Productive Leaders
Bringing people together for meetings can be a great way to increase team interaction, discuss ideas, and share valuable information. However, 100 people polled in the last 42 days indicated that most employees perceive meetings as a colossal and inconvenient waste of time…
Many people rely on referrals and repeat business to sustain their livelihood. But there is a difference between repeat business and business loyalty that makes your clients happy to refer you to other people. I have a friend who has been with his insurance…
Fresh Palisades Peaches!!!! They are so juicy and delicious fresh from the farm, but they also fabulous as a dessert, tucked nicely under a cobbler crust. (My friend Deborah Hoskins went peach shopping two weeks ago and she put the cobbler idea into…
Not everyone loves delivering speeches or presentations, so knowing a few tricks make it easier. In some instances, using power point or other visual aids is helpful. In other situations, an after dinner speech for example, the speech by itself reigns supreme…
Step 1: Go to www.LinkedIn.com and start filling in the blanks for a new profile. Use your common email address as a secondary and use your business email for your primary (you don’t want business contacts to find you at your college email address…
To celebrate that June is a popular month for weddings, in this newsletter we are celebrating the relationships that make our home and business lives possible. In business, as in any long term relationship, keeping the end in mind is crucial to a lasting and fulfilling connection…
Memorial Day, 2010. Want to thank a veteran? Hire them and strengthen your work force in the process. Some of my business friends were lamenting the lack of commitment and dedication of their workforce. One gentleman claimed he could not get people to follow directions…
An 8 year old gave me a great quote last night. We were talking about baseball, and I asked him what position he liked best. Eyes shining, wide grin, he beamed, “First base or pitcher. Hmmm, I like pitcher best. When you are the pitcher, you always get the ball.”
I recently surveyed over 200 managers, and asked what their biggest management challenges are in the current business environment. Not surprisingly, all of their responses dealt with personnel. Many leaders broached the difficulties involved with attracting and keeping great employees.
April Peterson