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A simple problem solving process
Time and time again I find that when businesses have problems they take a 'solve the symptom' approch when they should be taking a solve the problem appoach. The problem seems to be often that they fail to tell the difference. The symptom is the bit you see, feel or hear, the problem is usually some place else. What's called for is a systematic approch.

Prepare for online success
When looking to run a successful business you must know how to plan for a productive day.

Sales Management Training Tips: Coaching the Talented-Slacker
Meet Jane. Jane is an experienced and successful district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. In fact, there are many Jane’s in all companies. Jane is performance driven, a very good coach and a people person. Each month Jane is put to the test with different sales reps she must coach to success. IBZ is a mid sized technology company. The company has had some tough years but has turned the corner. It pays it’s reps a combination of salary and bonus for achievement of targets. This year the bonus plans has a super bonus portion which accelerates when a rep is 5% over quota. Jane wants to get 2009 off to a great start. In one of our monthly coaching sessions Jane, was expressing her frustrations with one of her most tenured sales reps.

Ideas For Employee Retention
Learn the keys to retaining top employees and keeping them happier and more productive.
Janitorial Power
Everyone in your organization should be as powerful as possible. Think about it…When your janitor is powerful, the CEO doesn’t need to mop the floors!

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Your Positive Thoughts and Actions of Influence – Can You Achieve a Higher Level?
Your positive thoughts and actions of influence are essential for your self improvement and your personal fulfillment. You must be willing to constantly take them to the next level in order to add exponentially to the meaning of your life and to the lives of others. I have some suggestions on that subject.

Upgrade Your Selling Skills
Your're in trouble if you don't commit to continuous personal improvement especially if you're in sales. Read this article to see if you should upgrade you selling skills.

Taking the Mystery Out of Self-Improvement?
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started doing personal development work in 2001 after leaving my corporate position. I wasn't even aware how important it was to ask myself the question "Am I happy?" I have come a long way since then and want to clear up some of the mysteries around personal development and self-improvement. In this two article series I will summarize what personal development is and the perspective from which we can best undertake this work. In the second article I will examine the benefits of personal development in the work place.

Characteristics of Personal Mastery (Part 1 of 2)
Personal mastery is a tall order. To the one who thinks of personal mastery as a one-time destination, this goal is all but impossible. To the one who values the ongoing process of lifetime improvement, personal mastery is possible each day. Why? It’s a question of perfection versus excellence.
What Is Personal Mastery?
Personal mastery is about approaching life from a different perspective. Sometimes people would refer to it as a journey towards continuous improvement. Personal mastery is guided with key principles like vision, personal purpose, creative tension, commitment to truth and understanding the subconscious mind.

Change Management Can Lead to Rigidity and Resistance to Change
Beware of formal organization improvement or "change management" (an oxymoron) plans. Like strategic plans, organization improvement or change management plans can reduce an organization's effectiveness. They can lead to rigidity, bureaucracy, and resistance to change. This sounds like an argument against planning. It's not. We have found that constant and ongoing personal, team, and organization improvement planning is vital. But too many "change management" and improvement plans are built on the same faulty premise as strategic planning - that there is a right path, which can be determined in advance and then implemented. We often hear managers declare that they have the right strategic or improvement plan, but the reason things aren't going according to plan is because of "execution problems." This is a deadly assumption.
Leadership and Learning are Indispensable
The great American founding father, author, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was highly devoted to life long learning and continual personal improvement. His book, The Art of Virtue (edited by George Rogers), is an inspiring account of Franklin's life and an instructive guide to his improvement process and personal effective system. Franklin once said, "If you empty your purse in your head, no one can take it away from you. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

Mastering Change Through Continuous Growth, Learning, and Improvement
To master or thrive on change, we need to embrace perpetual growth and development, continuous learning, and constant improvement. That's the stuff true change leadership is made of. The surface issue is our rate and type of change. The deeper issue is whether we are learning and improving so that change is another step forward in our progress to a brighter future. Are we steadily striving to build a better self, team, organization, and world? I've seen very few effective, and especially lasting, "change programs." But I have seen, and personally experienced, the power and payoffs of constant and habitual personal, team, and organization learning and improvement.

Personal Improvement Planning Pathways and Pitfalls (Part Two)
Develop or join a network of colleagues who are as interested in personal learning and development as you are. This can be a powerful source of learning from other people's experiences. It's also a great place for you to reflect on your own experiences and articulate your improvement plans. For the past few years I've run ongoing executive development sessions with groups of managers in each one. They've proven to be powerful sources of learning and personal development for all of us involved in them.

Process Management Pathways and Pitfalls (Part Two)
Make sure all your process improvement activities are clearly and tightly linked to your strategic imperatives. Each effort should also have highly focused and specific improvement goals (that are an aggressive, major stretch) and measurements. Establish feedback and follow-up steps for each process management and improvement team.

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