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Economists through years of study and practice have concluded that through free trade, based on the principal of comparative advantage, the world economy can achieve a more efficient allocation of resources and a higher level of material well-being. On the other hand, protectionism measures-barriers to free trade-lessen or eliminate gains from specialization. Trying to satisfy diverse wants, nations shift resources from efficient (low cost) to inefficient (high cost) uses. This is the reason why, instead of promoting competition, governments turn up to face monopolies that harm the economy and do not fulfill the consumers' needs.Furthermore, the costs of protectionism are hidden because trade barriers are embedded in the prices of goods. Thus, either due to misunderstandings of the gains of trade or due to political considerations, governments may impose trade barriers, with consequences such as higher prices, which can not be realized by the public at the beginning.No matter how compelling the logic for free trade, barriers do exist. Tariffs are excise taxes on imported goods. They may be imposed for purposes of revenue or protection. Protective tariffs are designed to shield domestic producers from foreign competition. Although they are usually not high enough to prohibit importation of foreign goods, they put foreign producers at a competitive disadvantage in selling in domestic markets. Import quotas specify the maximum amounts of commodities, which may be imported in any period. Thus, they can more effectively retard international commerce than tariffs. Non-tariff barriers (NTBs) refer to licensing requirements, unreas
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker on
The concept of using personal branding to spread the word or market a product is one that can be traced back many centuries. During ancient Roman times, leaders were known for decorating money with their faces plastered across the outside of coins. Today, where would KFC be without the Colonel or Wendy's without Dave Thomas' freckle-faced girl? Personal branding has without a doubt become an easily recognizable approach towards marketing a business, product, or service.Throughout history, the technique has garnered widespread recognition and respect that has been used to capture the attention of the public. Successful individuals are able to also get what they want out of life and any business pursuits they may approach. Personal branding may also be used to boost the sales of a product, especially when their name becomes associated with a particular approach or system. This is seen with concepts, such as Pilates or the Atkins Diet. This same technique has also been used throughout history as a way to spread and develop religion, including Buddhism.In the world of business, extreme success comes when an individual becomes connected to a particular career where as soon as their name is mentioned, the majority of people across the nation (and even sometimes the world) take notice or can identify. This is seen in notable personalities, such as Mozart, Einstein, and even more recently – Oprah, Madonna, and Bill Gates.All of the above have been able to take an aspect of their life and share it with the world to the point that they have become a trusted representation of their trade. Oprah is known as such a successful med
Larger, ambitious goals requiring unique tailor made approaches usually require that people work together with other people in a team and not as individual. As the tasks are unlikely to be well defined and practiced for new challenges posed and unfamiliar environments it becomes difficult to assign predefined tasks to workers with well-defined targets to be achieved in stipulated time.
Companies today want people who are team player, people who are able to get along with their colleagues and work together in a cohesive group to achieve the organizational targets sacrificing their own personal interests at times. Such people are hard to find and best an organization can do is to develop the team spirit through various in house techniques. It may be noted that a ready-made team can never be hired/implanted. It has to be very carefully and systematically developed at the organizational level.
Prerequisites for Teamwork
Common and well-defined Goal: It will be very difficult to built an effective team unless the individual member’s goals are in line with that of organizational goal. It is like one-day cricket match. Goal there is to win the match and not to look for individual achievements. A batsman cannot afford to loose time by playing slow in order to improve his average score. At all times the team goal has to be kept in mind and it has to over ride individual desires and goals. So a clear and well-defined goal becomes a prerequisite for any team. After having set the goal the individuals forming the team have to be groomed so that they identify this and realign their personal goals with that of the organization. It is a tough and painful exercise and takes lot of time and patience. Role of leader becomes very important in developing team spirit. It may be mentioned here that at times the leader does not have the choice of choosing his own team and more often than not he gets a team by default, which he has to lead.
A team Leader (not a boss): As brought out already, a boss will never be able to lead a team to a victorious situation as the team members will let him down the moment they get an opportunity to do so. At places where the jobs are very well defined and standardized over a period of time, a boss may be able to force the individual member to achieve the targets imposed by him but in situations where the tasks are not very well defined and standardized and every coming day poses new challenges hereto unknown the boss will never be able to get the desired results. Here I will like to quote a very popular and quoted quote that distinguishes a leader from a boss.
The boss drives people, the Leader coaches them.
The boss depends on authority, the Leader good will.
The boss inspires fear, the Leader inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says: “I”, the Leader says: “We”
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; The Leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss says: “Go”, The Leader says “Let’s go!”
The boss says do it anyhow; Leader shows how it is to be done.
A boss knows everything, a leader admits mistakes.
A boss criticizes, a leader gives advice.
A boss demands respect, a leader earns and deserves respect.
So, be a leader, not a boss.
Causes of failures
Examination quickly reveals that under-performance derives, not from ineffective policies or individual incompetence, but from the interactions among the staff, i.e. process rather than performance. This factor, often referred to as group dynamics, needs to be understood and utilized if an organization is to achieve its full potential for effectiveness. The American Management Association conducted in-depth interviews with 41 executives and uncovered seven common traits that most often lead leaders to failure: -
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker on
Are you looking for the secret to successfully marketing your business as a loan officer? It can be summed up in one word - relationships.Okay, maybe this sounds like an old saw - create relationships with real estate agents and watch business come to you. So what's the problem? Well, the probelm is that you may have contact or an acquaintance with agents, not a real relationship; and the reason you don't have a relationship is that you are focusing your efforts on too many agents - not targeting your efforts to the ones that are the best fit for you business.So Many Real Estate Agents, So Little TimeRegardless of what state or city you live in, there are tens of thousands of real estate agents competing for business. To a loan officer, this may sound like a great ratio for business, but as you know, not all agents are created equally.If you take the total number of property sales in your area and divided it by the number or real estate agents, it would appear that most agents sell about three properties a year. Could that possibly be true? If it were, there would be a lot of starving real estate agents. Obviously it's not an accurate average. Some productive agents will close on hundreds of properties, while others will be lucky to sell just one.Establish a ProfileOf course, you don't want to focus efforts on those agents that are likely to sell just a handful of homes during the year. You want to focus your efforts on agents that meet your criteria in a number of ways - you want to focus your marketing efforts on real estate agents that meet your
Prerequisites for Teamwork
Common and well-defined Goal: It will be very difficult to built an effective team unless the individual member’s goals are in line with that of organizational goal. It is like one-day cricket match. Goal there is to win the match and not to look for individual achievements. A batsman cannot afford to loose time by playing slow in order to improve his average score. At all times the team goal has to be kept in mind and it has to over ride individual desires and goals. So a clear and well-defined goal becomes a prerequisite for any team. After having set the goal the individuals forming the team have to be groomed so that they identify this and realign their personal goals with that of the organization. It is a tough and painful exercise and takes lot of time and patience. Role of leader becomes very important in developing team spirit. It may be mentioned here that at times the leader does not have the choice of choosing his own team and more often than not he gets a team by default, which he has to lead.
A team Leader (not a boss): As brought out already, a boss will never be able to lead a team to a victorious situation as the team members will let him down the moment they get an opportunity to do so. At places where the jobs are very well defined and standardized over a period of time, a boss may be able to force the individual member to achieve the targets imposed by him but in situations where the tasks are not very well defined and standardized and every coming day poses new challenges hereto unknown the boss will never be able to get the desired results. Here I will like to quote a very popular and quoted quote that distinguishes a leader from a boss.
The boss drives people, the Leader coaches them.
The boss depends on authority, the Leader good will.
The boss inspires fear, the Leader inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says: “I”, the Leader says: “We”
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; The Leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss says: “Go”, The Leader says “Let’s go!”
The boss says do it anyhow; Leader shows how it is to be done.
A boss knows everything, a leader admits mistakes.
A boss criticizes, a leader gives advice.
A boss demands respect, a leader earns and deserves respect.
So, be a leader, not a boss.
Causes of failures
Examination quickly reveals that under-performance derives, not from ineffective policies or individual incompetence, but from the interactions among the staff, i.e. process rather than performance. This factor, often referred to as group dynamics, needs to be understood and utilized if an organization is to achieve its full potential for effectiveness. The American Management Association conducted in-depth interviews with 41 executives and uncovered seven common traits that most often lead leaders to failure: -
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker on
Before you get attached to the brilliant name you’ve just created, there are some important places to check so you won’t be disappointed. Even worse, so you don’t run into some legal hassles down the road. It’s important to be clear in your product branding and marketing. A confused customer doesn’t buy.Here are 3 essential places to search before you sign on the dotted line:1. Domain Names. Make sure you check to see if your chosen name has been registered by someone else. It isn’t the end of the world if someone has your .com, but you want to make sure your market won’t be confused by the .com website. Owning a domain name doesn’t give you any legal rights, so don’t be confused. A great resource is www.godaddy.com2. Trademark Search. You’ll want to do a trademark search on your desired name. It’s easy to do, but not necessarily quick, depending on the name. You can do the search at www.uspto.gov Click on the Trademark link on the left side of the page and then the search button. Use the new user search and put in all the words of your name. For your first search, use “and” in the search term box (3rd box down) to see if someone has a trademark on your desired name. Then do a search for “or”. You’ll see a lot more responses. Take the time to go through all the responses to see if there is a conflict with the name you’ve chosen. A trademark is the only way to protect the intellectual property of your name, so if it will extend your company’s visibility or brand, you may want to consider securing the trademark.3. Corporate or Business Name in Your State.eader does not have the choice of choosing his own team and more often than not he gets a team by default, which he has to lead.
A team Leader (not a boss): As brought out already, a boss will never be able to lead a team to a victorious situation as the team members will let him down the moment they get an opportunity to do so. At places where the jobs are very well defined and standardized over a period of time, a boss may be able to force the individual member to achieve the targets imposed by him but in situations where the tasks are not very well defined and standardized and every coming day poses new challenges hereto unknown the boss will never be able to get the desired results. Here I will like to quote a very popular and quoted quote that distinguishes a leader from a boss.
The boss drives people, the Leader coaches them.
The boss depends on authority, the Leader good will.
The boss inspires fear, the Leader inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says: “I”, the Leader says: “We”
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; The Leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss says: “Go”, The Leader says “Let’s go!”
The boss says do it anyhow; Leader shows how it is to be done.
A boss knows everything, a leader admits mistakes.
A boss criticizes, a leader gives advice.
A boss demands respect, a leader earns and deserves respect.
So, be a leader, not a boss.
Causes of failures
Examination quickly reveals that under-performance derives, not from ineffective policies or individual incompetence, but from the interactions among the staff, i.e. process rather than performance. This factor, often referred to as group dynamics, needs to be understood and utilized if an organization is to achieve its full potential for effectiveness. The American Management Association conducted in-depth interviews with 41 executives and uncovered seven common traits that most often lead leaders to failure: -
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker on
Working for yourself as a writer, designer, or other creative professional is extremely satisfying. It's also lucrative, if you can face the reality that you're responsible for how much work you do. Your aim as a freelancer is to be happy, constantly employed, but not overwhelmed, so that you're making more money than you would be making if you were working for someone else.You can avoid under-employment as a freelance creative professional if you compartmentalize the creation of products, and the selling of your services. These two activities demand different mindsets. Schedule both activities, and do them at different times of the day or week.Set aside a couple of hours each day, or each week if you're moonlighting in your own business, to promote yourself and your services so you can build up work-orders. Over time, you'll learn how much work you need to have lined up in order to feel comfortable.Here's how to stay as busy as you want to be:=> Step One: Create a marketing packageYou need a marketing package on hand that you can send out to prospective clients immediately, as soon as they enquire.What your marketing package contains is up to you. Here are some ideas:* a short bio (100 words max) with a photo. Note: you're a consultant not a potential employee, so you don’t need to send your CV, no matter how impressive;* a couple of work samples. You can print, scan, or send a PDF file of these work samples;* an outline of the kind of work you do for clients, or would like to do;* your hourly rate, and how this translates into projects.I like to compile all th
The boss says: “I”, the Leader says: “We”
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; The Leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss says: “Go”, The Leader says “Let’s go!”
The boss says do it anyhow; Leader shows how it is to be done.
A boss knows everything, a leader admits mistakes.
A boss criticizes, a leader gives advice.
A boss demands respect, a leader earns and deserves respect.
So, be a leader, not a boss.
Causes of failures
Examination quickly reveals that under-performance derives, not from ineffective policies or individual incompetence, but from the interactions among the staff, i.e. process rather than performance. This factor, often referred to as group dynamics, needs to be understood and utilized if an organization is to achieve its full potential for effectiveness. The American Management Association conducted in-depth interviews with 41 executives and uncovered seven common traits that most often lead leaders to failure: -
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker on
Conducting a successful job search means anticipating the expectations of a decision-maker.Whether you meet in a traditional interview or in the alternate “first meeting” format we recommend, you must be prepared to meet expectations.Take a look at yourself and your work history through the eyes of a prospective employer. It helps you objectify your credentials. Because, if they don’t make sense to a prospective employer, they DON’T MAKE SENSE . . . no matter how thrilling they are to you.Fortunately you have plenty of marketable assets that will attract an employer’s attention. In particular there are three categories of marketable assets that can help you make a favorable impression.1. Qualifying experiences: you have what it takes to do the job.2. Bridge skills: you have the smarts to move forward and take on new assignments.3. Workstyle values: you possess an inner value system that guarantees energy and commitmentStart by reviewing the various work situations you’ve been in. Without reference to your resume, jot down a list of memorable work experiences.Be sure to include volunteer work, military service, internships, summer employment, etc. Then, ask yourself the question, “What did I learn from this experience that would be helpful to my next employer.“Pull out the many marketable assets you derived from your work situations using the three categories above. Distill each list until you have the key marketable assets and strengths that make up the image of you you’re going to project.Remember, job search wisdom starts with a clear-eyed understanding of wha
· Insensitivity to co-workers.
· Aloofness and arrogance.
· Tendency to misuse information conveyed in confidence.
· Inability to control ambition.
· Inability to delegate assignments or promote teamwork.
· Inability to staff effectively.
· Inability to think strategically.
So how can those who lead maintain the difficult balance of managing the affairs of the company while maintaining the loyalty of their employees? What truly sets apart the mediocre, overbearing boss from a highly respected and effective leader? The answer is that leaders lead people. A leader is someone others consistently follow. It stands to reason that people follow because they have a belief in the direction, integrity, and competence of the person in the lead. As Kenneth "Thane" Walker once said, "A manager remains a leader only as long as he keeps proving that he is the superior man with the best method."
Skills Needed For Teamwork
Following could be termed as skills which team members, specially team leader, should exercise in order to develop and promote team spirit in his team: -
· Listening: It is important to listen to other people's ideas. When people are allowed to freely express their ideas, these will produce other ideas. By allowing other to speak their mind makes them feel at home and they adapt to common goal more easily rather than the organizational goal getting imposed upon them.
· Questioning: It is important to ask questions, interact, and discuss the objectives of the team and also the plan for execution. By doing so you come one step closer to making organization goal as team goal and inch forward to make it a common goal for all team members.
· Persuading: Individuals are encouraged to exchange, defend, and then to ultimately rethink their ideas and come to mutually agreeable solution if possible. It will help to instill a sense of belonging in them towards organization.
· Helping: It is crucial to help one's coworkers, which is the general theme of teamwork. Use of proactive approach will be better. Be sure that he will reciprocate the same when situation so demands.
· Respecting: It is important to treat others with respect and to support their ideas instead of being critical of their approach. All ideas can be discussed and debated upon. Acceptable ideas could be adopted after consensus without hurting anybody’s sentiments. Same way the actions of the members of the team in different situations must be supported. Lessons can be drawn from instances where they had gone wrong to avoid repetition of mistakes/ failures.
· Sharing: It is important to share sorrows and joys with the team members to create team spirit. It may be mentioned that rewards must be shared and credit must be given to the team and not taken personally by the leader.
· Participating: All members of the team should be encouraged to participate in the team and to have a say if possible.
Approach for establishing the norms for effective teamwork
By taking small but carefully drafted and effectively implemented measures a sense of team spirit can be developed among the workers. Few of the measures are suggested here: -
· A shift in attitude from being employees to partnership/ownership. For example many progressive companies are issuing their stock to their employees on a preferential basis. This invokes interest in the employees towards the profitability of the company and he puts in his best to improve companies profitability as part of that profit is paid back to him by increase in share price of that company.
· Instilling a sense of belonging in the team members. Sense of belonging can only be instilled when s/he is made to realize that the company belongs to him and in case he needs their support that would come automatically and not merely by letting him know that s/he belongs to the company.
· An important shift in focus: Our common goal instead of company/ boss’s goal should be the theme to develop and work.
· Developing mutual faith. It is important to note that faith can never be invoked through talks. It has to be developed through actions.
· Clarity, simplicity and effectiveness of communication. If communication is efficient but not effective it is useless as it will not be taken seriously.
It will not be out of context if I quote one very popular story here, which shows the importance and relevance of instilling a sense faith and effective and not only effi
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