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Views: 620 - Taking Time Off Is an Essential Success Strategy - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Jeannette KoczelaMost entrepreneurs enjoy their work and don't mind working because they consider it play. If that's true for you, you probably don't think much about taking breaks. But sometimes we need to be reminded to take them. Studies show that people who take breaks more frequently are actually more ...
Views: 1208 - How Email Can Sabotage Our Work Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Dr. Rick KirschnerWith some people at work, you click from the beginning. They get you and you get them. Whatever you say, they know what you mean. Then the emails pile up. The ease with which we can write and send an email has led to difficulty for many in managing the flow of it. People have less time to ...
Views: 1487(1 vote) - The Price of Perfectionism - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Pauline KehmI used to think my perfectionism was a good thing. I’ve always been meticulous, and like to get things “just right”. That quality played a large part in my career growth. New York is a competitive place and I served a demanding clientele. I was recognized and rewarded for my efforts. What ...
Views: 903 - Focus, the Productivity Solution - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Pat HeydlauffMulti-tasking, maintaining or increasing productivity and peak performance demands are at an all-time high. The result, stress and anxiety are also at an all-time high. Today's economic demands and their undesirable side effects are the same whether you are in accounting, marketing, ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - 1,440 Minutes - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from Thomas GargiulaWe all get 24 Hours in a day. So, how come some people get way more accomplished than others in the same amount of time? I am not referring to busy work, chores and things that are senseless. I am speaking about very valuable accomplishments that have a huge impact upon our world. I am also not ...
Views: 994(1 vote) - Metal Fabrication Welding –Integral Process for Metal Products - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from pitterkedar smithMetal fabrication welding is used in the fabrication of different types of metals to get a wide array of products for daily use. With the huge demand for metal products, nowadays it is very important to get the appropriate ones that suit your needs exactly. Hence, you should select your metal ...
Views: 1266 - Why Didn’t My Business Sell? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from Rachael GonzalesIf you have tried to sell your business on your own or it was listed with a broker for over a year and the contract lapsed and you have given up in frustration, let us talk about what might be the problem. We will break this down into two posts: 1. Poorly presented to the world: There is an ...
Views: 1096 - Do You Find Joy and Meaning in Your Work? - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from David NourWhat’s so special about the privilege of staying at home and telecommuting? Truth is there may be a problem there. There is a deep, pervasive need to connect with others on a daily basis. Working at home may be convenient in terms of comfort and flexibility, but it doesn’t do much for feeling ...
Views: 1083 - Shower Enclosures for a Pleasant Bathing Experience - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from pitterkedar smithShower enclosures are preferred by consumers across the world for their great utility features. Not only do they enhance the look of the bathroom, they also ensure a clean area where you can start your day with a pleasant bath experience. Even before going to bed, you can enjoy a hot bath in ...
Views: 973 - Nanotechnology and Its Use for a Better Lifestyle Just Everyday - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from pitterkedar smithNanotechnology involves the use of atomic technology to manipulate individual atoms and molecules to build structures to complex, atomic specifications. This technology has profoundly changed the way we live. And, indeed with this, technology has changed life like never before in the present era ...
Views: 1155 - How to get peace of mind - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Dia ThabetIs finding peace of mind a challenge for you? Do you look for ways to get peace of mind? When we talk about peace of mind, many people wonder how to achieve it. Life is hard, work is stressful, children need nurture, are among the excuses that people come up with for not having inner peace ...
Views: 1206(1 vote) - Does Your Work Schedule Got You Down? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from TJ PhilpottAre you fighting a losing battle with your work schedule? For anybody who works online it is important that the working schedule they organize be realistic as well as properly targeting priorities! It is understandable for anybody growing a business that they may be a bit ambitious in terms of ...
Views: 912(1 vote) - 5 Benefits Of Having A Plan of Action - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from TJ PhilpottThe benefits of having a plan of action are undeniable and are especially important for anyone who works online. Most people operating an internet business do so without a team of support therefore their every effort needs to count. Growing a business by yourself is both very rewarding while ...
Views: 2088(1 vote) - Tracking Your Goals - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Deb PilgrimWe’ve hit June, six months into 2011, and am wondering how you are going? It’s been a big six months for some of you, whilst others are struggling to meet the targets set at the start of the year. Stepping back and taking time to assess where you currently are, is such an important business ...
Views: 675 - How do you Know about Productivity Trends - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Tony DosanjhProductivity is often defined as the measure of the output per work hour. It is also shown to be pro-cyclical typically. That means productivity increases during the economic rise and fall (or even declines) in the recession of economy. A few reasons were forwarded to explain this. A reason ...
Views: 1080 - Maintaining Personal Productivity When Working Online - by Submitted on May 30, 2011 from TJ PhilpottMaintaining personal productivity is crucial for anybody who works online since in most cases you will be working alone! Making an online business successful involves very many tasks all of which must be completed successfully to allow for the growth you need! This can result in mounting ...
Views: 608 - The Magnitude of the Labor Productivity Growth - by Submitted on May 29, 2011 from Tony DosanjhBeing a factor of total productivity, this term mentioned in the title is an important marker for determining the fall or rise of overall growth of economy. Today, therefore, labor productivity is only a statistic number which is reported in governmental agencies. The interesting thing of ...
Views: 1088 - Best solution to overcome from Exchange Server corruption - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Raj MalhotraThe whole co-ordination & controlling of work progress is depended on Exchange Server environment. But the corruption issues like: Exchange Server crashes or break down & server failure in this vast email collaboration structure are quite frequent. Due to this, the important information of ...
Views: 664 - Effective Landing Page Optimization and SEO Tips - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from James SalernoLanding pages are often referred to those webpages of your website (these can be either your homepage or your internal page) that appear right after your online ad, e-mail link, search result, or a specific promotional URL. Landing page optimization is critical for your online success; you have ...
Views: 580 - Essential pages and tools any website should have for making a good impact - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Nitin JainMany businesses feel that since they are small in operations, they should not put many pages on their website. This should not be the case, here is a list of 7 pages each successful website should have. 1.HomePage – Avoid Flash banners on the homepage of your website unless absolutely ...
Views: 807 - LAMP Developers Contribute to Fast Flourishing IT - by Submitted on May 25, 2011 from Greymatter indiaSoftware industry faced a long recession and has even bounced back with a plunge. Open source technologies contributed to company’s profit and advancement. In a highly competitive business world, where improving bottom lines is the focus of attention, the use of open source web development ...
Views: 1092 - Tips to boost Efficiency and Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhFrom '7 Habits of Most Effective People ", a best-selling book by the influential and popular author Stephen Covey, came different principles leading to effectiveness from satisfying and high work performance. After the principles were introduced, the sector of human resources has never been as ...
Views: 1038 - Some Strategies for Boosting your Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhFor manufacturing firms, improving productivity has always been a major concern. For production managers, it has been a real challenge. Fortunately, there have been experiments, findings and studies on how to boost productivity. After quite some time, there are many methods were tested, ...
Views: 1005 - Simple Tips for You to Improve your Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhAn individual’s productivity depends on his or her performance. He or she could be very hard-working, but when a day ends, productivity has been counted the number of tasks completed. If you properly do your job, your general reliability and productivity are virtually improved. Your boss will ...
Views: 1019 - Why Self-Assessment so important in Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhLacking productivity is considered one of the main reasons why in this world there are a lot of unhappy people. Due to being unproductive, a lot of people are not capable of meeting someone whom they are interested in or getting the job they want. Despite being relaxed is natural part of the ...
Views: 1727 - Definition of Efficiency, Effectiveness and Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhAccording to Currie, productivity is defined as "the quantitative relationship among the resources we use and what we produce" Beeching and Smith added: "Volume of production is obtained in a given time period related the total of indirect and direct efforts expended on its production." ...
Views: 5169 - A Brief History of Measuring Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhThere are two book published in the early of 1970s, "Economic Growth" of Solow and "Economic growth of nations "of Kuznet. They marked the beginning of the professional consensus on the economy growth. In Kuznets' book, he summarized his empirical research for decades. Meanwhile Solow's book ...
Views: 1253 - Factors of the Growth of Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhThe main components which help us determine the productivity of labor had been identified. Total factor productivity, labor quality, capital deepening are the elements which had been already used in many applied productivity works in the past. In capital deepening today, workers are more and ...
Views: 1041 - Productivity at Home: an effective Way to obtain higher Productivity - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Tony DosanjhYour life at home may be the most crucial aspect in your life. That is the reason why it is so important that you should keep it cozy. Your home life can be improved greatly if it is well organized. For the doubters, this idea might be really stupid, but for home buddies and experts, it makes ...
Views: 1028 - Mac vs. Windows and some time and money saving tips! - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from David HumesFor all you die hard Mac users out there, yes, I use Windows. I used to be a Mac snob: I used to hate Windows. I'm not exaggerating. I still prefer Macs primarily because the system is more stable and user friendly and Macs are more reliable: they seem to last a lot longer than Windows ...
Views: 1405 - Improve Your Concentration with the Help Of Hypnosis - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Christopher MontroseConcentrating all of your energy towards a common goal is the best way to succeed, however, distractions and other self destructive thoughts can get in the way and steal your focus away from your objective. Listening to an improve concentration hypnosis MP3 download will help you to become less ...
Views: 1809(1 vote) - All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Go? - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Theresa BehennaIn researching content for my topic on Extraordinary Performance I came across this article by Peter Bregman at Fast Company and thought it worth reprinting to help deal with a difficult colleague, motivate better teamwork, boost morale and productivity... Stress doesn't discriminate between ...
Views: 1308 - 6 Tips for Successful Delegation - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Marquita HeraldDelegation is one of the most powerful tools for effective time management, and it's also the most psychologically loaded. Relying on others can bring up deep-seated issues of dependency and trust. Many people, from managers at work to adults at home with a family, often fall into the trap ...
Views: 2593(9 votes) - 12 Tips to Help You Claim More Time for Yourself - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Marquita HeraldWhether you are feeling overextended, overcommitted and overwhelmed, or just ready to free more time for summer, the following tips can help you take the first steps toward conquering your time crunched lifestyle find more time for "off the clock" fun. "There is nothing so useless as doing ...
Views: 2435(5 votes) - 3 Financial Allocations for Business Success - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Hugh StewartOne of the things that can kill a business is extra cash. This is not just any type of extra cash, but purposeless cash. Many businesses miss a huge opportunity to protect themselves, to invest for the future, or to celebrate by having specific fun expenses in the business. This model ...
Views: 1258 - Top Tips to Boost Productivity - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhWe all know that productivity can help us to develop the ways for more wisely spending time in spite of hard times. As a person was productive, he or she could do many things without the direct help of others. Studies say that to be productive is a very necessary thing in the life of a person ...
Views: 1150(1 vote) - Productivity and Motivation - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhMotivation and productivity are two interrelated concepts, the latter fuels the former and the former is the ending result of the latter. Productivity is a measure of performance to show how effective an organization can turn its resources into products (or services) ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - Means to Measure Productivity - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhFor an important economic component, it is necessary to measure productivity. The data collected will in turn be used to calculate of the economic components to get an accurate reading. Peter Drucker is more likely to this point: A business will have no direction without productivity goals. A ...
Views: 1319 - The Management of Productivity Measurements - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhIn modern day, there are many techniques for productivity measurements which are used for a variety of reasons and purposes by a variety of groups. The techniques for many different applications have been developed too. Therefore, it is a must to unify and combine the different techniques and ...
Views: 927 - Multi-Factor Labor Productivity - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhThere are many discusses of whether productivity just means labor productivity or not. This is considered widely as the measure of output products which are produced in an hour of labor. And multi-factor productivity is broader than labor productivity. While labor productivity is more likely ...
Views: 1574 - Reflections on Increasing productivity: Set Your Goals Effectively - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhWant to enhance your own productivity? To do that, the first ting you should do is to start with the goals set by you. Sometimes goals are simple but sometimes very hard and complicated for you to reach. No one would say that achieving a goal could easier then setting a goal. Certainly it is ...
Views: 1013 - Productivity Enhancement Rituals - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhSome recent researches show that since people think of productivity, it may help them very much since they do not just motivate themselves but also they can inspire others. If a person is informed the concept of productivity then he/she will be able to acquire or learn skills to make the ...
Views: 988(1 vote) - How to Increase Productivity through Unified Communications - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Tony DosanjhIn the business world nowadays, bounds and leaps are the factors to increase productivity. This has been controlled by CEOs as well as managers thanks to the recovery of technology and business trends which are known as unified communications. Typically, it is the simplification of all ...
Views: 972 - Often Overlooked: Day-to-Day Impact of a Sales Compensation Plan? - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Tom BrubakerToday much of the emphasis on sales compensation planning focuses on the behavioral versus the operational side to impact organizational performance. Searching Google for sales compensation consultants will return 1.3 million search hits. It seems there are plenty of consultants and experts who ...
Views: 680 - Why Abandon Your Favorite Tools to Create Sales Commission Statements? - by Submitted on May 11, 2011 from Tom BrubakerIf you’re responsible for the sales commission function in your company you have probably encountered or heard others complain about the complexity and time-consuming nature of getting commissions done correctly for the sales team and management. While understanding your company’s commission ...
Views: 710 - The Relation between Success and Productivity - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Tony DosanjhThere are many problems coming along the way, so that maintaining a high level of productivity seems to be very hard for us. This is because as a rule, we would experience only failure because we could not meet the expectations and goals which we have set before. Though this is a hard time, ...
Views: 949 - Increasing productivity in the office - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Tony DosanjhIn the office, have you ever failed to meet deadlines? Have you ever found you have been finishing less work in a day than before? If you have, the best thing for you to do is to increase the productivity. In fact, there are many employees cannot realize the necessity of increasing productivity ...
Views: 1118(1 vote) - First steps to increase productivity - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Tony DosanjhWe can see that productivity can make people move. This is something making them achieve the goals which people have set. Some experts say to live an easy life and achieve success, we need constant productivity. That is because if people want to be productive then they have to become more and ...
Views: 994(1 vote) - How Do You Know about Generating productivity? - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Tony DosanjhNowadays, productivity is defined as the quantity of output per hour of work. A field greatly concerning to capitalists and industrialists is in the relation to labor productivity as well as the impact of many factors which are around it such as the birth of computers, workplace practices, ...
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