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The monthly performance recognition awards have come round again but, once more, Fiona White is sure she won't be featuring. Fiona is a consistent administration worker. She is well organized and clears her desk of the day's work without making fuss or having 5-minute panics like some of the others seem to do. She often helps these people out because she has enough control over her own work to be able to reschedule things. However she is not a high profile earner for the comp...

Bonuses and rewards make decent motivational tools, but their effects can be short-term. The best way to motivate employees, especially over the long haul, is by creating an environment they enjoy working in.

Want a quote about bad meetings? Here's what Steve Kaye has to say.

Most agendas mean nothing. That guarantees that the meeting will take longer and accomplish less. Here's how to prepare a complete agenda.

Most employers dream of having a well motivated enthusiatic workforce producing high quality products on time and within budget. It does not have to be a dream and sometimes only small changes can have a large impact. Here are 6 ways to improve morale and productivity in your workers.

Everyone knows that if you are to have a successful Internet Business, you have to create quality products that people will be eager to buy. But let’s say that you have already created your product and that you have started to generate a good income from it. You are obviously satisfied with the results you’re getting but still … if you could just get more traffic to your site, if you could just send your offer to more subscribers, if you could only get more exposure, you k...

People who take meetings for granted risk being a victim of a trap. Here they are and how to avoid them.

Too often, participants in performance appraisal meetings seem awkward and uncomfortable. To some extent, that’s unavoidable — it’s always a bit awkward for one person to deliver a formal assessment of the quality of work performed by another. But following some simple suggestions can eliminate a lot of the awkwardness in performance appraisal meetings. Here are a couple of tips that will help put both players at ease. (In Part 2 of this article, I’ll provide some addition...

In most instances (but not all!) you will have limited scope to buy at a lower price. For this reason your selling price is the critical variable - how you set you selling price will have a long term affect on the health of your business.

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