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Making Your Business Card Stand Out
Designing a business card is no easy task. You want to make sure that your business card looks unique and well planned. Your business card should stand out and not stick out like a sore thumb. It should make an impression and stand out from the rest. Do not compromise simplicity and style for uniqueness though. It will be in t

One of my long time clients over the years has added staff, and possibly her successor, so that now she can travel more. The business was started so she could support her family.

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses,

Your Mastermind Group - What, You Don't Have One?
Executive SummaryOnly 5% of businesses survive past 5 years. Almost no women make it to CEO in their company. What is the one thing that successful businesses, and successful executives, have in common?Mentoring.But how many small business owners, how many female executives, can actually find a hi

. Are you keeping up with the pace of change? The pace of technology? The pace of your marketplace? The pace of your competition? The 2007 Dilemma is how much do you and your business have to change to keep pace? As a business owner you need to have information at your finger tips that help you make the best decisions.

Planning for 2007 is a hands on process. You might start by asking some tough questions. Do you recognize the need for change?

Are you prepared to look reality in the face? Are you willing to change the way you do business – and change yourself? Will you turn the plan into action?

Do you have the guts to take your business in new directions?

I would like to lay out a road map that will get you to view your business through a lens that eliminates the distortions of everyday business. Let me warn you, you may not like what you see. But if you are going to meet 2007 head on it is a necessary process. Let’s look at what a strategic plan could do for you.

. Develop a statement of purpose. Why does your business exist? Sometimes why we started the business is not the same as why we continue to work it. One of my long time clients over the years has added staff, and possibly her successor, so that now she can travel more. The business was started so she could support her family.

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses, a

Job Hunting Site
Those who graduate from college are among the thousands of people who are looking for work. This doesn’t yet include those who have quit the current jobs or have been laid off due to budget cuts so the competition is tough.Many applicants will look for work by sifting through the classified ads in the newspaper. Most co

p you make the best decisions.

Planning for 2007 is a hands on process. You might start by asking some tough questions. Do you recognize the need for change?

Are you prepared to look reality in the face? Are you willing to change the way you do business – and change yourself? Will you turn the plan into action?

Do you have the guts to take your business in new directions?

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses,

Have You Been Fired? Laid Off? No? You Will Be!
It’s true. Things have changed. You need to know the 3 Keys to Taking Control in this wildly-changing job world.2.6 million were laid off the past three years, 600,000 in 2003. The most mass layoffs in history occurred in January 2004. 2004 saw more mass layoffs than any previous year. Manufacturing jobs are down f

Will you turn the plan into action?

Do you have the guts to take your business in new directions?

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses,

The Marriage of BPM and Six Sigma
Companies are just discovering the benefits of combining BPM and Six Sigma. Ideal for enhancing the long-term performance of business processes, the BPM/Six Sigma union helps companies better characterize, understand, and manage entire value chains. It also helps companies improve control and predictability of corporate busine

at you see. But if you are going to meet 2007 head on it is a necessary process. Let’s look at what a strategic plan could do for you.

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses,

Why You Should Always Ask
I had an e-mail from Karon of Wollongong, Australia who finally plucked up the courage to ask her employer for some outside professional development training to be attended in working hours. Here is what she had to say.Encouraged by your newsletter I thought I would check if my company was willing to pay for training in

One of my long time clients over the years has added staff, and possibly her successor, so that now she can travel more. The business was started so she could support her family.

. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This will help you evaluate your business' internal strengths and weaknesses, along with the opportunities and threats you face in the market place. It will give you a basis for developing a plan.

. Crystallize your thinking - Determine what specific long range goals you want for your business. It is never enough to just want more money. They should cover all aspects of the business.

. Create benchmarks, with specific results for meeting those goals. It is easier to make adjustments along the way without losing sight of the long range goals.

. Brainstorm strategies for reaching each of the results. There is more than one way to achieve a result, ask others for ideas.

. Develop a Plan of Action. Plan the progressive steps, along with who will do what when. Nothing ever happens without action, but there is a world of difference between mere action and constructive action.

. Be confident in yourself and your own abilities. Be determined to follow through on your plan, because without determination the plan will deteriorate.

The 8th step is to track your progress. Write out your numbers (yes I said write), know your sales number, gross profit, cost of goods/time. It is a sure way of staying

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Do you have that internal satisfaction from doing your day to day job? A lot of us don't, and it can make for a long long career without some form of satisfaction. So the question arises do we need to go to college, get good grades, and get the good job? Or could we find something that makes us happy in a job without a college degree?

If you have some trepidation about job interviews, relax, you are normal. Who among us wants to be interviewed by someone we do not know, controlling an interview with their questions and concerns, and sit in judgment of us without an opportunity to prove ourselves? Learn how to turn that negative feeling into positive energy by getting the answers to the 15 most frequently asked questions in a job interview. Here are the quality answers.

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