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Jan B. King - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
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- Gracefully Accepting Feedback - A Key Employment Skill
[Business:Career-Advice] Accountability is more buzzword than reality at most companies. The average employee has never received real quality negative feedback -- the kind of feedback that helps startle us awake to a more lucrative and successful work life.
- What Consultants Want You to Know (But You Never Ask)
[Business:Management] I've been both a CEO and a consultant, so I've seen from both perspectives what goes right and what goes wrong when a consultant comes in to a company. Here is what your consultant would love to tell you about making him or her successful working on your behalf.
- The Game Plan - The Difference Between Small Business Success and Failure
[Business:Small-Business] It is an American dream to own a business. But sadly, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, only 1 in 5 businesses is still in business 5 years after it opens.
- Top 10 Mistakes Made in Business Plans
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Lenders and investors may see hundreds of business plans in a single day. Make your business plan stand out against the rest, and avoid these common mistakes.
- 10 Critical Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Consultant
[Business:Management] Talk to as many consultants as you can before hiring one. Even if you have one person or firm in mind, interview at least a few others as a sort of due diligence. You'll probably find that each ...
- Should You Write Your Own Business Plan?
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] If you are just starting a company and looking for funding, or looking for additional funding for growth, you will need to develop a traditional business plan. Creating a business plan is a busin...
- Performance Reviews That Actually Improve Performance
[Business:Management] Employee performance reviews are one of the most dreaded tasks by most managers. It is hard to win here – you can never say enough good things, and one word of criticism is generally the only thing t...
- Five Defining Characteristics of Great CEOs
[Business:Management] 1. Personal insight. Great CEOs are great leaders. They know themselves and what they stand for. They have been called on all their lives as problem solvers because others know them to be fair and im...
- The Top 10 Reasons Businesses Succeed
[Business:Top7-or-10-Tips] Only one of every 5 businesses makes it to its 5th year, and fewer still make it to 10 years. What do the successful businesses have in common? 1. The experience and skills of the top managers. Over...
- Are You in AWE of Your Employees?
[Business:Management] Employers have become so concerned about seeming “unfair” or worse becoming the victims of lawsuits by unhappy ex-employees that they’ve stopped requiring minimum standards of employees. This can onl...
- Five Essential Hiring Practices
[Business:Management] Recruiting and hiring are often done in haste, leaving the company to repent in the long run. Today, there’s a reason to be concerned about negligent hiring. Negligent hiring means you and your compa...
- Four Employee Behaviors That Can Kill Your Business
[Business:Management] I found it important to clarify for employees what “deal-breaker” behavior was at my company. These are the things I insisted would not be tolerated and would lead to immediate or ultimate terminatio...
- What Your Employees Want You to Know (But You Might Be Afraid to Ask)
[Business:Management] This is a challenge for every company owner and manager. You have tremendous plans for growth and expect a lot of your employees. But do you know if the company is meeting your best employees’ expect...
- Five Steps to Increase the People Power in Your Business
[Business:Management] Take some bold steps and help your employees and business partners open up to real change and help them start thinking again to the longer term. Send a message that you are ready to commit to new way...
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