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Are You a Micro-Manager?
We have all made mistakes as managers and it is our job to realize those mistakes and fix them. When a manager tries to control every aspect of the job, and focus on minor details to get the job done they could be micromanaging. For example, when I first got into management, I paid attention [...]
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Tiger Woods is Back
When I hear the name Tiger Woods, I think the word Redemption! Tiger has rose from the ashes this year with more wins in the past 3 months than he has had in 3 years. This truly gives us all hope that no matter what is going on in our lives, redemption can happen and [...]
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How to Handle a Toxic Employee
Toxic employees These are those employees with a “bad attitude.” They are negative people and are never satisfied, no matter what you do on their behalf. These are the people who spread gloom and resentment, which makes everyone around them feel icky. And who wants to work in an icky place? So we see turnover…now [...]
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Barack Obama Quotes and Bio
Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father, Barack Obama Sr., who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. [...]
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Do You Manage Your Perception?
As a young manager I have made my share of mistakes. I started with the company I currently work for about four years ago and I was aggressive, a little bit of a partier, and I may or may not have done some things that I shouldn’t have done …… Anyway, I am now in a [...]
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Motivating Employees WITHOUT Money
The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn’t have this skill. So I hired a CEO who did. Josh had 12 years in the corporate world, which included running a major department at Comcast. I knew he was seasoned, but I was still [...]
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Realizing the Difference Between Money and Success
Recently, in my research for a Business Ethics class, I came across an article written by Bill Taylor, entitled “Money and the Meaning of Life – Why do brilliant people allow their hunger for money to cause their ruin?” It has been very common lately to hear about individuals who, despite their immense wealth, take [...]
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Getting the Promotion YOU Deserve!!
Getting a promotion at work can be the greatest feeling in the world, but getting passed up for a promotion can hurt big time!! I watch people in my industry get passed up for promotions and just give up like there is no use in trying anymore. FAIL! I too, have interviewed for the same position [...]
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What Does O.N.I.F.C Mean?
O.N.I.F.C. is the fourth studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, released on December 4, 2012, by Atlantic Records. It is his second album for the label. The album’s title was inspired by the album H.N.I.C. by Prodigy of Mobb Deep. The clean version of the acronym is “One Night In First Class”. The explicit [...]
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Morning Motivation: Slapping the Mat
Last weekend I attended my seven-year-old nephew’s wresting match. I watched a lot of matches that day and I noticed a lot of very involved parents. Most of them wanted to see their children win, which was awesome but I also noticed that the children who were not winning did not have much of a [...]
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