14 Ways to De-Stress Employee Vacations

Employees truly deserve paid vacations. Theystruggle through stressful jobs most of the year,and productivity goes down if they don't get abreak. From a corporate perspective, investment ingood vacation programs reduces workplace stressabsenteeism, health care costs, and accidents.Many employees, however, come back from vacationwith the half-joking remark about having to returnto... Read More

MANAGING CRISIS; when you?re too good at it

When you are acclaimed for excellence during times of crisis you may not feel so good in a non-crisis environment. You may not shine so bright, perform so well, be quite so acclaimed. If crisis is how you satisfy your personal need to be needed, to feel accomplished, to be... Read More

Spirits in the Corporate Boardroom.......Oh, sure......

There is a growing movement in the spiritual and holistic fields to bring a more metaphysical and human potential approach to the business community. Holism has been intergrating into both the health and mental health professions for many years now. The men's , women's and environmental movements are... Read More

Seeking Help

Where does the time go? Billable time. As a consultant, your practice may be doing reasonably well; you're charging $100-150 an hour. As an independent consultant, you're probably also doing everything from grinding the coffee to editing the umpteenth draft of your brochure.To understand where you spend your time, list... Read More

Delegate or Die!

You Can't Do It All - Learning To DelegateThere is not a single management skill more critical to your personal and professional success as an entrepreneur than learning to delegate. But delegating successfully is much more than simply handing out assignments. It is more an exercise in understanding and accepting... Read More

Communicate To The Four Main Personality Types

You probably know this already, but there are generally held to be four main personality types, which I call: Extrovert, Amiable, Analytical and Pragmatic . Let's take a moment to consider each of them in the workplace. Extrovert: someone who probably has a messy desk; who leaves projects... Read More

Forget The Sandwich Technique

Do you remember being told to use the "sandwich" technique when you needed to reprimand someone? Let me give you an example:"Fred, I'm really pleased with how you've been progressing since you joined us and you're doing a great job. However you're not getting your reports in on time and... Read More

6 Simple Steps to Dealing with Difficult Managers

The challenge of managing difficult managers can be rather daunting, especially when you inherit them! If they are your own born and bred, then hopefully they would have evolved into great managers!Experience shows that difficult managers are difficult because they are angry and frustrated about something or somebody (even themselves... Read More

Is Your Company in Need of Family Therapy?

How Companies Are Like FamiliesLike a family, a company is a group of people who have an ongoing relationship with one another. Companies have several things in common with families:1. Families have distinct ways of communicating and degrees of togetherness. For example:? Communication may be overt or covert.? Relationships tend... Read More

How to Create a Positive Work Atmosphere

Positive versus Negative WorkplacesWe have all worked in places where we grew to dread getting up in the morning, and a few of us have had the pleasure of working for a boss who makes us feel like we can do anything. Let's take a look at the differences between... Read More

In The News:


WAMU management speaks out
Washington Post (blog)
The way Asendio framed it, a clash over newsgathering ethics divided him and his management team. He suggested that the station's executives had recruited newsroom employees to hobnob with major donors at a breakfast meeting on Wednesday morning.

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RBC Wealth hires adviser duo from Morgan Stanley
Reuters Canada
By Ashley Lau (Reuters) - RBC Wealth Management, a division of the Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO: Quote) (RY.N: Quote), has hired two veteran advisers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who focus on high-net-worth celebrity clients.
RBC Wealth Management Welcomes George Feneis and Paul Granito to New York ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Gannett shares rise on management plan to return $1.3 billion in capital to ...
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Gannett's stock rose more than 4 percent Wednesday, after the company outlined a plan to return $1.3 billion to shareholders by 2015. Gannett Co., Inc., the diversified media company and publisher of newspapers, including USA Today, ...

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JKMilne Asset Management Ranks in Lipper's Top 20 Money Managers of 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Fort Myers, Feb 22, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- JKMilne Asset Management in Fort Myers, Florida, has earned recognition once again in the Lipper Best Money Manager 2011 rankings, announced chief executive officer John K. Milne.

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Managing the Uncertainty of Open Innovation
Huffington Post (blog)
One of the hottest topics in business management today is open innovation. The concept uses an open business model for companies to "co-innovate" with their partners, suppliers, and customers -- in order to accelerate the rewards of innovation.

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Morgan Stanley Raises $450 Million for Mortgage Investment Fund
BusinessWeek
22 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, owner of the world's largest brokerage, said it raised more than $450 million for an asset-management fund to invest in mortgage-related securities. Morgan Stanley Investment Management closed the fund, ...
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Raises Over $450 Million For ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Morris Property Management's Brenda Farmer Earns PCAM Designation
MarketWatch (press release)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Morris Property Management, an Associa company, proudly announces Community Association Manager Brenda Farmer recently received her Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designation through ...

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WestCorp Management Group Announces Grand Opening of South Blvd Apartment Homes
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Leading community living developer Nevada West Partners, part of the WestCorp Management Group's family of companies, is redefining luxury living in Las Vegas with the opening of its newest ...

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Sugarland's Management Responds to Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse Lawsuit
Great American Country (blog)
(Photo by Joey Foley/Getty Images) Sugarland's legal team and management have responded to claims of negligence filed against them in a civil lawsuit related to the Indiana State Fair stage collapse last summer, reports USA Today.

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Sales Management 2.0 Conference in March to Focus on Redefining the Customer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sales Dot Two Inc., producers of Sales 2.0 events, today announced the final agenda for the Sales Management 2.0 Conference. The event will be in Philadelphia at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

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How to Create a Positive Work Atmosphere

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Everyone wants to describe themselves as a leader. Everyday, new... Read More

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