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Finding the Magic when you¡¦ve Been Downsized
Losing a job is painful. For senior executives whose lives have been so intertwined with that of their company or business, it is especially painful. There is no way around it. And that's the point. If you try to "get around it," it will likely take you on a detour that will delay what you want: a great new position. Dr. Susan Lord has valuable advice to help get you in "inspired action" mode. That is when the magic begins and that is when you most likely will attract your next career opportunity.
From Rags to Riches: Gardner Lives the American Dream
“A slow walk to Wall Street is how others describe my life,” says Gardner.

The Queen of Cosmetics: Ash Creates an Empire
As Ash’s sales for Stanley Home Products continued to increase, she began to recruit and train other salespersons to work with her. It was SHP policy that for every person Ash recruited, she would receive a small percentage of their sales revenue. Soon, Ash had over 150 women working for her. However, the success of Ash and her sales team quickly began to worry SHP executives, who promptly moved Ash to Dallas and refused to let her continue receiving commissions from her previous sales recruits. Ash made the move to Dallas but resented SHP for punishing her hard work.

Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
Searching for a job can suck if you constrain yourself to the typical tools such as online jobs boards, trade publications, CraigsList, and networking with only your close friends. In these kinds of times, you need to use all the weapons that you can, and one that many people don’t—or at least don’t use to the fullest extent, is LinkedIn.
Solving the Peter Principle? One Word: "Darts"
There is a fun new working paper out from some Italian scientists that models the Peter Principle. The principle says, of course, that people climb in an organization until they reach their level of maximum incompetence.
Lesson #2: “We interview people for culture fit.”
When a new position opens up at Zappos, Hsieh begins the interview process. But this is no ordinary interview process.

Find the 87% of Jobs Never Advertised!
The major difference between successful and unsuccessful job-hunters is not skill, education, age, or ability, but the way they go about their job-hunt.
The Stuff That Creates Growth In Your Franchise Biz
I recently read that there are approximately 13.7 million people unemployed as of April 2009. 3.7 million of those have been jobless for half a year or better (27 weeks or more). It is no wonder why so many have begun to turn to franchising or small business ownership as an alternative. We all have grown weary in the workplace of the lack of security and even-handedness in the career market.

Entrepreneurs' Millionaire Mindset - The New Psychology of Success
We are programmed to avoid change (if it is too hard), not make waves on any given situation and afraid to do what is best for us, even when there is no other choice. Many times our mind is faced with the "What If"? We say what if it doesn't work out in this relationship before it goes to the next level.

Reinventing Yourself as a Manager
How to recover from accepting a management job for which you are ill-suited. Changing is not easy but here is what you need to do.
How to Conduct an Effective Interview
Far too many managers approach an interview as something they have to do rather than looking at it as an opportunity. Being prepared to interview enhances the possibility of hiring the right person for the right position. Lack of preparation almost ensures you get another warm body needing a job!
Time To Go? Are You Going To Be Sacked Or Made Redundant?
You are working away as usual at your job, but things are starting to change around you. Is this the start of the end of your career with your current employer? Should you jump before you are pushed? Here are some signs that all is not well with your career.
Keep strong leaders and improve the bottom line with onboarding
Savvy organizations have learned that leaders need more than the standard welcome package when they move into a new role. They need proper training. They need a plan for adapting to their new position. And they need support. In short, they need executive onboarding.

How Management’s Promotion Policies May Create Super Failures
Have you considered how promotion policies, such as promoting from within, could be setting employees up to fail?
Why Salespeople Fail and How You Could Have Predicted It
The companies at which this salesperson had prior success were with brands you know well, that everyone in the world already carried, with established distribution. All he had to do was grow what had already been established by others before him. After all, how much new distribution had to be created for Oscar-Mayer Wieners?
First Impressions Count
Tips for getting off to a good start during your first 30 days in a new job.
Are Your People Skills Killing Your Profits?
If you listen to the conversations from people who are not self-employed you'll notice they will often discuss the problems they have with management. Having two members of my family, my daughter Tia and husband Tama working as employees, many of our daily catch-ups are centred on this topic.

The Sales Management Equivalent to Baseball's Pitch Count
One friend suggested I find a way to correlate pitch count to sales. No problem. I am not a proponent of a sales manager doing the closing for his salespeople, however, should a two-call close cycle be on its fourth call; a six month sales cycle be in its tenth month, an exception is certainly called for. Or, if you consider a salesperson who is expected to perform certain levels of activity, who isn't meeting expectations, another exception might be called for.

DID I REALLY EMPLOY YOU? - Post Interview
Mistakes that can be made in an interview
Where Does Manhood Fit Into Management?
During my forty years in sales/management I have never seen one example of a man being successful in a leadership role that has let his employer know that he has to discuss the position with his significant other.
The Unsolved Mystery In Sales
Perplexed, I ask myself if these people are just lazy and took too much time off after their last employment? Were they no good at their last place of employment so they always lived hand to mouth?
What it Takes to Excel as a Manager
When you are an employee, your performance is based on what you do. However, now that you have been promoted and have the responsibility of managing others, your performance is no longer about you. It is about your ability to accomplish through others. This is how you will be judged. Discover six concepts that you may want to embrace as a new manager.
Preparing For Success
An article of 1293 words that explains how to prepare for the success you desire; that if you are prepared to receive what you wish for, you are more likely to attract it into your life.
Lessons to learn from the book Good to Great
While the companies in the book Good to Great are large publicly owned corporations I believe that many of its lessons can be applied to small, privately owned businesses. I regularly recommend it as essential reading to our clients, who are all small business entrepreneurs. Here are some of the lessons to be learnt from Good to Great.
Tips on Protecting Your Job During a Recession
Be realistic about your situation. Even if you are an exemplary employee, you are not immune to the potential impacts of a recession. Remember that valuable employees tend to earn more, which makes them candidates for layoffs.

Spotting a UOF
You know how your mind works: You apply for a job and you pump yourself up for the interview, telling yourself that you are the right person—perhaps the most qualified candidate—and that they’d be fools to pass you up. You remind yourself of how well you have performed in your current position and how undervalued you have been, which is why you deserve that new position. But then you no sooner submit your résumé and that little voice starts whispering in your ear, “What if I don’t get the job? What if it means I have to travel more? What if I don’t like my new boss? What if I don’t like my new colleagues? What if they don’t like me? What if I have to work longer hours?” And the worst what if of all is the one with the F word, “What if I fail?” (This mindset works similarly with dating.)
Weird Hiring Manager Mistake #1: The job up sell
The first time I had this happen to me I felt that it was a bizarre occurrence. The second time I started to ponder why it happened. The third time - I declared it a 'trend'...

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Don’t Waste Your Talent
As I watched the football play-offs over the last few days, it struck me how we need to consider our talents and how they fit into this game called life. What position can we play that brings us excitement, challenge and success? A position that allows us the opportunity to work hard yet is worth the effort. A position where sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail but always feeling the importance of the position as it delivers benefits to the team?
The Startling Secret of Eight-Figure Product Launches That Jeff Walker Never Taught You (Yes, It's Not Found in PLF2)!
What makes a product launch mega-successful? Not just a $1M launch, but a launch in the vein of StomperNet and Mass Control. Everyone else makes $1M but Mass Control makes $23M. What makes all other launches seem so small in comparison to Mass Control? Most people already know that you need proper positioning for your products. But, this is different: it's magic positioning. It is the rocket fuel to your product launch, and it's crucial that you establish your magic position before you do anything else. The magic position principle is to position your product to start as close to the finish line as close as you can. You have 100% control over your positioning –you can choose to position as far from the finish line as possible, or you can position it at the finish line itself.

HOW TO GROW YOUR ONLINE SALES BY POSITION YOUR PRODUCT TO THE RELEVANT MARKET
A position is a reference point determined in terms of time and space. For example USA is positioned between Mexico to the south, Pacific Ocean to the west, Canada to the north and so forth. A position can be a rank or a qualification i.e. China is placed 3rd in the world economy after USA and Britain. In marketing we use position the same way; we use positioning to refer to product relative to other competing products in the market, i.e. product A is positioned to appeal to middle income group. Brand B is positioned to appeal to the go-getters. Positioning of products is a process and there are steps that are used to come up with a specific position for specific product. Positioning is therefore the process of putting a product in a location in reference to the competition and the entire market.
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.
Unemployment is a State of Mind
A successful executive with a sterling reputation as a gifted manager is asked to leave his position. He grapples with having to "look" for a position, something he has never done. After working through the emotional process of losing a job, he reconnects with what is most important to him, and by doing so, creates a new and exciting business venture.

Beating Your Own Best
Leadership is not just directing others and leading others. Leadership is not just holding position, it is creating position. Leadership is to break down your position and creating a new one for the world to applaud you. Leadership means beating your own best.
Understand your tax position before selling your business
It is important to know and understand where you stand with your taxes- your tax position, especially when you're thinking of selling your business. These are a few steps to ensure you know your tax position and are able and ready to sell your business.

What's Your Remarkable Point of View... R.POV8?
Marketing guru Seth Godin is quoted as saying "If you can't describe your position in 8 words or less, you don't have a position." I agree but the competitive element needs to be clear...

Branding Secret: Controversy Sells
Do want a powerful branding strategy? Take a controversial position. Offend someone and attract your target market. But you have to pick your position and enemies carefully. Don't offend your fans or best customers.

Three Secrets to Getting a Promotion
No matter what type of industry you work in, no matter what level of position you currently hold, if you want to move up to a more fulfilling position with more pay and opportunity, there are three things you can do right now to grow your career.
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