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The Proportional Response: Getting Both Kids AND Adults to Avoid Blowing Things Out of Proportion
In this article, author Jonathan Altfeld explores an NLP-based approach to keeping tense situations from escalating unnecessarily, and thereby maintaining some rapport throughout misunderstandings.
Trimming Startups, One Inscrutable Position at a Time
From Lucy Kellaway in the FT, a rule that I'm going to apply at more startups:

What's The Best Structure For A Pre-VC Investment?
I received the following question earlier this week. It’s conveniently timed, as I recently participated in two angel investments – each with one of the structures defined below.
The Latest HR Issues
Workers Comp - Dress Codes - Social Media - Misunderstandings... oh, the pleasures of HR. Here are Betsey's suggestions on handling these issues.
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.
The Difference Between Consultative Selling and Consultants
It's not new, it's been around since the 1960's, but it has since been formalized, complicated, examined, defined, refined, simplified and criticized.

The Five Stages of Partnership
All partnerships, and all relationships for that matter, go through five predictable stages. Knowing these stages is like having a map that will help you to accurately assess where you are in your partnerships, see where you have been and where you can go. This will also allow you to deal effectively with the particular concerns of the stage you are in.

The Key To Internet Marketing For Online Businesses
For your online business you need to create an identity and define your brand right at the beginning. When your customers arrive on your site they should immediately be able to see what you are offering and why they should want to become engaged with you.
Why Improve Your Communication Skills?
Ask yourself these questions. The answers you generate may surprise you.
Focusing on the Outcome
Learn how focusing on the outcome, rather than your products and services, can help you connect with customer needs.
Getting the Best from You and Your Team: Coaching Tips for Executives By Michele Molitor, PCC
When budgets are tight, getting the most from your team is key. Below are 13 simple (but not always easy) tips for executives and managers to increase your team's effectiveness and productivity.
9 Practical Reasons Why Web-Audio is a Necessity
Many business people are scared-off by an assumption that multimedia solutions like audio are expensive - but that is just not the case. Audio is far more cost-effective than video, animations, and other labor intense rich media creative. If you hire the right people who know what they are doing, you can have an audio presentation professionally produced and incorporated into your website for a budget within the reach of any serious marketer.
Is Franchising Scary?
You really shouldn't be afraid of starting a franchise development program.
Improving Your Management Communications Skills - What's It Worth?
A manager needs to have good communication skills. It is one of the major elements of communication. One of the most vital skills in any manager or supervisor's portfolio of skills. But why? What are the benefits of being a good communicator? Read on for more...
Let's face it... employee wages are sacrosanct
The sooner Massachusetts small business owners accept this, the sooner they can stop having skirmishes and "misunderstandings" with the Attorney General's office that only result in frustration, penalties and ill will on all sides.
Being as professional
Living up to the expectations of being a professional when in business.
Communicating Success: Shut Down the Gossip Factory and Get the Right Information to the Right People
Communication is key. If you ask employees to name an area that could be improved in their organization, they will always say there isn't enough communication. You can never communicate enough to employees. But what kind of information do they need? How do you communicate that information in the best way? How do you improve communication to prevent gossip and small problems from transforming into morale-crushing nightmares? In this article, we discuss the importance of effective communication.

Reach Your Reader: How to Make Your Letters a Success
Letters—and even e-mails—are person-to-person communications; they are usually written by one person and read by one person. They have the power to win you’re your reader like no other marketing material can. However, there is no such thing as a routine letter. As soon as you start to regard external correspondence as just a task that needs to get done, your letters may lose their personal touch and competitive edge.
Why Does Turnover Take Place?
Turnover isn’t a problem - it’s a symptom caused by leadership problems. Fortunately, the problems can be solved, and you have the power to make that difference. Strive to become the best leader you can be.

Write Right: How to stop writing like a dropout and start writing like a pro
Business writing is like cleaning the basement: Everything's piling up, but you don't have time to deal with it. There’s even some good stuff in all the mess, but you're not sure how to find it. You just want to close the door and forget it. Learn why business writing today is so vital to your success and take advantage of tips and tools to help you become a great writer.

A Look at Business Plans
What is the role of a Business and Marketing Plan as viewed by lenders whether they are traditional lenders, venture capitalists, angel investors or insurance companies? Some of the do's and don'ts in the development of the plan.
How To Stress Less, The Science of the Well Workplace
This article addresses some common misunderstandings about stress in the workplace and introduces you to the philosophy behind our in-house corporate workshops…a program that can implement a highly effective stress reduction strategy for your firm.

Effective Working Practices In Your Office Space
Whilst many of us work in offices where the organization is responsible for most things, decisions about effective working practices in our work area can be reduced by what we are allowed to do. Yet there are a number of steps we are able to take that we do have control of. Things like...
10 MORE tips to help you negotiate your price
When you present the quotation, some clients go quiet for a while before responding. Others react as if they’ve never seen or heard anything so preposterous. It is up to you to take control of negotiations, learn how to with these ten tips.
5 Tips to Make the Right Decisions in the Midst of Chaos
We make hundreds of decisions daily. The choices we make become the heartbeats of our lives. Are we making good ones? If you wonder how to change life positively and continue to be unlimited even when in overdrive, here are 5 tips to improve your decision making skills while in the midst of chaos.

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4 MEDITATIONS ON BRAND
People continually ask me how to energize their own brand-building, and I hear many of the same misunderstandings resurface. The four directives below may help to clarify what appear to be this season’s most mysterious issues of branding.
A Model For Conflict Resolution
Working through conflicts can be sticky especially when emotions run high. Learn a powerfull model that will help you navigate through misunderstandings and conflict to improve communication and relationships!
The Proportional Response: Getting Both Kids AND Adults to Avoid Blowing Things Out of Proportion
In this article, author Jonathan Altfeld explores an NLP-based approach to keeping tense situations from escalating unnecessarily, and thereby maintaining some rapport throughout misunderstandings.
"Speaking with Good Intent"
The next time you're in a meeting or speaking one-to-one, take a moment to think about what you say before opening your mouth. So much of the misunderstandings that happen between people are because we don't think before we speak. Ask yourself, "am I speaking with good intent?", and all your communications will lead to positive outcomes.
Workplace Relationship Building - Creating Better Understandings
There are many opportunities for misunderstandings when we work in organizations. The most common reason is the way we fail to communicate properly. The relationships we have with our people can easily change that...
Killer Negotiation Tactics for Basically Nice People
Negotiation isn't just something that happens in the boardroom. One of the tenets of being a successful business owner is handling conflict with aplomb. As you identify needs and agendas, you may succeed at translating misunderstandings into win-win situations.
True/False Quiz On Debt Collection
There are many common misunderstandings about what a business can and cannot do to collect a legitimate debt. Part of that is caused by believing that the FDCPA, or Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, applies to the business attempting collection, but the act applies only to collection agencies or attorneys collecting a debt for a client. Other potential misunderstandings are incorporated into the quiz that follows.
The Latest HR Issues
Workers Comp - Dress Codes - Social Media - Misunderstandings... oh, the pleasures of HR. Here are Betsey's suggestions on handling these issues.
How to Write a Job Description in 3 Easy Steps
Avoiding misunderstandings when it comes to employee expectations is one key to business success. One way of making sure that employees understand their role is having excellent job descriptions. Here are some tips for managers.

7 Myths Of The Canada Government Small Business Loan – Mom Never Told You This!
Information on misunderstandings and incorrect perceptions on the Canada government small business loan . Let good information on SBL loans be your key to financing success.
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