Like this article? PLEASE +1 it! Evan Signature
Evan Carmichael Top Header about About Home Profiles articles Tools forums inspirational quotes About facebook Twitter YouTube Blog

friction Tagged Articles



The Art of Sucking Up
There is an art to sucking up. Done too blatantly it will backfire. Done too weakly, you won't get what you want. The perfect suck up contains the following elements:
Confusing activity with action
Thing is, most of the stuff you do online doesn't cost money.
What’s Your Signature Response to Problems?
I’ve written often that one of the ways to create goodwill, positive buzz and happy customers is to exceed expectations. Responding proactively to problems offers, in my opinion, one of the easiest ways to exceed expectations available.
You Might Have A Job Today But…
You may be fortunate enough to have a job today, but with the history of the job market, that may not be the case tomorrow. That is unless you make yourself stand out from the “crowd.” There are five basic keys to keeping the job you have. Even if it is one you don’t enjoy, you can use that position as a launching pad for your ideal position in the future by using these suggestions.
Are Shifting Rules and Government Investment in Canadian Firms the Real Obstacle to Foreign VC Funding?
Every time we make an investment in a Canadian company or do some sort of transaction with a Canadian company we have a whole set of "surprises" (and I put quotes around the word surprises) that we have to figure out each time, so there is always a new set, or different set of rules that we have to go through . . .
Human Resources; How much is enough? A Controversial Perspective
If your HR staff is not providing key reports and developing programs and strategies that either reduce your costs or increase revenue in some way, then you don’t need them at all. I mean that. But assuming you have, or will hire, a Human Resources professional that does or will make recommendations that contribute to the bottom line, the answer is “it depends”.

Website Usability: Tips to improve the user experience
As a webmaster your major call is to achieve higher conversion rate. Conversion rate can be sales or a readership or service subscription. Behind every website there is a prime goal of achieving 100% conversion. There are many factors that affect the conversion rate and the major of that is the website usability. If your website serves as a bad space for your visitors, they will never stay on your website.
How to work with your HR dept so they save you maximum time and money.
In the business world we have a short list of traditional sources of interdepartmental friction. One of these "hot zones" is the intersection of HR and managers, who can easily find themselves at odds.

Overwhelmed By Your Goals? Discover 3 Questions to Maintain Momentum
The new year kicks off with high expectations and motivation. But by early February, momentum slows. A sense of overwhelm is often the source of friction that slows the progress of achieving our goals.

Changed Your Oil Lately
Is your business purring along like a Ferrari..... or limping along like an old clunker?
Can Pricing Strategy Affect Your Brand
Can your pricing strategy affect how your clients perceive your small business brand? I read an article yesterday about soaring fuel costs in the travel sector and how Canada's much maligned national airline (Air Canada) will be implementing a series of fees to recoup costs. The problem with this type of pricing strategy is the effect it has on your ability to build brand equity.
Duty of care includes protecting employees from violence outside of work
The NSW Court of Appeal recently upheld a decision of the District Court that a Company had breached its duty of care to an employee by not sacking or disciplining an employee ("the shooter") about his outbursts at work, in circumstances where the shooter later shot another employee three times with a gun outside work hours in a street outside the workplace.

Is there a leak in your bucket: Eliminating energy drains in your life and business
Is there a leak in your bucket? Your bucket can be described as your life and the leaks are those energy drains that keep the water from being full in the bucket. The leaks are anything that drains your energy - your physical, emotional, spiritual, financial energy. Find out what the leaks are, how to repair the ones you have and how to prevent more from killing your energy and productivity.
The Leapfrog to Leadership
Find out how to get over the things that hold us back on our way to being better leaders.
Good Boss Bad Boss
What kind of boss are you? The kind that brings out the best in his staff, or the kind people talk about behind your back? If your staff was interviewed about the management in your organization in general, and about their boss (you) in particular, how would you rate on a list of the 10 worst bosses they have ever had? Read on to find out how to deal with good bosses and bad bosses, and what kind of list you belong on!

Other friction Related Articles

How to recreate yourself by identifying, packaging, and marketing transferable skills to a different industry and guarantee steady employment.
In the business world we have a short list of traditional sources of interdepartmental friction. One of these "hot zones" is the intersection of HR and managers, who can easily find themselves at odds.

How to work with your HR dept so they save you maximum time and money.
In the business world we have a short list of traditional sources of interdepartmental friction. One of these "hot zones" is the intersection of HR and managers, who can easily find themselves at odds.

The Power of a Compliment in Business
Giving compliments using correct business etiquette in the workplace is a way of bringing someone up to your level. Especially if you are in senior management and you give someone a compliment, it encourages them because it makes them feel like they're worthy. We give more to people we like, we prefer to do more business with people we like, and we eliminate friction when the people are likeable. Therefore in business, you need to be one of "those" people.

The Benefits of Homeschooling
Being with your child builds a strong relationship. Now kids can be farmed out from infancy to their late teens with very little interaction with their parents. Is it any wonder that so much friction comes about between teenagers and their parents because neither knows the other? Being with your child in a homeschool setting provides not only the chance to teach your child but to listen (very important) to their ideas, pains, fears, joys and other feelings they are experiencing.
Overwhelmed By Your Goals? Discover 3 Questions to Maintain Momentum
The new year kicks off with high expectations and motivation. But by early February, momentum slows. A sense of overwhelm is often the source of friction that slows the progress of achieving our goals.

Featured Article

Bottom Footer



Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Name:
Email:
Popular Articles

Severance and Separation Agreements

Anger Solutions at Work: Why Customers Get Angry

Reverse Mentoring
Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.