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Recession Proof Your Lifestyle
Millions of people around the world have been deeply affected by the current state of economy; many who never thought they would become victim to a recession. Sadly, many of these people have had to make serious life changes like selling their homes, moving away from their families to find work and giving up vacations. Luckily, there is a way to maintain your current lifestyle and even improve it without the fear that it's going to be ripped up from beneath you.

Are Others Being "Promoted" Right Over Your Head?
As we are getting deeper and deeper into our current state of economic recession, the jobless rate steadily increases. For those are fortunate enough to still be employed, promotions are becoming more and more a thing of the past. It isn't common to hear of promotions within the corporate office. What is uncommon to hear are promotions at the lower levels of a company, those that are the "bread and butter" of the company, working for years to only retire and live on 40% of their earner salaries. Does that seem fair to you?
Position Yourself for Success: 4 Tips to Recession-Proof Your Career
Are you looking for a way to recession-proof your career? There are steps everyone can take to survive – and even thrive – regardless of the current state of the economy. Find out what changes you can make to have a positive impact on your career.

Lesson #2: Build Strategic Partnerships
“Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none,” said Franklin.

Weathering the Market
With the current state of the market, everyone keeps asking me what to do with their money.
What Are You Waiting For?
It's hard to tell someone to go. I wish it did not matter, but it is. If you have a decent performance evaluation system, it can be less difficult. If you do not have one, you do some extra work for yourself and employees may justify their decision. But the work must be done. Our economy will continue to be weak for the near term. You want to strengthen your team and always as efficient as possible to be. The team should be on making the right decisions about the best that way.
Our country is broke (in more ways than one), so how do we fix it?
An outside the box look at some of our current and future issues as a nation and world.
Time-Sensitive! Breakthrough New Way for Any Business to Capitalize on Poor Economy and High Grocery Prices
There is no need for a slump in sales this year when you use the most sought after closing incentive that customers are crying out for today.
What do Successful Leaders in Home Based Internet Marketing All Have in Common?
What is it that makes one person in home based online marketing succeed far above others around them? What do all internet business leaders all have in common as part of their daily routine? Can you follow these same techniques to improve your outcomes in your business?

Franchise Development Pro's Let's Use the Same Dictionary!
A very well meaning Director of Franchise Sales and a counterpart on the Internet attempting to draw advertising and leads for them just wrote about their "risk resistant" business. Rubbish (And, if you want a great recession resistant company get back to me...it has something to do with Rubbish!) I think we are all using the same vocabulary (we all use the word "risk") but different dictionaries. (I love the concept talked about, Spring Green, for the right market and the right candidate...but not just any candidate with the hope of "risk-resistance".)

Why Customer Service Destroys Salespeople
Customer service alone is not going to help a company achieve its growth targets. It is essential for salespeople to be focused on selling as their first priority...

The Basics in Lean Manufacturing Tools
The basics in lean manufacturing tools.
Fail Quickly To Succeed Fast
Almost every business owner has a continual supply of new ideas. But most of them never follow through on even one of those ideas. It's like they leave what could be the key to their future success locked up in a closet somewhere - never letting it see the light of day. Over the years, my experience has been that business owners are so reluctant to try out their new ideas because they don't have a simple way of testing them in an easy and low-risk manner. They (wrongly) believe that they would need to make significant changes in how their business runs in order to test an idea. And if that idea proves to be less-than-ideal, they are scared they will have hurt their business. But it doesn't have to be that way. They can apply "quick-failing" tactics to easily and safely test new ideas
Feedback or look ahead?
Leaders and people spend surprising amount of time on giving and taking feedback. But feedback sessions can be counter productive due to the blame games and time lost. Look ahead sessions encourage people to collaborate, evaluate capabilities, question assumptions, and evaluate risks. They can help in getting buy-in of people to strategic efforts.
THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR SALES PIPELINE BUT CRM CANT TELL YOU
Why do only 1 in 5 companies state that they are seeing revenue increases after implementing a CRM application ? Why are they not seeing the sales productivity gains they expected? And why do they still get surprised at the end of the quarter? Why is it that they still don’t know what they don’t know when it comes to the health of their sales pipeline and forecast? The main reason is that though you may think you’ve implemented a full CRM solution, you’ve really only implemented half of a total solution.

From Web 2.0 Social Shopping Success to Web 3.0 Targeted Business Triumph
The early days of the Web allowed users to search for information and read it. Very little user interaction with the content occurred if any, unless the user needed a shopping cart. This was known as Web 1.0, a type of read-only web. With the advent of Web 2.0, the goal transforms from one of presenting information for global access to one that also allows user interaction through content contribution, interaction with other web users, and more.

A Home Stager Can Get Tenants Fighting Over Your Rental
The Staging Diva explains why home staging works for real estate investors by reducing vacancy times.
How Stuck Are You in Your Job?
How's your level of job satisfaction today? Pretty lousy? What practical steps are you taking to change it? to survive?
Insights Journalling: How (and Why) to Write a Journal
Journalling is one of the most valuable tools for gaining insight into who you truly are at your core and growing confidence. Whatever major change you seek – whether it’s in your career, relationships, athletic performance or any other area that matters to you – you simply can not move forward with purpose and intention unless (and until) you begin to understand the inner workings of your own personality.

Emotions the Key to Increase Sales
Are you still promoting your product, price or proposal and not getting the results you want? Maybe you forgot this simple message.
Nyakio Kamoche Launches Safi Fragrance
By now, you are probably familiar with Nyakio Kamoche. The first generation American with Kenyan heritage who launched Nyakio, a sucessful skin care line based on family recipes and ingredients from Kenya. Nyakio's skin care line is sold online and in over a hundred and eighty nine boutiques around the country. Just recently, the fierce entrepreneur diversified her portfolio to launch a fragrance line, Safi Fragrance. Of course Ladybrille had to catch up with the very Ladybrille woman to see how she does it.

Yes, No & The Choices We Make
How do we go about making changes and gain better balance in life? It starts by looking at the choices being made. You are either moving away from or towards balance and harmony based on your daily choices.

Business Planning for Small Business
Every great invention, every work of art, every new innovation all starts with a thought. Thoughts are the most powerful forces in the universe – with the right thoughts and right focus you can achieve anything that you want to in life and in small business. So how do you tap into this power? In business just like in life you need to start with the end picture in mind. What do you want your business to do, be or achieve? Without this clarity all you will get is mixed results and muddled outcomes.

Words That Evoke Resistance
It has come to my attention, more than once, that most people state their intentions with somewhat of an "I hope this happens" kind of feeling behind their words. When I am asking a client what their intention is (or said another way, "What is the desired outcome?"), I'm really wanting to know what they are committed to having happen. I do not want them to wonder if it will or won't happen, I want them to expect it to happen.

Motivating People: Why it doesn't work
When a business has a clearly defined purpose it begins to act as a magnet, attracting the kind of people who will further the purpose; people who are like-minded. Not only will having a purpose attract the right people, but it will also act to retain them.

CYCLE OF CHANGE - MOTIVATION
You may wish to do your own assessment and identify where you stand in 'Finding a Balance in Your Life.' If you have been reflecting on your life, you may be ready to translate your thoughts into action.
How much can I make if I buy this franchise?
When considering specific franchise options, one wants to know what the potential earnings would be. While this is a fair question to ask, it is not always available from the franchisor. There are many reasons and the fact is there is a way to get even better information. Enjoy this 4th article in our series and find out how to get a better education than what the franchisors can and will disclose.
Success Really Isn’t About Money…
This morning I had a meeting with several professional Scouts. These people make their livings serving the Boy Scouts of America. They are not likely to become wealthy in the conventional sense. Their jobs involve long hours and they all serve well above and beyond the normal parameters of their job descriptions...
Four Steps to Achieving Balance
Do you wish you had more time to do the things you like to do? Do you find yourself juggling too many things, wishing you could get off the merry-go-round? This can feel like such a powerless place to be. Many people talk about wanting balance but do you know how to achieve it?
Lead Change With A Leadership Network
If you want to sponsor a lasting change, search out the people who will be visible leading learners — people to cooperate in the work of creating a new vision and living out the changes in their behaviors. We’ve come to call this virtual group a change leadership network, a critical mass of natural leaders aligned with the new future. These people will be the front-runners in understanding the implications of the change for their organizations and thinking through how their work systems will need to be impacted. Your changeleadership challenge is to form and nurture this phenomenon.

How To Create Stronger Teams At Work
Leaders need to know when to get out of the way and let a team find its own path to high performamce
A Prescription From The PR Doctor To Prevent Unhealthy Public Relations
The public’s perceptions of the health and well being of a company can be formed by the publicity the company and its leaders receive in the media. And certainly no business or individual wants negative publicity that will taint the current “state of the business” or images of the company and its leaders. Positive public relations are very important to all businesses and require a dedicated strategic thinking effort to achieve the desired results. Yet, there are so many times and so many examples of public relations efforts being done in an unhealthy manner. The PR Doctor has developed a prescription for you to use to prevent unhealthy public relations. The prescription includes the following ten (10) prescribed strategic actions.

Trends in Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Background
The level of human capital in developing countries has on average improved over the past three decades, owing to enhanced government commitments in formal education and vocational training as well as increased incentives of firms to provide enterprise training.
Brand Revitalization
Building a strong brand takes commitment, time and hard work, but the result is one of the most valuable assets a company can own. That said, not all assets are static, and your brand image is no exception.

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Can American Franchisors Use \"Wrap Around\" Disclosure Documents in Canada?
The purpose of this article is to consider whether a U.S. franchisor can comply with the current franchise laws of Alberta and Ontario by using a "wrap" to their current Uniform Franchise Offering Circular ("UFOC"). This process is directly analogous to the practice of using a state addendum to satisfy the needs of an individual state, while maintaining uniformity in the form and content of a franchisor's UFOC. Before delving into how a U.S. franchise system should go about making disclosure in Canada, a few bold statements concerning the state of franchising and franchise legislation in Ontario are in order.
Weathering the Market
With the current state of the market, everyone keeps asking me what to do with their money.
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I talk with many sales people who have expressed frustration about their prospect’s current state of mind. We have all agreed that there are buyers out there, although fewer than in the past. They also aren’t acting like “buyers”. Prospects are faced with a degree of fear, either real or perceived, about the state of the economy. Although they have a real need, have the resources, and the job security to commit to a purchase, their interest quickly wanes.

Can't See the Forest for the Trees
James Dicks discusses the current state of business in light of the global economic slowdown
Inertia, It’s Not a River in Egypt
I just looked up inertia on Wikipedia: "... the resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion [...] inertia means that an object will always continue moving at its current speed and in its current direction until some force causes its speed or direction to change."
Sign of the Times
James Dicks compares the Great Depression of the 1930s with the current state of the global eocnomic situation
Recession Proof Your Lifestyle
Millions of people around the world have been deeply affected by the current state of economy; many who never thought they would become victim to a recession. Sadly, many of these people have had to make serious life changes like selling their homes, moving away from their families to find work and giving up vacations. Luckily, there is a way to maintain your current lifestyle and even improve it without the fear that it's going to be ripped up from beneath you.

Steps to take to finance our own retirement due to the current pension deficit
Is the current pension crisis worrying you as to how you will cope financially when you retire? Occupational and private pensions have sadly not performed very well due to the current financial crisis and the state pension isn’t faring any better. By 2048 the retirement age will actually increase to 68. Not a great prospect for those of us already unhappy in our work. Here are some steps that can be taken to ease the burden and to help create some financial security for ourselves.

Strategic Foreclosure
James Dicks examines the current state of the U.S. housing market.
There’s No Doubt About It … Times Are (Still) Tough!
James Dicks examines the current state of the economy.
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