By Kevin Kennemer, SPHR
When B.B. King, the King of the Blues, wrote these lyrics, “When my heart starts beating like a hammer, and my eyes get full of tears,” he wasn’t writing about his job but many hard working Americans feel this way on Sunday evening each week. According to research, getting ready for [...]
Archive for the ‘Small Business’ Category
Sunday Evening Blues – Possible Sign Workplace Needs Makeover
December 28th, 2009
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110 Ultimate Round-Up of Free Photoshop PSD Files and Resources
December 23rd, 2009
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When it comes to Image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master.
Display beautiful images is a potent element in web and graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more [...]
The WAHM’s Toolbox: 100 Links and Resources
December 14th, 2009
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Balancing work and home is hard enough when those are two separate places, but some women manage to tame the chaos of their hectic family schedules long enough to get work done without ever leaving the home. These moms doing double duty can use some resources to help them make the most of their time [...]
What Is YOUR Mission Statement?
December 9th, 2009
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Bryan Stapp, Loud Amplifier Marketing
I recently attended a conference where Guy Kawasaki challenged the audience to create meaningful “Mantras” for their companies.
He explained how the standard corporate “Mission Statement” really wasn’t cutting it anymore. In describing the process of conducting a two-day offsite meeting with a highly paid consultant to facilitate the flip-chart discussion, he [...]
Take Control of Your Business
November 23rd, 2009
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The buck stops with you.
In this economic climate, it’s easy to feel out of control. Profits are down, clients are disappearing, and right [...]
Self Brand
November 20th, 2009
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Scott D Jones – Staffing Consultant – Toledo, Ohio
Self branding is becoming a relevant way to market yourself, “you” not just your company as we begin to emerge out of this recession. Recently I read an article that has changed the way that I conduct business. It is a full time job branding [...]
Great Workplaces Thriving in Economic Recession
November 18th, 2009
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By Kevin Kennemer, MA, SPHR
Although it has been tough for most companies in this economic recession, a new study reports Great Workplaces have performed better, with revenue and stock prices to the avoidance of the dreaded layoff and its terrible consequences. Our good friend Asher Adelman, Founder of GreatPlaceJobs.com, said their recent study “shows that [...]
How to Never Forget Anything Again: 3 Ways to Boost Your Memory with Online Reminder Services
November 12th, 2009
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Regis Hadiaris, Dot Connector
Have you ever missed someone’s birthday? Lost the location of a cool website you found? Maybe you were driving, had an idea, didn’t stop to write it down, and now it’s gone?
Today, that all ends!
If you leverage my 3 online reminder services below, you will remember more than you do today.
1. Never [...]
C-Cubed. A great math formula to resolve conflict.
November 6th, 2009
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Gary Danoff
Profit Improvement Enterprises, LLC
If you are like me—someone not so great in math—you became a little nervous at thinking this was going to be a math thing. You can calm down. I am not going there. Instead, this little play on math formulas is an easy way to remember two common words that are [...]
7 Traits of the Modern Leader
November 2nd, 2009
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By John Jantsch
Duct Tape Marketing
So much about the world we live and work in has changed. I suppose every generation feels that to some extent, but now it’s my turn to acknowledge it. I’ve owned my business for over twenty years and the changes in how we market, interact, collaborate, congregate, follow and lead have [...]
