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Greening Small Business
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| The "greening" of Australia is not just the latest trend; it's a cultural revolution. What does this phenomenon mean for the small business sector? Even if you're not yet sold on the science of climate change, it's hard to ignore the changing tide of public perception, let alone the real opportunity to reap rewards by adopting sustainable practices. |
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The Status Quo and Radical Ideas
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| What so many of us discuss about Africa is the desire to see things change. We apply the lenses that color our lives to the problem and come up with solutions that fit our world view. Challenges to that world view are hard for us to deal with, because it likely means a paradigm shift is needed in our own lives. |
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Council on Foreign Relations Tracks 2008 Candidates on Africa Policy
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| One of my all time favorite publications, dealing with economics and international affairs, is the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) . I have been reading this journal for almost a decade and view it almost in the way that I’d view an encyclopedia. So you can imagine my enthusiasm for them drawing attention towards U.S. Policy Toward Africa. In this instance what they have done is created a tool that can be used to summarize the views and records of each presidential candidate for the 2008 US elections. CFR has named this tool the Issue Tracker -The Candidates on U.S. Policy toward Africa. |
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Training Employees: Stop Wasting Your Money
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| You send your people on expensive training courses. Yet your business performance does not seem to improve. Your problem may lie in how you look at training. This article considers two popular views of how training works. Hold the outdated view and you will continue to lose money on training. Act on the enlightened view and your business and people will prosper. Which view do you hold? |
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Visions: Aiming for Your Company's Success
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| Great, after reading my previous newsletter - Visions: An Aerial View of Your Ideal Golf Course - you now have a personal vision. Let's move on to creating a compelling vision for your business. |
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How to Analyze a Competitor’s Website
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| Competitors' websites, if analyzed properly, can give you all sorts of information that you can use to increase the traffic and the popularity of your site. Here is an article on how to analyze a competitor's website. Start off by identifying the major players. A good place to do this is Yahoo’s directory. It is good to view the major players in similar fields to your own so that you have a better view of your web site as perceived by others. |
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Magic Happens When you put on a Different Pair of Glasses
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| How we experience life depends on our point of view, our attitude. And our attitude and view is colored by our lenses of past experience, judgment and so on. How differently might we experience our life if we changed our "glasses" more often? |
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Hidden in Plain View
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| Why is your life the way it is, and not the way you would like it to be? The answer to this question is hidden in plain view. Before I give you the "plain view" answer, please allow me to explain something that will help you to understand your life better.
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The Importance of WhistleBlowing
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| Whistle blowing. While some may view it as “snitching”, others may view it as bravery and a dedication to proper ethics. In this issue of Astronology, we take a look at the importance of whistle blowing, along with the positive and negative benefits from it. |
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The Case for Bringing Outside Planning Consultants In
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| Internal strategic planners clearly have their place in the corporate planning process. The deep insight and internal understanding of the inside strategists are hard to replace. Yet, with inside knowledge comes the side effects of political swaying, less objectivity, and “planning as usual.” Many of today’s successful organizations effectively combine an internal view with an external view to bring about a holistic approach to planning. |
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Franchising Provides a Safety Net for Entrepreneurs
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| If you were trying an aerial trapeze stunt for the first time, would you do it without a net and safety harness? Probably not because chances are very good that you would fall. The same holds true for business ownership. If you’ve never been your own boss, doing it alone could be difficult, scary, and full of the unknown.
Statistics from the Small Business Administration show that one third of all new businesses do not survive their first two years. What is often missing from those failed businesses is a safety net – which is the very thing provided by franchising. |
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