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Business Management
Only hire relatives if they are also absolutes

When somebody starts a business and needs to start hiring employees there is a temptation to bring in family members to fill the open slots. You think you know who they are and feel that you can trust them….but do they have the talent and experience to do the job you expect them to perform?

 
 
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In any negotiation, never forget that time wounds all deals

The longer a negotiation takes, the more likely it is that it will not consummate as it allows the opportunity for other opportunities to come in to play that compete with what you are trying to get done.  This holds true for everything from hiring to closing sales opportunities to making acquisitions to seeking financing. The longer you let it drag on, the less likely it will happen.

 
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Killing The Mission Statement

The mission statement is probably the most outdated corporate invention of the last thirty years. The problem is that so many people are so intent on conforming to politically correct positions that they fail to communicate and simply regurgitate blinding glimpses of the obvious. Image   
 

 

 

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Firing Non-Performing Customers

Owners and managers know that they should constantly keep the quality of their staff high by firing the weakest performers. It follows that they should also do the same with their customers.

   

 

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Are your employees “Homing from Work?”

Current work trends are that we emphasize flex time and encourage staff to work from home but most owners and managers do a poor job of stopping their employees homing from work.  

It used to be that for people working 9 – 5 there were certain things that they had to do during business hours. Now that we live in a 24/7 environment that is no longer as true; there are still some personal things that can only be done during the work day, but the vast proportion can now be done from home.

 
 
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