Leading Without Authority
As an organizational consultant, the leaders that I find that are most in demand today are those that can motivate and engage employees that are outside of the scope of their functional responsibilities. The same holds true for the non-profit organizations I work with. Wha...
Financing and Refinancing Programs are Plentiful
As cliché as it may sound, the “Money makes the world go round” adage still holds true. Especially nowadays when everything and anything tangible or intangible can be bought with one's dollars, money is apparently of extreme importance. What if you want to buy a home or start your ...
How to Get on the Good Side of Internet Surfers
Most people surfing the internet are looking for information. They aren't necessarily out to buy anything. By giving them useful information, you not only entice the search engines to rank you higher due to your abundance of keywords, but other webmasters may find value in your s...
Employee Retention: It's a Changing Game
As a management consultant, I have seen some poorly conceived retention policies at otherwise well-run companies. The philosophies underlying these policies lack some basic knowledge of two things: 1. human nature, and 2. the changing world around us Five Qualities Employers Want
More than ever, employers want employees who can produce results! Here are five qualities employers seek in such employees. 1. Attitude. You hear a lot about folks with “an attitude”. If you've got “an attitude”, lose it! Employers want employees with these attitudes: ...
Investment Property Part 2 of 2: What You Need to Know Before You Buy
Welcome to the second portion of a two-part series on investment property. In the first installment, “How Not to Become a Slumlord”, we discussed a little of what it takes to own and operate a property as well as some of the do's and don'ts of the property management trade. In th...
How to Evaluate Job Offers and Zoom In On the Right Opportunity for You
You've been successful in your job hunt and have received a job offer. Maybe you received more than one offer. That's great. The next question is, how do you evaluate an offer to see if it is the right one for you? Let's look at some real answers. The first step is to ide...
A Powerful PR Strategy
Please feel free to publish this article and resource box in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website. A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net. Word count is 1160 including guidelines and resource box. Robert A. Kelly © 2005. A P...
Seven Secrets to Making a Killing on Ebay
The world's biggest marketplace is the Internet, and its biggest bargain and auction store is Ebay. Here, sellers put their items up for bid with a starting price of their choosing. Buyers bid for a limited amount of time, while sellers wait until their desired price appears before...
Sealing The Deal Over The Business Meal
Doing business over meals is a ritual that has existed for centuries. Taking clients to breakfast, lunch or dinner has long been an effective way to build relationships, make the sale or seal the deal. These business meals are essentially business meetings. Knowledge of your prod...
Block Pop Ups and Lock the Door
Ralph Waldo Emerson said that “there is always time enough for courtesy.” But if you own your own business or work out of your home, you probably don't have time for much else. Coupling the inherent challenges of owning your own business with the distractions of working at home can...
Email - Central to Your Work
The use of email in business has mushroomed so quickly and become so ubiquitous that it has become hard to remember working without it. Email has become the hands-down method of choice for business communication, and for many great reasons: *Communications move qu...
RenewableEnergyStocks.com Announces Celebrated Environmentalist to Present at “Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change”, Hosted by Non-Profit Featured Company Marion Institute
RenewableEnergyStocks.com Announces Celebrated Environmentalist to Present at “Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change”, Hosted by Non-Profit Featured Company Marion Institute Paul Hawken, Celebrated Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author and Bioneers...
Expand Your Resourcefullness!
The success and failure for the entrepreneur is largely dictated by the ability to gain access to resources, both personal as well as those of others. So the big question is then 'how does one become more resourceful?' Like many of the skills of the entrepreneur, resource...
Predictive Dialers - Maximizing Human Interaction
Predictive dialers are many steps removed from their predessors, the automatic dialers of the past. Whereas automatic dialing allowed callcenter agencies to dial numbers quickly and efficiently, predictive dialing also processes and makes use of a whole range of information, linkin...