• Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
• Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
• Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
• What will turnover cost your company this year?
• What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?

Fast Facts: Did you know...

• that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right oppo
  Do You Want to Become a Entrepreneur?
  Do You Want to Become a Entrepreneur?What does it take to become a successful Entrepreneur? Entrepreneurs are unique and they are unlike "most people". I have been entrepreneur for the past 10 years, and it hasn't been all glory. Entrepreneurship is challenging and rewarding. It has allowed many indulgent items in our family, some of which are time and vacations.Lets talk about the traits of a successful entrepreneur.1. An eye for opportunity: Entrepreneurs notice opportunities when most people don't. One of my past opportun
  In the military, where discipline is essential, the expression; "that's an order" is routinely used as a clarifier for urgent requests. What a simple way to manage! "That's an order" is like pushing a button for instant compliance with no questions asked about why, how or what. How many of us habitually use similar power plays with our subordinates? With our family members? And why not? It often works. We've seen motivation by fear fuel the coaching careers of Mike Ditka, Bobby Knight and the late Billy Martin. Professional bullies have their success. They have plenty of corporate imitators who enter, make their temporary mark on quarterly e

  In the military, where discipline is essential, the expression; "that's an order" is routinely used as a clarifier for urgent requests. What a simple way to manage! "That's an order" is like pushing a button for instant compliance with no questions asked about why, how or what. How many of us habitually use similar power plays with our subordinates? With our family members? And why not? It often works. We've seen motivation by fear fuel the coaching careers of Mike Ditka, Bobby Knight and the late Billy Martin. Professional bullies have their success. They have plenty of corporate imitators who enter, make their temporary mark on quarterly earnings, then move on to leave frazzled, under performing, turnover plagued departments or organizations in their wake.

  Sports bullies like Ditka, Knight and Martin benefit from some un-business-like circumstances. Their players can not easily choose to work elsewhere. That said, the legendary Larry Bird chose to drop out of Indiana University and work on a garbage truck over playing ball for Bobby Knight. For bully business managers to thrive, they too must create circumstances where leaving is a difficult choice. Often, this takes the form of inflated salaries. In effect, it's combat pay that creates a barrier to jumping ship.

  An atmosphere of my way or the highway eventually reaches a point of diminishing effectiveness. As people become calloused to intimidation and defensively tune it out, results suffer. When the primary human need, security, is threatened, the strong and talented eventually choose the highway to more secure surroundings. The weak and vulnerable remain and develop the style of their intimidating role models. Remember the FedEx commercial with the cascading command: If that package isn't in Omaha by tomorrow it's your job!

  The cost of replacing a professional employee costs the typical organization 1.5 times their annual salary.

  While the that's an order approach is vital in life and death, battlefield situations, enlightened military leaders have long recognized it is not the most effective leadership approach for building prolonged peak performance.

  Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

  As the economy eventually drives an improved labor market, people caught in abusive systems will find it easier to choose the highway.

  • Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
  • Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
  • Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
  • What will turnover cost your company this year?
  • What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?
  An ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.

  Fast Facts: Did you know...

  • that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right oppor
    Logo Design: The Priceless Asset For Your Company's Identity
    Creating a company logo becomes much easier when one begins to get a feel for what is appealing and why it is so. It is essential to learn how to use the principles of visual communications and combine them successfully with basic production techniques. Equally important is to gain awareness of how important are the factors of ethics and social responsibility in the creation of visuals. Much of good logo design is a matter of taste, and invariably differs from person to person.The company logo design is a graphical representation intended
    an order" is routinely used as a clarifier for urgent requests. What a simple way to manage! "That's an order" is like pushing a button for instant compliance with no questions asked about why, how or what. How many of us habitually use similar power plays with our subordinates? With our family members? And why not? It often works. We've seen motivation by fear fuel the coaching careers of Mike Ditka, Bobby Knight and the late Billy Martin. Professional bullies have their success. They have plenty of corporate imitators who enter, make their temporary mark on quarterly earnings, then move on to leave frazzled, under performing, turnover plagued departments or organizations in their wake.

    Sports bullies like Ditka, Knight and Martin benefit from some un-business-like circumstances. Their players can not easily choose to work elsewhere. That said, the legendary Larry Bird chose to drop out of Indiana University and work on a garbage truck over playing ball for Bobby Knight. For bully business managers to thrive, they too must create circumstances where leaving is a difficult choice. Often, this takes the form of inflated salaries. In effect, it's combat pay that creates a barrier to jumping ship.

    An atmosphere of my way or the highway eventually reaches a point of diminishing effectiveness. As people become calloused to intimidation and defensively tune it out, results suffer. When the primary human need, security, is threatened, the strong and talented eventually choose the highway to more secure surroundings. The weak and vulnerable remain and develop the style of their intimidating role models. Remember the FedEx commercial with the cascading command: If that package isn't in Omaha by tomorrow it's your job!

    The cost of replacing a professional employee costs the typical organization 1.5 times their annual salary.

    While the that's an order approach is vital in life and death, battlefield situations, enlightened military leaders have long recognized it is not the most effective leadership approach for building prolonged peak performance.

    Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

    As the economy eventually drives an improved labor market, people caught in abusive systems will find it easier to choose the highway.

    • Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
    • Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
    • Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
    • What will turnover cost your company this year?
    • What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?
    An ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.

    Fast Facts: Did you know...

    • that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right oppo
      Successful Tendering - Preparation is the Key
      In the article Getting Involved in the Global Development Market (available in full in Latest News at www.globizdev.com) I commented that while tendering skills are critical, in isolation of other key activities success is a lottery.Preparation must remain as a key and ongoing activity if organisations and individuals are to expect success from their tendering involvement.While there is no doubt that some of this preparation may require investment if site visits and the like are to occur, as they need to, not all preparation
      nefit from some un-business-like circumstances. Their players can not easily choose to work elsewhere. That said, the legendary Larry Bird chose to drop out of Indiana University and work on a garbage truck over playing ball for Bobby Knight. For bully business managers to thrive, they too must create circumstances where leaving is a difficult choice. Often, this takes the form of inflated salaries. In effect, it's combat pay that creates a barrier to jumping ship.

      An atmosphere of my way or the highway eventually reaches a point of diminishing effectiveness. As people become calloused to intimidation and defensively tune it out, results suffer. When the primary human need, security, is threatened, the strong and talented eventually choose the highway to more secure surroundings. The weak and vulnerable remain and develop the style of their intimidating role models. Remember the FedEx commercial with the cascading command: If that package isn't in Omaha by tomorrow it's your job!

      The cost of replacing a professional employee costs the typical organization 1.5 times their annual salary.

      While the that's an order approach is vital in life and death, battlefield situations, enlightened military leaders have long recognized it is not the most effective leadership approach for building prolonged peak performance.

      Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

      As the economy eventually drives an improved labor market, people caught in abusive systems will find it easier to choose the highway.

      • Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
      • Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
      • Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
      • What will turnover cost your company this year?
      • What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?
      An ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.

      Fast Facts: Did you know...

      • that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right oppo
        Advertising Salesmen Say; You Rarely Get Results Right Away
        If you own a small business there is no doubt you have been approached by advertising salesmen and women peddling ads in their media outlets. And it is amazing to me how many tell us that we should not expect results right away? Why not, that is what we are paying you for you dummy. What in the World are you selling; you show me charts, graphs and supposedly empirical proof of why your medium is where I should spend my money then ask for the check and tell me not to expect results right away? Go die scum!The truth is that if their venue is
        surroundings. The weak and vulnerable remain and develop the style of their intimidating role models. Remember the FedEx commercial with the cascading command: If that package isn't in Omaha by tomorrow it's your job!

        The cost of replacing a professional employee costs the typical organization 1.5 times their annual salary.

        While the that's an order approach is vital in life and death, battlefield situations, enlightened military leaders have long recognized it is not the most effective leadership approach for building prolonged peak performance.

        Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

        As the economy eventually drives an improved labor market, people caught in abusive systems will find it easier to choose the highway.

        • Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
        • Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
        • Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
        • What will turnover cost your company this year?
        • What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?
        An ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.

        Fast Facts: Did you know...

        • that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right oppo
          The BRAVO Formula
          According to Jerry Weissman in his book, “Presenting to Win,” there are over 30 million PowerPoint presentations given every day. Unfortunately, these presentations are not captivating or memorable. Thus, a lack of presentation training in America is creating a business culture that abuses presentation software and the art of public speaking. Let’s get back to the basics and adopt something I like to call the BRAVO formula.“B” is for Bold Boldness is about taking ownership. It’s about being courageous. You need to take control
          rives an improved labor market, people caught in abusive systems will find it easier to choose the highway.
          • Do your urgent requests for action include subtle or not-so-subtle threats of unemployment?
          • Are there budding Larry Birds in your organization about to move to a competitor?
          • Will you be increasing combat pay as the economy improves?
          • What will turnover cost your company this year?
          • What actions will be taken prevent these issues from effecting your customers, bottom line and ability to grow?
          An ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.

          Fast Facts: Did you know...

          • that a recent Monster poll that indicated 48% of mid-level managers are ready to jump given the right opportunity to do so?
          • that 71% of U.S. employees are not happy to be at work and are not passionate about what they do?
          • that salary has never been a primary reason people stay at their jobs?
          • that workers value stability and quality of life issues more than the amount of money they earn?
          From The Five O'Clock Club February, 2004 Newsletter