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Facing the Facts about Face in China
In China, the concept "face" influences all levels of society and business. It is similar to the western concept of pride yet different. As a westerner I feel pride once I accomplish something I've been working on, often whether others know of my accomplishment or not. Of course if others acknowledge my achievement, it serves to elevate my feeling of personal satisfaction. On the other hand, "face" is definitely a "public opinion" oriented concept, one that depends upon the respect and acknowledgement of another or others. So it's not so much "what I know about me" as much as it is "what others believe about me."
Lesson #4: “We focus a lot on culture”
“Watching Ev really sink his teeth into the role of CEO, take it very seriously,” says Stone. “He very genuinely wants to innovate – not just from a product or technology standpoint, but from a company standpoint. For me, I’ve learned about what it means to focus on a culture, to build social responsibility and the idea of a company as a super-organism.”
Celebrate The Small Stuff
Find out in this article why every step you make in your journey towards your goal is as important as your desired outcome. It’s time to celebrate – starting today!
Managing In The New Economy
Business leaders and managers should be developing a strategy about how they will lead and retain employees who are impacted by the economic changes of the past year. Following are tips for managing in this "new economy".
The Power of Language
Developing Awareness and Power in how we use Language in the Art of Communication.

Work From Home Business Means Giving Up Your Day Job Mentality
Work from home business and a day job mentality are opposites that do not attract. A job mentality is getting up in the morning and going out to put in an 8 and one half hour work day. When the work day is done you come home to relax, put your feet up and forget about the workplace until the next day when you start all over again. The tasks you are expected to carry out are clearly identified when you accept the job. All of that changes when you work for yourself. Dreaming of a home based business often includes a scene where you are sitting in an easy chair sipping coffee or your favorite beverage with the phone at your side. If that phone is not ringing off the hook then you are dreaming about a vacation not a home based business business. You must understand that owning a work from home business means giving up your day job mentality.
Motivation Means Presence Not Presents
Successful Managers do not bribe or pay their staff to be successful. Incentives, bonuses and prizes are all acceptable; however, there are other more effective and less costly alternatives.
Trained Seals
No matter what price you quote, many customers will automatically say its too high, maybe way too high. Like the seal, that response is so deeply drilled into them that just about every rep they meet gets the same reaction. How do you get beyond the knee-jerk reaction and into a reasonable conversation about their situation, needs, budget, and time frames?
Call Accounting and PMS Interfaces
Hotel call accounting systems must properly interface with the Property Management System (PMS) in order to effectively post guest calls to the guest folio.
The Art of Possibility
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.” -Pope John XXIII
What Have You Done For Them Lately?
Showing Employees Appreciation and Rewarding Good Performance - A Survey Summary
Fitting In: From “On Staff” to “In the Know”
An effective orientation process can help you get and keep staff during these tough hiring times.
Nuturing Employee Engagement in Flat Organizations
Established organizations continue to flatten the organizational pyramid through eliminating managerial layers and upping the subordinate/superior ratio from the classic 6:1 to 12:1 and higher. Newer companies stay flat from the get-go. One consequence is that a traditional workplace acknowledgement - the promotion - is becoming rarer as opportunities for internal upward mobility are reduced.
Sales Training Salespeople Who Lose Sales Can Bounce Back
Salespeople need to get over lost sales to avoid a sales slump. At age 45 George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer after he was outboxed for the first nine rounds. What can salespeople learn to recover from lost sales from a comeback in boxing?
What Sort Of Business Uses A Bookkeeping Bureau?
There are many possible answers to this question, from ignorance of bookkeeping to the proprietor focusing exclusively on the business growth leaving no time for other activities. However, this article will focus on the size of business - as a rule of thumb. Most of our bookkeeping clients seem to fall into a certain size bracket.
Pipeline Management
Imagine a bath filled with water. Almost instantly the water begins to evaporate or can slowly seep through the plughole. Over a period of time the water level reduces and the temperature drops! The only way to keep the water level high and the water hot is to turn on the tap and continually refill it. Equally, you want to keep your prospects ‘on the boil’ by actions that continuously warm up and consolidate your relationship with them. You certainly don’t want all your efforts to go down the drain!

Time to Break Some Rules
Some rules are made to be broken. Here are the rules that I’ve broken that have helped my selling.

Are You in the Right Business? How to Discover the Business You Were Meant to Do
You might not outright ‘hate’ what you are doing in your business, but if you don’t enjoy going to work each day, you might want to figure out why. No one loves work all the time, but if you find that what you do is dragging you down rather than lifting you up, you should take notice. Many unhappy workers wind up feeling frustrated and defeated by what they do, when in fact the real reason they dread work, is that they’re working way under their potential.

How to get and keep great staff (1)
What if I told you that people don’t work for money!

How Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can have the opposite effect to what is intended
The global social and environmental issues we face appear more serious and more intractable than ever. At the same time, more and more businesses are falling over themselves in attempts to persuade us that they are green and responsible. How can this be?
End this year on a high
End this year powerfully and start the New Year on a high.
Employee Motivation - The 8 Basics
To motivate your employees, it is vital that you start off with understanding that there are some things that need to be fixed first, before you can get on with the above the line actions which develop a strong and engaged culture...
Business Management Skills - Seven Levels of Delegation
In any business, unless you are a true one man band, you need the help of valuable people around you. By ensuring their capabilities are developed as you go, you will bring along a team supporting you, that will be able to do pretty much everything you can do. Delegating can be tough to get the hang of, but it is of immense value. Here's how to let go, comfortably...
10 Ways to Build a Referral-Only Business In Less Than Ten Minutes a Day
While most businesses are spending enormous amounts in an effort to attract new customers, a select few use a strategy that has virtually eliminated the need for marketing. Building a business on referrals isn’t costly or time-consuming once you know the secret.

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The Art of Leadership: Rewarding Excellence
Great leaders know that they cannot expect their employees to do their best work, day after day, year after year, without some sort of meaningful acknowledgement. They understand that to get the most from their people, they’ve got to recognize their accomplishments in ways that have an impact, that serve to reinforce hard work and encourage continued creativity and innovation. Here are a few effective ways to reward employee excellence.
Getting Media Attention
Media acknowledgement via press releases, radio, television or on-line sources can provide enormous leverage and be a ticket to success. It’s certainly not easy to gain that attention (without paying for it) but here are some tips to increase your chances.
Nuturing Employee Engagement in Flat Organizations
Established organizations continue to flatten the organizational pyramid through eliminating managerial layers and upping the subordinate/superior ratio from the classic 6:1 to 12:1 and higher. Newer companies stay flat from the get-go. One consequence is that a traditional workplace acknowledgement - the promotion - is becoming rarer as opportunities for internal upward mobility are reduced.
Facing the Facts about Face in China
In China, the concept "face" influences all levels of society and business. It is similar to the western concept of pride yet different. As a westerner I feel pride once I accomplish something I've been working on, often whether others know of my accomplishment or not. Of course if others acknowledge my achievement, it serves to elevate my feeling of personal satisfaction. On the other hand, "face" is definitely a "public opinion" oriented concept, one that depends upon the respect and acknowledgement of another or others. So it's not so much "what I know about me" as much as it is "what others believe about me."
Winning at Working--Simple Things
I still have the email. It's been years since a highly placed corporate boss, who had the reputation and approach that things were never quite good enough, sent it to me. He was long on critique and revisions while short on acknowledgement and appreciation.

Garnering respect in others
Sometimes it's not what you do, but how you do it which brings acknowledgement and success your way. Understanding the idea of respect can play a major role in your ability to obtain it. Take this article as a stimulus for thought on the matter.
How Public Acknowledgement of Poor Quality Can Increase Sales
Have you ever considered public acknowledgement of poor quality can increase sales and improve customer loyalty? Sometimes being honest is much better than living in denial.

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