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9 Reasons Why Businesses Fail
Starting a business from scratch is not easy. In fact, over 50% of small businesses fail in the first year and 95% fail within the first five years. Why? What goes wrong?. Below are the common pitfalls to be aware of and plan to avoid.Poor marketing: Successful businesses are ones that understand and meet the requirements of their customers, you must know who your client is. Learn the basics of marketing and make sure that you track the success or failure of ea

the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.

The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.

Measuring Training Effectiveness: How to Get Started
Why Measure Training Effectiveness?You may have been asked by your manager to start to measure the effectiveness of the training programs you provide. Training resources may be shrinking as your client managers complain more often and more loudly that they have not seen any benefits from having their staff away on training. Many training programs today fail to deliver the expected organizational benefits. Having a well-structured measuring syste

They bicker, want your approval, fight for your attention, ignore your nagging, and defy you when you preach at them. No, I'm not talking about your kids; I'm talking about your employees. The two things employees want the most is for their boss to listen and respect them. However it's difficult to listen and respect them when they act like a bunch of spoiled kids.
"We're all adults" translates to "I wish you would quit acting like a child." Forget about it! You can threaten them, discipline them or even fire them but what's the point? The time spent disciplining could be utilized to solve problems and firing them is a temporary solution that increases turnover and hiring costs.
Managers who want to raise performance and productivity must learn how to make teamwork and customer service child's play: Make it fun, create story time, make it their idea, brag on them when they improve.
Make it fun If you want to make it fun you have to engage them. The way you engage them is to start a ritual of weekly meetings where you discuss the current issues at hand. Your meeting must be structured and you must use tools such as open discussion. Adults learn by participating not by preaching. Another effective tool for discussing touchy subjects is what I call story time.
Create Story Time If you are familiar with the Bible, you already know that Jesus used parables to make his learning points. Parables are interesting, paint a picture, and have several rich morals or learning points. Sharing a story (case study) about poor customer service is more effective than pointing your finger and blaming them for their poor customer service habits. Everyone knows what it's like to get poor service at a restaurant, get ignored at a retail store or be treated badly at the grocery store. When you invite your staff to read a similar story and share their insights, now they are engaged. From their point of view, it's easier to point out customer service mistakes when the mistake belongs to someone else.
Make it their idea My grandmother used to say if you want to get your way with your spouse, "make it his idea." At first this sounds like manipulation but upon further investigation one realizes the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.
The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.
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What Are You Worth
My millionaire mentor taught me another way you can quickly increase your income is to find out what are you worth. Let’s say you work for one company. Can you go out and look for more job options with other companies? To be in a stronger position to negotiate what you want to have is at least 3 or more alternatives where you could work.If you had 3 or 4 companies that would be interested in your services (you would have to go out and investigate that and find o
ng could be utilized to solve problems and firing them is a temporary solution that increases turnover and hiring costs.
Managers who want to raise performance and productivity must learn how to make teamwork and customer service child's play: Make it fun, create story time, make it their idea, brag on them when they improve.
Make it fun If you want to make it fun you have to engage them. The way you engage them is to start a ritual of weekly meetings where you discuss the current issues at hand. Your meeting must be structured and you must use tools such as open discussion. Adults learn by participating not by preaching. Another effective tool for discussing touchy subjects is what I call story time.
Create Story Time If you are familiar with the Bible, you already know that Jesus used parables to make his learning points. Parables are interesting, paint a picture, and have several rich morals or learning points. Sharing a story (case study) about poor customer service is more effective than pointing your finger and blaming them for their poor customer service habits. Everyone knows what it's like to get poor service at a restaurant, get ignored at a retail store or be treated badly at the grocery store. When you invite your staff to read a similar story and share their insights, now they are engaged. From their point of view, it's easier to point out customer service mistakes when the mistake belongs to someone else.
Make it their idea My grandmother used to say if you want to get your way with your spouse, "make it his idea." At first this sounds like manipulation but upon further investigation one realizes the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.
The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.
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Job Interviews: What to Wear
It takes between seven and seventeen seconds for a person to make an impression of us and much of that impression is based on how we look. It stand to reason, then, that what we wear to job interviews will make a far greater impact on our success than anything we're likely to say once those first crucial seconds have passed.Dress For the JobIf you're applying for a job as a sale assistant in a trendy boutique in a hip part of town, what you wear wi
must use tools such as open discussion. Adults learn by participating not by preaching. Another effective tool for discussing touchy subjects is what I call story time.
Create Story Time If you are familiar with the Bible, you already know that Jesus used parables to make his learning points. Parables are interesting, paint a picture, and have several rich morals or learning points. Sharing a story (case study) about poor customer service is more effective than pointing your finger and blaming them for their poor customer service habits. Everyone knows what it's like to get poor service at a restaurant, get ignored at a retail store or be treated badly at the grocery store. When you invite your staff to read a similar story and share their insights, now they are engaged. From their point of view, it's easier to point out customer service mistakes when the mistake belongs to someone else.
Make it their idea My grandmother used to say if you want to get your way with your spouse, "make it his idea." At first this sounds like manipulation but upon further investigation one realizes the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.
The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.
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Adding Value to Your Business... Learn How to Guarantee It
Chapter 12 of 14 Adding value to your business…we show you how to guarantee it.A celebrity endorser is worth absolutely nothing unless you can prove via measurable, lasting, and quantifiable methods that they have added bottom line value to your company. You can have Mr. or Mrs. Nice-person pitching products until they are green in the face, but unless you can calculate the bottom line results in terms of real dollars, chances are you have just wasted a lo
yone knows what it's like to get poor service at a restaurant, get ignored at a retail store or be treated badly at the grocery store. When you invite your staff to read a similar story and share their insights, now they are engaged. From their point of view, it's easier to point out customer service mistakes when the mistake belongs to someone else.
Make it their idea My grandmother used to say if you want to get your way with your spouse, "make it his idea." At first this sounds like manipulation but upon further investigation one realizes the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.
The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.
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Survive Your Current Job: Ten Ideas
It’s easy to say it's only a job. And the monetary compensation of a job is certainly a means to an end. If this is not enough and you are stressed by one-too-many seemingly perplexing and frustrating moments at work, consider these possibilities.1. Make sure other areas of your life are fulfilling, e.g. family, social life, physical activity, spirituality, community, etc.When things aren't going well in more than one area of your
the suggestion is at the heart of human psychology: We invest in what we create and we resist what we are told to do.
The same psychology applies to the workplace. Once you engage your employees' minds by having them tell you what the moral of the story is and how the story applies to your current customer service problems, you have the perfect opportunity to ask for their advice and feedback. Perhaps for the first time, they put on the "managers hat" and see things from a problem-solving point of view rather than a boss-employee point of view.
Brag on them Now you're on all on the same page and you didn't have to lecture. Once your employee's brains start making all the neuron-connectors about how their behavior translates into customer service, which translates into job security for them, their performance starts to improve because of their increased awareness. You'll be surprised to see how complainers turn into problem-solvers when you apply the right methods. Then all you have to do is brag on them for their improvement. This new attention creates a new norm where everyone tries to get the bosses approval and recognition.
All of these methods can be accomplished by facilitating a structured meeting 30 minutes a week. The two hours you invest (plus one hour of planning) will save you thousands in time spent on discipline, years of reduced stress. In addition you'll start having more fun, and if work isn't fun what's the purpose?

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