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Is Drug Screening Too Costly To Do Or Do Without? One Company
The director of telemarketing operations at a financial services company looks out across his 3600 square foot call center on a typical Monday morning. "Look at all those empty chairs", he laments. "It is sickly Monday and my partiers are taking their usual unscheduled day long break". The problem of the "three day weekend" or absenteeism in general doesn't just affect the manager in this setting. What about the other 80% of the work force who showed up? They are now burdened with ...Read the rest of this entry »
Lessons from the Wedding Mafia
One of my clients shared a story with me from his networking group, a chapter of BNI. Ivan Misner, the creator of BNI talks about what he calls "contact spheres". Here's how it works: A group of related business owners work together to get referrals for each other. Here are some of Misner's examples of contact spheres: *Business services: printers, graphic artists, specialty advertising agents and marketing consultants. *Real estate services: residential and commercial agents, escrow companies, ...Read the rest of this entry »
Why You Should Mistake-Proof Your Business
Why You Should Mistake-Proof Your Business Imagine walking into your company and finding that it has never run so smoothly, there have never been fewer problems, and that all of the procedures that make it function are being carried out mistake-free. Not only that, but since every employee has played an active part in making this happen, each one is eager to do their part in making their company successful. Sound too good to be true? Well, it's not. Mistake-free operations mean money in your ...Read the rest of this entry »
Absent without leave - managing absence in the workplace
Absent without leave - managing absence in the workplace According to the Institute of Psychiatry (April 2005), for the first time, stress, anxiety and depression have overtaken physical ailments as the most common cause of long-term absence from work. With sickness absence reportedly costing employers an average of £522 per employee per year (or an average of 10 lost working days), there are good reasons to look closely at the root causes of absenteeism and, where possible, provide ...Read the rest of this entry »
Stock Market Crash ... How to Short Stocks ? ... Shorting Stocks
Stock Market Crash ... How to Short Stocks ? ... Shorting Stocks - Successful Day Trader .- By ProfitableStockMarket.com The stock market can present you with a lot of hot stocks every day. Many of them are new technology stocks that come from the nanotech, biotech, voip, healthcare, homeland defense or internet sectors. Most of them may seem promising, but the truth is that a good number of these trading & investing opportunities are extremely risky, while others are not as good as they ...Read the rest of this entry »
Things do not change. We do.
We live in a world of constant change, and even though the vast majority of these changes are for the better, change is still something that many people - and therefore many organisations - can find extremely difficult to deal with. Why is this, and what can be done to help people embrace change rather than fearing it? The nature of change Change is all around us. Changes can be small or large, but the overall impression they create is of a world that is in a constant state of flux. Change may ...Read the rest of this entry »
How To Hire A Voice Over Talent
It's not just commercials on television and radio that need actors to read information off-camera. There are a myriad of ways to use voice to educate, inform, guide, entertain, and, of course, sell. Places where you can use voice over talent include PowerPoint presentations, training videos, eLearning courses, flash introductions, voice mail greetings, on-hold advertisements and website audio messages. So, look at your media and if you would like to add some zip to your presentations then find ...Read the rest of this entry »
Dealing with the aftershock
Events such as the Asian Tsunami, and the terrorist attacks in London, have focused the minds of the public on the issue of post trauma stress. But while the need for post trauma support and counselling for those directly affected by events such as these may be apparent, there are many more people who may also require support. Occupational Health or Human Resources professionals, or anyone working in an employee support role, may very easily need to provide help to an employee who has lost ...Read the rest of this entry »
Day Trading Course ... HOT STOCK 2006 ... How to Pick Hot Stocks
Day Trading Course ... HOT STOCK 2006 ... How to Pick Hot Stocks ... Stock Market Course .- BY MomentumStockTrading.com The stock market can present you with a lot of hot stocks every day. Many of them are new technology stocks that come from the nanotech, biotech, voip, healthcare, homeland defense or internet sectors. Most of them may seem promising, but the truth is that a good number of these trading & investing opportunities are extremely risky, while others are not as good as they seem. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Are You Missing Your Best Quality Improvement Ideas?
November 2005. Winter is just around the corner here in Western Michigan. The leaves are literally raining off the trees. Just this morning at breakfast as I looked into the woods and I could see a steady stream of golden brown, red and yellow leaves heading towards the earth. Last month I talked about keeping your quality improvement changes in place--using a manual that you develop of SOP's, standard operating procedures. By the way, if you missed that issue, you can find it on my website, ...Read the rest of this entry »
