Pepper spray is an inflammatory agent which is used to inflame the eyes and cause breathing difficulties, which in turn can cause a person who is attacking you to be put into a position where they are unable to cause any damage to you or your property. When a person is sprayed their eyes will literally clamp shut meaning they cannot see at all.

Organizations of all kinds must develop policies and contingency plans to deal with the potentialities of workplace violence. This article, designed as a three-part series but easily adaptable to a single-article format, reviews government and industry data on workplace violence and provides readers with strategies they can use to prevent, or deal with, violence in the workplace.

What the office of the future will look like in order to help increase productivity and profits and comfort and reduce pain.

A recent national market research by Guideline, Inc shows that, 85 percent of consumers typically watch movies at home on the small screen. An in-depth market analysis.

Whether or not the company you work for offers yearly celebrations, there comes a time in every business when get-togethers arise. Sometimes, the occasion calls for the popping of champagne, while others include a simple spread of cheese and crackers.

Look in a mirror before leaving the house

Every consultant has had the feeling: the conviction that your own private service practice is your true calling. Your passion quest. Yet, the mundane details of actually running a business make even the most inspired business person ask whether the choice was the right one-

The rapid rise of email has left many people unsure of the correct protocol when writing a business letter. In fact there are a number of formats that can be used for professional business letters. One format is detailed here.

Does your organization have a clear purpose? Do the people you serve see you as important to their business or to their lives? Does every customer and every employee clearly understand your purpose? The purpose of an organization is clarified in the mission, vision, and operating principles. I call this grouping the core message of an organization.

For those of us who own and operate a small business or dream of having their own business in the future, small business is much more than those definitions. The small business is:

Researcher, Nancy Adler conducted a monumental study in the mid 1980’s to address myths about women and international business. Her study investigated if commonly held myths about women in international business were true including: women are not interested in International business, women were not willing to travel overseas for a variety of reasons namely family responsibilities and women would not be viewed as credible in overseas business due to the local perception of women.

In China, the word guanxi is in the top ten vocabulary list of all successful businesses. Great Chinese businesses and business(wo)men just cannot survive and thrive without developing excellent guanxi with organizations of authority, such as the state-owned banks. But to a deeper extent, guanxi penetrates all manners of Chinese society.

Is your organization up to its eyeballs in bills? This article shows you how to implement Six Sigma as a cost cutting tool, in all types of organizations.

Confused about Lean Six Sigma? This article gives you 5 distinct laws governing Lean Six Sigma and serves as a comprehensive guide for improving ROI

Positive thinking on its own cannot and will never be a substitute for getting things done and achieving results. Positive thinking without application of knowledge and skill is nothing but wishful dreaming and fraught with the dangers of disillusionment.

Fear causes some to play ostrich and hide their heads to avoid what's in front of them. Fear acts as a catalyst to others, and propels them into action. Fear causes a third set to be totally immobilized and unable to do anything at all. It is possible to Kick your fears to the curb an start living your life your way on your own terms.

Everyone needs some work for proper survival. Some are doing jobs in private or public companies and some people are doing their own business. There are different kings of businesses like poultry business, dairy business, small-scale industry, private shops, restaurants etc.

Less successful managers often refuse to delegate for fear of failure by their people, no time to train their people, or a lack of experienced staff. This article shows how successful managers quickly develop the initiative within their people to become real problem solvers and take action.

The following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method. The author is an engineering consultant and expert witness specializing in finite element analysis.

A successful video or web conference can really give a boost to your organization. Online conferencing is now connecting people in a way that was not possible in the pre-Internet era. However, as powerful a tool as online conferencing is, it works best when you prepare your conferences properly. Here are some steps that you can take to help guarantee that your next video or web conference is a great success.

The word “corporate” has gotten a bad name. Nowadays it’s a slam to say something has gotten “too corporate.” But let’s think about this for a minute...

Many say that business is an evil game and is for evil people. They say you have to be dishonest if you are a CEO. They say that most entrepreneurs are rich because they cheat and screw over the little guy. Some even go so far as to say that the difference between a CEO or Entrepreneur and a criminal is merely luck and family name?

Get your Yellow Page directory exposure to mesh with your Internet visibility. Especially now when so many buyers make their buying decisions online...