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Graphs & Pie Charts – How do you spell B-O-R-I-N-G?
The beginning of each year brings a list of new goals for companies: • Increase sales • Control costsTags • Improve margins • Bring on # number of new accounts
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Put your credit card away; It won’t work on this.
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Want to lose your best people? Here’s how. I recently sat through one of the worst performance appraisals I’d ever seen. The reviewer was the CEO and the person being reviewed was a high level executive in a large company. The review had two parts.
Just Beat Them Over The Head With a Value Stick!
Just Beat Them Over The Head With a Value Stick! My business is in the middle of a transformation…and this time I mean it.
Thanksgiving ~ Which Group Are You In?
Thanksgiving ~ Which Group Are You In?
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From 10 Hours a Month to 60 Hours a Week Darn it!
From 10 Hours a Month to 60 Hours a Week Darn it! Fred owns a manufacturing company; he’s also semi-retired. Or at least he was.