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<title>Why Waste Your Time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As entrepreneurs, we often have the "next shiny object syndrome". You know, you see the next good idea, the next whiz bang thing that will make your business run more efficiently, the next technology doo-hickey that your friend in your networking group is using to bring in new customers. And off we go, adding it to our already busy schedules to implement.]]></description>
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<title>Four Keys to Accelerating Your Business Growth in Lean Times</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:06:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this highly competitive business environment, every business needs to tap into all the help available in order to survive, let alone thrive and prosper. This article provides proven ideas that can help you improve your business productivity, transform your results and help you reel in profits, not just for the short term but, in a sustainable way, for the long term.]]></description>
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<title>Effective Strategies in Dealing With E-Mail</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:52:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most of you out there can certainly relate to this, when you come in to work or when you open your laptop the first thing that you do is to check your e-mail and read through the new ones you have. It seems to be a compulsion to read as many e-mails as possible, there seems to be something within us all that makes are fearful of missing out on any information.]]></description>
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<title>You're Not Bothering Them - Following Up In Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:03:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're like most business owners, you've got a list of business cards sitting on your desk and a list of people you are supposed to call, but you just aren't doing the follow-up that you should be doing. Deep down inside, you just don't want to bother people. You're worried about coming off as salesy or pushy.]]></description>
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<title>Finding 30 Minutes of Free Time Every Day</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:21:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may be busy, but are you really getting work done? Are you effective? Are you accomplishing? Many people waste too much time organizing random thoughts, second-guessing themselves, and not focusing on the task at hand. The interesting part? Most people don't even realize it.]]></description>
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<title>Staff Performance: Stop Symptom Solving, Start Problem Solving</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:56:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Notice that the same or similar staff performance hassles happen over and over again? Ever wondered why? You talk to everyone concerned. You make changes that they say they want. You agree to some pay rises. Three months later, nothing's changed.]]></description>
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<title>Applications Management Software Is an Important Tool</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:12:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you own a company, then you understand just how important your computers are. With these computers, you will also have plenty of software in place that will prove to be essential for handling operations and the records of your company as well. What you will find is that when you have the right applications management software in place, you will be able to handle your digital business in a more effective manner. It is because of this, you will find that the IT management software you can find is essential for your business.]]></description>
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<title>Best Staff Performance: Why It's Impossible Without Great Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:24:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Managers want the best staff performance from employees. But there's a "catch". Staff performance is a consequence of marketing.]]></description>
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<title>Operational Excellence</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:26:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Between operations, merchandising, marketing and facility upkeep, retail business owners have their hands full. Managing the details of retail is the difference between making it or not. All too often, retail owners become lax in their operation and put themselves at an unnecessary disadvantage with their customers. It may seem elementary, yet so many retailers miss the little things - the details that customers notice. They miss the chance to be operational excellent.]]></description>
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<title>Maximizing A Convention</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether this is your first industry convention or you are a seasoned pro, I am a firm believer that establishing a well-thought out plan in advance of attending an industry convention is key for maximizing results. Many conventions can be daunting with thousands of attendees and depending on your role within your organization, you may be pulled in numerous directions throughout the show. Establishing a plan-of-attack is the only way to ensure that you are able to achieve the desired results of attending.]]></description>
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<title>The Secret to a Clutter Free Office</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:42:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The state of your office has a great effect on your productivity. Improve it in three steps.]]></description>
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<title>Next Generation Drop Box Comes to Market for Project Management and Document Management</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:21:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are accustomed to managing projects and documents in a secure data room or a due diligence room, you can now take advantage of a new app designed to increase productivity and efficiency. The Drop box app is a very useful tool that will allow you to create and manage your documents with ease directly from your desktop.]]></description>
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<title>4 Reasons to Outsource to Professional Freelancers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Freelance professionals specialize in specific niche industries. These professionals only benefit your business by providing their services at competitive prices. Many freelance professionals maintain profiles on popular marketplaces such as vWorker, Elance, oDesk and Freelancer. You post an ad for the work you need done and they submit bid proposals. Establishing a relationship with freelance professionals only benefits your business. Here are four reasons why you should outsource tasks to professional freelancers.]]></description>
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<title>Benefits Of Using a Customized Question Form</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:04:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Question forms are mostly used in surveys. While conducting a survey you always try to retain the interest of the person from whom you are asking questions. Irrespective of the fact you are conduction this survey through a website or asking questions with other person verbally, most important point is to retain the interest of correspondent. Without this interest your questionnaire will become a burden for him and you will get nothing out of it. Interest cannot be retained by using a question form in which some of the questions are irrelevant, too lengthy or vague. Questionnaires vary largely depending upon the purpose of survey, so you need to customized question form according to your own need.]]></description>
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<title>The Emulation Equation</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Has your company ever needed to add a new line, bring outsourcing in house, gear up for a new product launch, or rearrange your geographical footprint to lower distribution costs? By using the latest virtual technology along with a basic process, your business can be much more efficient and effective and get to market quicker.]]></description>
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<title>Lawn Care Business Operations - Increasing Productivity With Efficient Route Planning</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:52:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While you and your crews are out there mowing lawns or providing other services to your clients you are making money. Unfortunately it is close to impossible to be 'on the job' all day. The day of a lawn care business operator and their employees is also taken up by loading time and the time that it takes to get between jobs.]]></description>
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<title>How Big Do You Want Your Business to Be?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:10:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What changes do you need to make for your business to grow? It is a difficult question.]]></description>
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<title>Productivity, Now That's Worth Writing About</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:49:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, as you probably know, I've been involved in many industries over my long career - service, manufacturing, retail - heck you name it, as a Franchisor Founder it's amazing how many hats one wears. One thing which stands out as paramount for anyone hoping to generate a profit is to focus on efficiency and productivity. Paying attention to detail is critical in this regard, and to help you hone your thinking skills, we will discuss various case studies, sectors, and situations where productivity is the key component.]]></description>
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<title>Project Management Application - What Is Project Management?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:33:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Individuals who are just starting out with a small business or who have little experience with business administration may find that they are unsure of how to proceed. Setting large goals can be difficult if you don't have the right tools in place to manage these goals, particularly if you are working with a team. One way to help move this process along is with the help of a web-based project application, which allows you to store your data and get organized with task delegation all in one place.]]></description>
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<title>Get Comfortable With Not Being Perfect</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Almost always, when you find yourself overreacting to a situation and repeatedly replaying it in your mind, pay attention to those signals. They are very clearly offering you insight into something that is probably holding you back in your life and business.]]></description>
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<title>How Are You Working Your Business?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:44:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you working IN your business or ON your business? We all have days that get away from us or just seem tougher than others but when that turns into a standard mode of operation, you've crossed the line into working IN your business.]]></description>
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<title>Green Your Office and Go Paperless!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:43:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does your office need to move into the 21st century when it comes to paper usage? Read this article to get excited about Going Green in your office space!]]></description>
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<title>Optimize E-Mail So You Are Back in Control</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dealing with e-mail is only one of the many tasks we have to accomplish each day, though there are days where it seems like that's all we do. Reading and responding to e-mail can take valuable time away from tasks that you need to complete and breaking your concentration to respond to the latest e-mail "emergency" is detrimental to both your efficiency and the quality of your work. Optimizing your e-mail includes establishing time management practices for dealing with incoming messages and setting rules for yourself about outgoing e-mail can save you (and those with whom you exchange messages) time and effort.]]></description>
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<title>Where Are We Going With Proposals? - Federal Contracting Trends</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:24:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the government contracting business there have been some new trends that have begun to show up. Due to government agency budget cuts, they are cancelling contracts for some small companies, they are cancelling them just a few days before submission and many projects are moving to IDIQs or GA and VA schedules. Pretty much the government is trying to get work done with fewer headaches.]]></description>
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<title>Records Management - What They Mean For You And Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:09:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Records management can be quite a wide range term for lots of different things around the office. It can mean a lot of different things to different companies, but if there's one thing that's sure is that it can be improved.]]></description>
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<title>Analyze Dynamic Storage Systems Periodically</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:34:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What the company's management needs to do is to analyze the system periodically to see where they can make improvements. Perhaps they will see how different things have been labeled in a confusing manner so that it takes workers longer to get the things that they need.]]></description>
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<title>7 Keys To Success In Business: Consistency</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Winning in business does not equal just having excellent skills, wide knowledge and being up to date when it comes to strategies, methods and tools. Successful business people have one major thing in common: Mastery! Applying and implementing everything on a consistent basis is crucial.]]></description>
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<title>The Office Is Killing You</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The jams were pumping.  The sun was shining.  My warm Yerba Matte was sitting at my side.]]></description>
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<title>Maximum Results With the TEA Principle!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:18:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of my mentors said, "Jim. Do you cut your grass?". I answered "yes." He then said, "That is the reason you are not rich." What on earth was he talking about? The answer was simple... ]]></description>
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<title>The Value of Soft White Noise in Corporate Spaces</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is your office noisy? Neutralize the noise in your office space, by adding a water feature, to increase comfort and productivity.]]></description>
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<title>Types of Wheelchair Accessory</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:41:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your friend is primarily concerned with safety, you should get him a safety accessory like wheelchair straps or wheelchair tiedowns. If he is a packrat, he will certainly appreciate practical and roomy storage accessories.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Your New Leader Productive and Confident Right From the Start</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:47:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first leadership role is the toughest gig on the leadership journey - new game, no rulebook! The implications of managing this transition poorly are costly; both in terms of lost productivity translating directly into lost dollars, and in personal impact on the new leader. Focus on these five critical factors will increase the productivity and confidence of your leader immediately.]]></description>
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<title>Enhance Trade Show Displays With Event Reports</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:08:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tracking the performance data of a trade show is extremely important, as it helps you improve your event for more effective results in the future. Moreover, getting a detailed report of a program helps organizers to decide its success rate. As a result, generating event reports is extremely useful. However, you need to invest a great deal of time and money for doing the same. To do away with this problem, event organizers are increasingly getting dependent on the event registration software. It helps you evaluate your event's performance data in no time, and that too, without putting in any manual effort. This article is going to show you how event reports can help you organize trade shows more effectively.]]></description>
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<title>How 20-Minutes a Day Can Save You Hours of Headaches</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Conduct "Leader Huddles" and See Results. As a Company Commander, you have subordinate leaders in your organization that are the first line interface between your Soldiers and yourself, and they are the primary means of receiving and disseminating information in your organization. The First Sergeant and Platoon Leaders share in the responsibility of managing your organization and are also type-A personalities just like yourself, which means they're out getting things done according to their perceived priorities and timelines unless you give them directed guidance. One of the most vitally important functions of your role as a Commander...]]></description>
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<title>How to Vary Your Vantage Point As a Leader and Make Better Decisions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is impossible for a leader to see an entire complex system! Our insights are limited by the vantage point we take on any particular issue. Embrace these five simple strategies to vary your vantage point, make better sense of the situation, and make good decisions.]]></description>
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<title>Say 'No' To Manage Your Time, Increase Your Leadership Effectiveness and Honour Yourself</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:56:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Saying 'no' is a common challenge for high achievers. Saying 'yes' to all opportunities limits your leadership, reduces your personal effectiveness and creates a time management nightmare. It shifts you off purpose and creates the sort of to-do list that wakes you up at 2 am worrying about how to get it all done! Understanding what drives your 'yes' is key to saying 'no' with confidence.]]></description>
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<title>7 Leadership Lessons From the Adventure Playground</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:42:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Children know how to lead and follow. These 7 lessons learnt in an adventure playground apply to leadership in any organisation. Which lesson, if embraced, would create the biggest shift in your leadership?]]></description>
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<title>Are Your Business Habits Working for You?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:44:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever find yourself repeatedly doing something in a way that that reaps you no rewards, or that frustrates you, over and over again? There are countless examples that could be used, and chances are that any repetitive behaviour, or bad habits, that you have is just one of many of what's called a strategy - from how you run your career or business, and even your life. We have strategies in all areas - even from the basic process of just waking up and starting...]]></description>
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<title>Become a Paperless Office Now For A More Efficient Future</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:17:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For a lot of companies going paperless is still a pipe dream. However this is not so much the case any more as prices lower and paperless office systems improve. Let's look at how going paperless can make your office a better place to work and how little it actually costs these days.]]></description>
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<title>Time: Can You Really Manage It?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:18:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Time Management can be viewed from many angles. This article suggests that it is not time at all that needs managing, rather reflects on the idea that we can take charge of our own choices with which we fill the time allotted to us.]]></description>
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<title>3 Advantages of Cloud-Based Speech Analytics</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:36:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Speech analytics can radically transform the way call centers automate quality monitoring and direct coaching practices, improve key metrics such as First Contact Resolution and help a company gain insights into customer intent and trends. While the majority of speech analytics developments have been premised-based, the new cloud-based solutions ensure that every recorded customer conversation can be "listened" to and mined for information.]]></description>
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<title>Why Team Building Weekends Can Improve Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:50:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses spend thousands of pounds on trying to improve staff morale and bring teams and departments closer together to make them more productive. Team building weekends or days away are often one of the most successful events because you are making employees spend time away from the business location which can be far more productive than onsite events.]]></description>
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<title>Cost Reduction by Finding Suppliers of Cheaper Products and Services</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:32:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some of your largest overheads will be the costs of the products or services that you buy in from your suppliers. When you do a cost reduction analysis for your business you need to be able to identify areas where costs can be reduced, and your list of suppliers should be high up in that analysis.]]></description>
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<title>Cost Reduction Through Good Management of Your Advertising Costs</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:29:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intelligent cost reduction in times of difficult trading has to be applied to all areas of the business and marketing is no exception. Good management of your advertising costs through measuring the effectiveness of a marketing campaign is essential to ensuring that you achieve a good return on your investment in marketing. This article looks at how to achieve this.]]></description>
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<title>Bespoke Software Could Save You Money</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:07:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Save Money With Bespoke Software The purpose of software is to automate manual tasks. With Bespoke Software, your systems are designed precisely around your business.]]></description>
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<title>Are You A Clock Watcher? Try This Software That Will Make Your Life Easy</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:26:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are in line with service related business, you will definitely need a time tracker. But, what type of "clock watcher" are you? Are you one of those individuals who are constantly fretting about the amount of time that you seem to be spending on a particular task?]]></description>
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<title>Cost Reduction by Removing Low Contribution Products or Services</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:54:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you worked out the profit contribution that each of your products and services delivered to your business you may be surprised to find out that some of them actually make a loss which costs you money. This article looks at how to grow your profits by removing products and services that make a low contribution.]]></description>
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<title>Beliefs and Our Reality</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:27:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I've been doing a ton of research on the concept of beliefs on how it can either help or hinder our success. It is fascinating to know that the limits we perceive in our daily lives have root in the beliefs we hold to be true for ourselves. Not only that, most often the core beliefs (which tend to give us the biggest problems) were ones we created when we were little kids and had very little information to discern what was happening in the world around us. What does that mean exactly?]]></description>
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<title>Change Your Mindset To Manage the E-Mail Overload</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:26:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that e-mail is one of the oldest Internet technologies (it's been around since the 1970s), many people still struggle with managing it effectively. The most important first step to managing your e-mail is to change your mindset. Rather than seeing it as a necessary evil that's inevitably going to harm your productivity each day, treat e-mail as a powerful communication tool that can improve your productivity.]]></description>
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<title>Help Is Close At Hand</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:25:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two ways to reduce interruptions are to temporarily shift your work place or your work time. But that isn't always possible or convenient, and sometimes you do get interrupted during your work day. And if it's an interruption from somebody who needs help, you might need to handle it. Fortunately, the Internet does offer some useful tools to help you manage - and in some cases, eliminate - your interruptions.]]></description>
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<title>How to Choose the Best Success Poster for Your Workplace?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:08:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Employee motivation is vital to individual performance and in-group productivity that could only emanate from a pleasant work environment. To enhance office environment, success posters or motivational art is relied upon to provide the added touch. Motivational art has become the current vogue among entrepreneurs because it contributes to the employees' motivation significantly. It is economically feasible since it can be treated as a DIY (do-it-yourself) project among employees and is aesthetically more appealing as part of the office supplies order.]]></description>
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<title>How Effective Are Keys to Success Posters in Increasing Workplace Productivity?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:04:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The main intent of keys to success posters placed in strategic places around the office or workplace is to encourage employees to achieve more. Although each employee will think differently on how to do a common objective, the presence of these posters will serve as anchors and reminders of the goals that each has to fulfill. For instance, take the wall poster that came part of the wholesale office supplies.]]></description>
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<title>Recycle This - Come On America, We Should Be Recycling Everything By Now</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:08:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A good many folks who are focused on recycling have almost turned it into a religion, and whereas, it may very well be a more fruitful religion than a good many other religions out there, I take a different approach. Okay so, let's talk about this for a moment shall we?]]></description>
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<title>Time Inspired</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:56:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it me or has this year started as fast as the last. My family used to say the older you get the faster the year goes. This made no sense to me, as there were still 365 days in the year, (OK so this year has 366), and 24 hours in a day. This has not changed and will not change in the foreseeable future. Why this saying? Why does time seem to move faster? The point is that time does not go any faster; we are good at apportioning blame for our own inefficiencies.]]></description>
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<title>The Four Myths You Must Know About Productivity</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ramping up your productivity for the New Year is a great way to get things moving for your business and for your life. Becoming productive in your business can lead to great opportunities and success.]]></description>
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<title>4 Strategies to Increase Business Cashlow and Business Productivity</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6832711</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Refining business productivity and finding ways to increase business cashflow are business essentials. Learn everything you can to increase the odds of the success of your own business - including how to ensure that you remain as productive in your business as possible.]]></description>
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<title>Save Time And Increase Productivity With ETL Tools</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6838995</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:38:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ETL tools can save your organization time and money. Understanding how ETL tools work and what operations they can perform is the first step in determining if they are right for your organization.]]></description>
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<title>Do More With Less: 3 Strategies to Accomplish More at Work</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6835116</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:47:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was putting up some fencing around our horse pasture. Like most men, when I get involved in a project, a trip to the home improvement store becomes necessary. And I have to look around and make sure there's nothing else I need, especially if power tools are involved.]]></description>
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<title>How to Avoid Productivity Pitfalls</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6831060</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:40:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Energy Management and NOT Time Management is the key to Productivity. Therefore, harness your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energies for greater productivity.]]></description>
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<title>Starting A Successful Sewing Machine Repair Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6837283</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:02:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sewing machine repair can be a profitable business, as long as you approach it with care. If you're considering opening one or more sewing machine repair shops, consider these factors beforehand.]]></description>
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<title>Simple Program Management - Simplifying Project Organization</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6838411</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:52:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having simple project management is a matter of having the tools you need to do the job. Project management only gets complex when the tools needed to organize all the various parts of the project aren't up to the task. In the past this was more the case because of poor methods such as organizing many things by hand, or the lack of automation when it came to bringing information together.]]></description>
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<title>Stop the Splatter! How to Reclaim Your Attention and Get More Done</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever had a busy day, just to realize you didn't actually accomplish anything? This is due to what I call it Attention Splatter. It's when you mindlessly and half-heartedly splatter your attention on non-activities. But you never fully engage. Remember this: your attention ultimately feeds you. It feeds your heart and your mind. This is why it's so important to notice what you give your attention to. This is also why splattered attention leaves you unfulfilled. You never actually feed yourself. Let's talk about the most common Attention Splatter culprits.]]></description>
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<title>Overcoming Overwhelm: 5 Secrets to Peaceful Productivity</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:32:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Overwhelm is one of the toughest things many people face. No surprise, of course. Many entrepreneurs tend to have one thing in common: They're creative types with lots of great ideas and a deep desire to be of service in the world. (If you're reading this, you're probably that kind of person, too.) Creative types are often challenged by the practical day-to-day stuff of life. To-do's, organization, finances, getting things done. NONE of this comes easy! Overwhelm becomes a way of life. Only problem is this: Overwhelm leaves you emotionally drained, constantly feeling like you'll never quite catch up.]]></description>
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<title>Increase Productivity And Employee Satisfaction With Advanced Pick, Pack, Ship Methods</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6835065</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:39:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking to increase employee satisfaction and cut back on dreaded turnover? Pick to light and voice pick can help streamline operations at your distribution center, resulting in happier and more productive employees!]]></description>
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<title>Business Intelligence Underground</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6836360</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:13:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most businesses today have ventured into Business Intelligence projects. Few have been victorious in attaining expected ROI. Why is this? In this article, a leading Strategic Performance Improvement authority outlines what goes on underground in BI programs and the key elements that contribute to the success to BI projects today.]]></description>
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<title>Moving Your Business to the Cloud</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6831001</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6831001</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:49:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More and more business are making the switch to cloud based software and technologies. However, many business owners don't have a clear understanding of what this means.]]></description>
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<title>The Single Most Powerful Productivity Tip In The Modern World</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6836278</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:27:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have been learning and teaching about productivity for over 20 years and I recently executed on a productivity tip that I have been aware of for years now. Why I have not done this before is unclear to me. If I dwell on that foolishness it will only serve to impact my productivity. The results of implementing this simple behavioral change have been astounding.]]></description>
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<title>Did You Know That A Receipt Bank Can Show You How To Increase Your Productivity Level</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6827252</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6827252</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:40:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One day maybe we'll be able to seamlessly integrate our lives from any imaginable angle and from every conceivable perspective. We won't have to deal with any annoying inconveniences as we go about our business and won't have to worry about all those different paper trails that we need to be concerned with, especially if we operate a small business of some kind.]]></description>
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<title>Project Management System: Keeping Project Control</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6830779</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6830779</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:23:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[  A good project management system will have features that are useful. Examples of useful systems include ones that have the capability to bookmark sites. Users who go through a work day using your system will want to bookmark sites, share them with other members of the team, and store passwords directly inside of their work area.]]></description>
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<title>Article: Five Low-Cost BI Ideas</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6826128</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:21:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Until recently, the only organisations able to access the benefits of Business Intelligence would be large ones with the budget to take on the enterprise-scale offerings of BI software giants such as IBM (Cognos), Oracle, SAS and Business Objects. But lately, things have started to change. Low-cost and easy-to-access options are now finally starting to appear. The cost-saving and competitive potential of BI are now accessible to organisations of all sizes. In this article I examine some of these ideas - and the benefits deploying them might bring to your organisation.]]></description>
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<title>One Simple Way To Make Your Staff More Productive</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6825556</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:01:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to know a quick and profitable way to make your staff more productive. It's simple! Don't let them use spreadsheets.]]></description>
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<title>Project Management Software Online - Internet Project Management Features</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6830761</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:52:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Using project management software online is definitely the way to go in the modern world due to the sheer number of transactions being done on the Internet. This is also due to the sheer number of features online management software affords anyone using it. For example, one feature for management software that is useful is the ability to archive old topics.]]></description>
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<title>When Self-Confidence Turns Into a Liability</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6823778</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6823778</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:29:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody would agree that self-confidence is an important trait for anyone in a leadership position. The trick is to have the right amount of self-confidence. Depending on the leader and the situation, self-confidence can range from very low to very high. A leader who is at either side of the spectrum is a liability for their organizations.]]></description>
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<title>Work Scheduling Software Means Efficiency</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6828014</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6828014</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:41:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business as usual is nothing to settle for. If you are the sort of person who strives for better in everything you do there is no resting on your laurels. Onward and upward are the only directions anyone should be considering in business and getting better means getting more efficient and getting more out of your business as a whole.]]></description>
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<title>Biz Of Design Tip: How To Ask For Feedback</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6822925</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6822925</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:57:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Asking others how well (or poorly) you're performing can be a terrifying experience, but one that every interior designer, decorator, window treatment pro, and workroom need to go through as part of their design business evaluation and analysis. There are tangible ways to evaluate your business, i.e.]]></description>
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<title>Handling Overwhelm With Inspired Time Management</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6822867</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:40:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to a new year! Are you too busy? Feeling overwhelmed?]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Ways to Slay the Monster in Your Email Box</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:05:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everything starts with a decision (period). Commit yourself to a management system for your emails that really works for you and stops your email overwhelm. Slay that ugly monster! Take control, Get Focused, Be Free. Ask yourself what am I willing to do to slay the Monster in my email box?]]></description>
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<title>How to Project Manage a Business Process Improvement Project</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6791518</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6791518</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:41:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Project management books abound, but you will not find one that addresses how to project manage a business process improvement (BPI) project. This article focuses on closing that gap.]]></description>
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<title>Every Businessman's Worst Enemy - Procrastination</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6816709</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6816709</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:12:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Face it, all of us procrastinate. It's the ugly truth and for businessmen this might cause them to lose more than most of us. We expend greater amounts of energy delaying a task than what might be needed in order to do the task itself.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Have Enemy Outposts In Your Head? Challenging Thought Habits That Limit Your Success (Part 3)</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6805472</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6805472</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:11:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Habits can enhance life or prevent you from succeeding. Arguably, our mental habits are even more important than our physical ones when it comes to creating the life we want. If you're uncomfortably aware that your thoughts don't always serve you well, check out the following tips to turn that situation around.]]></description>
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<title>Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook Users</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6821565</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:37:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many users are migrating from Microsoft to Google, since Google Apps provide various additional benefits such as the opportunity to use cost-effective applications that do not require regular desktop maintenance. Google Apps migration is a relatively simple process and to migrate from Microsoft Outlook to Google, the user needs to know a few things.]]></description>
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<title>Google Apps for Domains</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6821547</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:36:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Google is considered to be one of the best providers of applications since Google has provided easy to use apps for business owners who want to reduce costs and increase profits. Listed in this article are a few things you should know about Google apps for domains also known as Google apps for Business.]]></description>
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<title>The Kaizen Event and Kaizen Blitz</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6817476</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6817476</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:18:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Kaizen event brings together a group of people from different departments and rapidly improves how a department or work cell performs. Being a member of a Kaizen team can improve your morale, influence your attitude, and help motivate you to want to perform at a much higher level.]]></description>
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<title>Effectively Training Your Field Service Tech</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6820638</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6820638</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:41:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a large company with many service techs in the field servicing equipment and systems it is important that they are aware of exactly the job they should be doing. A field service tech needs to be a self motivated person who is able to work under little direct supervision. If a service tech lacks these qualities it will be difficult for them to complete the job that needs to be done. It is important when hiring a person you can try to establish whether or not this person will work well under little supervision.]]></description>
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<title>Tracking the Company's Productivity Using a Field Service Report</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6820633</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6820633</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:40:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Maintaining a business establishment is a complicated matter. Small businesses in themselves present a very challenging test for the entrepreneur. Although he does not manage that many employees, he still must deal with so many things simultaneously.]]></description>
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<title>Better 'Later' Than 'Now or Never'</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6821091</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6821091</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:38:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Create simple systems so you can process incoming information later rather than being interrupted by it now or filing it away to be forgotten forever. You can't just stop work to process this information as it arrives, because you'll never get any other work done. But you also can't file it away for reading "tomorrow", because tomorrow never comes. So you just end up feeling overwhelmed and frustrated.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Have Enemy Outposts In Your Head? Challenging Thought Habits That Limit Your Success (Part 4)</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6813167</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6813167</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:40:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In previous articles, we've explored how a variety of counter-productive thought habits-negative self-fulfilling prophecies, victim language, distortions of responsibility, and distortions of definition-can sabotage your success. Now it's time to delve into one final group of screwed-up thinking habits.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Have Enemy Outposts In Your Head? Challenging Thought Habits That Limit Your Success (Part 5)</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6816283</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6816283</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:10:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your greatest business ally and your worst business enemy are two sides of the same coin. That coin is your habitual way of thinking. You can either be at the mercy of your thoughts, unconsciously running from an unproductive default setting, or you can step up and take control of your thoughts - and your results.]]></description>
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<title>10 Simple Time Management Tips</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6811035</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6811035</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:52:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Time management is something I struggle with. I tend to procrastinate if I don't have a list of things to do.]]></description>
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<title>4 Tips To Maximize Your Productivity</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6811704</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6811704</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:58:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's so easy to find reasons to procrastinate when you don't have anyone to report to and you have no clear deadlines. Learn 4 keys to maximizing your productivity and eliminating procrastination once and for all.]]></description>
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<title>Clear Your Paper Clutter by Moving Towards Paperless</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6808130</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6808130</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:02:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The time and cost involved with handling and managing our paper clutter is enormous. In fact, according to Gartner Group, the average company spends $20 to file a document, $120 to find a misfiled document, and $220 to reproduce a lost document. Meanwhile, 7.5 percent of all documents get lost, 3 percent get misfiled, and the average professional spends 50% of their time looking for information.]]></description>
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<title>How Office Space Lighting Options Affect Employees!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6810783</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6810783</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:17:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you trying to find just the right type of lighting for your office space? Read this article to learn about the various lighting choices available for a work environment!]]></description>
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<title>The Many Benefits of Work Breaks!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6810771</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6810771</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:47:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why it is so important for offices to have great break rooms for their workers? Read this article to learn about the many benefits of time spent not working!]]></description>
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<title>The Tool That Takes the Thinking Out of Your Month-End Close</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6802502</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:18:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I used to dread the month-end closing process, worrying that I would forget to do something which would cause my financial statement to be incorrect. I wasted my valuable time worrying until I finally made the decision to use an effective, yet basic tool: the checklist.]]></description>
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<title>How to Be Able to Achieve Those Tasks That Never Get Done</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:54:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[    There is no such thing as time management; we all have the same amount of time and all you can do is to manage yourself and what you do in the twenty four hours available to you. Not even Richard Branson has twenty six. You will achieve nothing unless you have a commitment to achieve clearly defined goals.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Have Enemy Outposts In Your Head? Challenging Thought Habits That Limit Your Success (Part 2)</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:03:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many counter-productive mental habits involve distorted thinking that makes struggle almost inevitable. The first trick to replacing such habits with more powerful and productive ones is to become aware of when you're falling into the trap of distorted thinking. Read on to hear how distortions of responsibility may be chaining you to high stress levels and lousy outcomes.]]></description>
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<title>Working From Home As a Grant Consultant: 4 Tips to Keep Time on Your Side</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:32:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working from home is a privilege - don't let it be a stressor as well. Four tips show you how to manage your work AND your personal life.]]></description>
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<title>Cost Reduction - Ideas on How to Get Your Whole Team Involved</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:39:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Getting your whole team involved in reducing the costs in your business is the key rapid and successful change. This article gives you a simple process for involving your team in cost reduction.]]></description>
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<title>October 2013</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:00:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the world of ICD-10! Changes are coming and preparation is well under way.]]></description>
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<title>Give a Gift to Your Employees: A Free Raise for Employers With Premium Only Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:26:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The worth of a happy, healthy staff is appreciated by everyone, but the ability to maintain one becomes increasingly difficult as the recession marches on. IRS provided section 125 premium only plans, a tax-free cost saving strategy, are one technique employers in all fields of business can use to gift their employees with affordable healthcare and a free raise...]]></description>
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