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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along. • Do something that you are afraid to do. Shake it up and do something different.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 How To Produce An Effective Company Blog If you lead a business and aren’t part of the 34% of U.S. companies using a blog for marketing purposes, your business likely will within the next year. Make it relevant to your company or products. Make your blog as non-promotional as possible.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010 How To Write Your Companys Core Values Walk into any Whole Foods grocery store and youll see that companys core values proudly presented on a large sign. The values clearly set the companys culture. As Whole Foods explains, their core values are the "soul" of its company.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies.

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MAY 7, 2021

One of my go-tos is I always love seeing those emails come in because there’s always great advice from Chad. These days I spend my time doing fundraising, teaching, training, and coaching with my own firm, Productive Fundraising. You find the decision-maker in the company, you find the decision-maker at the foundation.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

“An added benefit of conducting employee satisfaction research is that, in doing so, a company lets their employees know they are important, their opinions and suggestions matter, and there is a sincere desire to make the company an enjoyable place to work,&# reports Polaris. .&#

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Saturday, September 11, 2010 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Author Peter F. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. Its from William Arthur Ward , one of Americas most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan Mike Brown, the founder of the Kansas City company called, The Brainzooming Group, encourages business leaders to solicit feedback from their customers when creating a strategic plan. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment.

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JULY 10, 2010

They provide the following great, simple and straight-forward advice about giving feedback: Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. Saturday, July 10, 2010 How To Give Constructive Feedback Eric Harvey and Al Lucia wrote a booklet called " 144 Ways To Walk The Talk."

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MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Quickly get answers when phoning your company? You can find more examples of companies with impressive guiding principles in the book, 1001 Ways To Energize Employees. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Is it easy for your customers to: Buy from you?

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JANUARY 15, 2011

Via the App, David promises to bring his communications industry expert advice and wisdom right to your fingertips. David just launched his new App, called " Ask David." Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. ToneCheck reports that many companies also battle productivity loss triggered by misread employee email. The wrong tone can turn-off customers, aggravate your partners and frustrate employees.

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Most often, you’ll find your best mentors are not your supervisors, but instead are other individuals in your workplace, at other companies in your city, or are members of organizations to which you belong. And, do I also have the time to devote to a mentoring relationship? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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JULY 2, 2021

I found out more about him, looking at his Twitter profile, than any other database social media profile, white papers. And because he has all of the other stuff I’m mentioning, I learned more about his sort of profile. and you can go to my LinkedIn profile. So my profile lends to me reaching out to people.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Rating someone based on the company he or she keeps 6. One of her favorite books is The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave , written by Leigh Branham of the company Keeping The People, Inc., Excusing substandard performance or behavior because it is widespread 4. Rating someone based on a grudge you are holding 7.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

That is, what are their self-interests versus what the company can offer them. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. They pose alternatives.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Leadership is what it takes to inspire and engage employees to contribute their best to achieve the goals, support the vision, carry out the mission, and embody the companys values. Two of Burkus favorite leadership books are: The Starfish and the Spider -- A book actually about leaderLESS organizations.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010 Lessons From Good To Great Here are two of my favorite quotes from the hugely popular leadership book, Good To Great : "The good-to-great companies did not say, Okay, folks, lets get passionate about what we do. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave As a leader, its imperative you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Even better is to shut down your company for a day, and have all your employees participate in business planning (depending on the size of your company). Have senior management put together annual and quarterly business plan drafts, then engage employee teams to give feedback and come up with ideas.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Thanks to Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell for these questions -- just some of their great advice from their book, The Essential HR Handbook. I bet most employees have never heard most of these questions from their supervisors on a consistent basis. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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JUNE 26, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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APRIL 26, 2010

The three things one should do may see like common sense and may appear easy to do, but its surprising how few companies have leaders who follow-through with all three. So, its good to be reminded of what is working for the best companies during this challenging economy. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Assess your companys strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Teach something new to your team 24. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

If not, teach him what he needs to do differently to avoid the mistake from reoccurring. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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