue to be flat, easily scared, and "frozen in the headlights," - - - primarily maintaining, and definitely not building. Workforce attitudes suffer from a steady flow of negative global and economic events, career disappointments, and the constant threat of being laid off. Customers are struggling to identify their path forward, which in turn makes it even more difficult for any business to determine their own plans for the future. The fear of post Enron scrutiny on business leaders and organizations is ever present. When will the "upturn" come?

Managing Employees Is A Little Like Herding Cats


Q: I started my small business about a year ago and it's grown steadily. I like having my own business, but I'm having a tough time managing people. I have 5 employees now and it seems like I spend half my time making sure they are doing what they're supposed to be doing and the other half of my time doing things they didn't get done. Things were much easier when I was a one man shop. Any suggestions? -- Paul C.

Middle-Aged Managers, the Forgotten Digital Divide


The digital divide is defined by the role computers play within widening social gaps in our society, as the condition of one group having an advantage over another group in regard to computers, technology skills and Internet access.

What is Six Sigma?


Six Sigma is a highly disciplined process focused on satisfying customers by delivering nearly perfect products and services. In today?s competitive market, consistently maintaining satisfied customers is essential to growth and success. Major corporations such as GE, Motorola, Honeywell and Ford, have demonstrated significant savings and increased profits by implementing Six Sigma processes in their business.

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Coworkers Collaborate to Complete Successful Initiative


This short story, Coworkers Collaborate to Complete Successful Initiative, is part of AlphaMeasure's compilation, Tales From the Corporate Frontlines. It illustrates how important cooperation, collaboration, and communication are to achieving the common goals of a successful organization.

Manage Communication to Add Value


Management guru Tom Peters says white collar workers and managers in functional departments need to protect their futures.

Catch Your Staff Doing Something Right


A long time ago, I learned something about being a manager that has proven to be one of the most valuable lessons I?ve ever heard.

Test Your Hiring IQ


The purpose of any selection process is to discriminate (albeit fairly) among job candidates. Your goal is to select the right people, with the right skills, at the right time for the right position. Have you hired anyone recently? If so, how well did you do? How many of these ten questions can you answer ?yes? to? Did YOU:

Smart Staffing: Replacing a Key Manager


Have you been in this situation? One of your top managers left suddenly and you?re under the gun to replace her quickly. So you promoted her assistant. That was a disaster. You now need to replace him but want to do it right this time and avoid another costly mistake.

Morale Boosters: Feed the Troops First


When economic conditions turn tough or when the heavy work load seems never-ending, leaders tend to forget the ?basics??building commitment beyond the paycheck. It?s the small things everyday that can bring down morale and it?s the small things everyday that can raise performance. A holiday party or picnic once or twice a year probably won?t do it. Rather, it?s a leader?s sincere recognition that employees are assets to be valued, not tools to be used up and discarded. Here are quick ways too boost morale.

Employee Discipline: How to Nip Problems in the Bud


Are you uncomfortable with delivering disciplinary action, even involving employees you know deserve it? You're not alone. Disciplinary action is one of the least favored tasks a supervisor must occasionally perform.

Hire Winners: Ask the Right Questions


How do you as a manager, supervisor or team leader hire winners? One very successful interviewing technique is behavioral interviewing---selecting the right person for the right job using a job-related rather than a gut feel approach. A job-related approach is asking for a behavioral example of skills and traits that are required for a position.

Employee Retention: Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business


The retention of highly skilled knowledge workers is one of the major challenges today for all organizatons. Knowledge workers are those whose work primarily requires the use of ?mental power rather than muscle power."

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