Case Study: Don't Judge a Human Service Agency by its Cover

Clearbrook has tripled its revenues over the last decade and served a needy population – people with developmental disabilities – by hiring and developing the right people and paying attention to their needs.

Resolving Team Conflict-Nine Steps to Constructive Resolution

If you've ever worked on a team where one or more of the team members are in conflict, then you know just how stressful this situation can be. Left unresolved, conflicts between individuals can fester, spill over into the team’s relationships, and seriously hinder productivity. What's a team leader to do?

Workplace Safety and The Secret

With all the buzz about the Secret, it is time to see how to apply the law of attraction to workplace safety. Here are five simple steps to creating a safer and more profitable workplace by applying the secret of the law of attraction to workplace safety.

Essentials Of An Effective Business Letter

Business letter has a materialistic purpose but effective business letter can also strengthens the bonds between two organizations or the dealer and the customer. The main and the basic function of the business letter is not only to convey your message to the person who receives the letter but also to influence the reader.

See How Conference Calling Services Can Save You Money

Running a business can be very taxing and tiring on your body. There are so many details to take notice of, and trying to keep on top of everything can be a...

Digital Signage - a New Generation of Distributed IP Video Solutions

The expanding world of digital signage has led to the development of a wide variety of digital signature software that integrates distributed IP video solutions. This software is often used as part of a digital signage network that is sometimes known as a CAN (captured audience network). IP video refers to Internet Protocol video. The software controls the video distribution to the display monitors. Just about any video can be used in this network.

Amazing Treasure Buried In Your Own Systems Treasure Chest!

I was talking to my client the other day, the president of a company who has extremely high mobile costs, sound familiar?

Office Romance - Before You Hook Up At The Office Think Things Through

It is naive to think that in the workplace where many attractive, intelligent people who work in close proximity for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 12 months a year will never, ever become attracted to one another or become romantically involved. The problem comes in when office romances threatens to impair your work performance or cause such a stir at the office that you and your new beau or the subject of the water cooler gossip or sly, condemning stares. This is why it's important for you to find out what your organization's policies and norms are around this issue so that if you are contemplating dating someone at the office, you can think through the pros and cons.

All About Instant Messengers

IMs (Instant Messengers) are regarded an essential communication and business tools today. You have to sign up with one of the IMs to use that particular service-for example, you cannot use Yahoo! Messenger with a Hotmail account and vice-versa. It is a fact that there are some IM clients that allow any account to be used, but they are not the best ones.

Netiquette - Strategies to Acquire Creditability and Reputation as an Onliner - Part I

Netiquette, simply put, is behaving appropriately on the net. Good manners are appreciated everywhere, in real life or in the virtual world. Apparently they seem to be really small things but to get your netiquette right, you have to get the little things right. Remember, every drop is responsible for the existence of an ocean.

Guidelines for Writing Successful Business Video Presentations

Successful business video presentations are the result of asking the right questions then waiting, searching, and being available to the right answers. It begins with a solid relationship with your client and ends with a solid relationship with your audience. This article offers the tools - the questions to ask - to develop successful business video presentations.

Small Ideas - Big Results

Many businesses are missing out on a key source of ideas for improvement - their employees. Most professional work environments are organized into some form of hierarchy. This type of structure tends to stifle analysis and questioning from the majority of employees in those organizations - those near the bottom of the org chart. Evaluating processes and operational efficiencies are typically left to managers. The people who are actually participating in those processes, the cogs in the machinery, are often overlooked for insight. This is a mistake, and it behooves both employees and managers to break this trend.

Three Questions That Will Boost Your Career

Sometimes a simple question can lead you to big success in your career. These are no substitutes for hard work but I think you’ll find these questions will raise your profile as a communicator.

Office Chair Savings and the Price Ranges for Ergonomic Chairs

In any business, finding your office furniture, chairs and supplies at the lowest price, is a smart business decision. Knowing how to find the chairs cheap is the first step to getting your space ready for business. Your type of business will determine your office chair quantities and needed functions. Good office chairs for your particular business do not necessarily come cheap. Shopping around and knowing the ins and outs of the office chair industry can really help when purchasing bulk orders of chairs for your business.

Your Workspace Style - What It is and How to Get It

When it comes to the workplace, many people spend their day in an environment that's just not them. Decide what works for you and make it happen.