Staying Cool Under Pressure and Coming Through in the Clutch

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Author Robert Cerfolio uses what he learned in athletics and applies to staying calm in business situations. We all ask ourselves the same desperate question from time to time: How am I going to make this work?! No matter how well we’ve done laying the groundwork for everything to run smoothly – becoming educated, choosing the right spouse, treating others …

Feedback: The Essential Nutrient

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Anna Carroll, author of The Feedback Imperative, explains why feedback is an essential nutrient for the health of your employees and the company. By Anna Carroll Everyone’s focused on workplace happiness and how to attract and retain great employees.  Leaders are encouraged to create a fun workplace, avoid micromanaging, and give lots of positive feedback and recognition. These are all …

A Business Carol – Part 2: Learning to Let Go

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As his company expanded, Nathan Gordon of Christmas Central found new ways to manage employees and foster a desirable company culture. Editor’s Note: We had the opportunity to attend the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition this year in Chicago. There we met with Nathan Gordon, Chief Information Officer at Christmas Central, who shared insight on leadership and the dynamic of …

Seven Simple Secrets of Success for Your Business

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Chemical Exchange Industries, Inc. and Texmark Chemicals Founder and Owner David M. Smith Plots Out Seven Common Denominators of Businesses That Have Thrived Within half of all small-business ventures fail within the first five years, according to the government’s Small Business Administration. After 10 years, only a third are still around. Successful entrepreneurship hits the bull’s eye of the American dream, …

Practicing Personal Power

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It is important to look internally at personal power to become a more effective external leader. Personal power is a core leadership trait that everyone needs to develop before they can lead others. It has to do with being able to lead yourself. “Personal power is the ability to achieve what you want,” according to Frederick Mann, a successful entrepreneur …

Blurred Lines: When Your Work Life and Personal Life Begin to Merge

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Although “work” is often mixed with recreational and social activities, etiquette expert Margaret Page explains how some things need to always remain separate. Once, the line between our labor and our leisure was abundantly clear: 9 am to 5 pm was work, and evenings and weekends were for play. Today, in the age of entrepreneurship and new workplace order—where going …

Expert Insight: A Fit Employee Is a Better Employee

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The majority of adults in the U.S. are overweight. Forefront’s go-to fitness guru shares her thoughts with us. I recently read that a new CareerBuilder survey finds the majority of workers feel they are overweight. The results really aren’t that surprising, with 66 percent of Americans overweight or obese. Here are a few suggestions on what executives and managers can …

Why Your Employees Need To Get Moving

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A new study proves that over half of all workers are overweight, contributing to a less productive workplace. The office lifestyle may seem fast-paced, but the sedentary nature of deskwork is the cause of more than half of American workers’ declining physical fitness. Our friends at CareerBuilder shared with us results of a recent study indicating that 55 percent of …

Has an Employer’s Market Further Skewed Work-Life Balance?

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Five tips for ensuring a desirable lifestyle from an Exxon Manager turned life coach With the unemployment rate below 7 percent, lower than it was even five years ago and down from a peak of 10 percent in October 2009, many are breathing a sigh of relief. But the effects of a long bout of high unemployment are sure to …