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Close the Performance Gap
One of the most difficult and emotionally draining situations you face as business owners or executives is employees not meeting your expectations. How can you handle it if they are not keeping up their end of the employee contract?Begin by taking a look at your team. Do you have the right people? Before you hire someone, think about the culture of your company, the team that you already have in place and y

ting material
professional teaming materials
speeches/ceremonies/awards
video
blogs and web diaries
advertisements
tag lines and
direct mail.

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified a

Free & Low Cost Fundraisers for Non Profit Organizations
Is your non profit organization operating on a shoestring budget? Take heart, you're certainly not the only ones! Many community groups, schools and other social impact organizations have very tight budgets and are dedicated to putting the money they do have toward their mission. So what do you do when it comes to fundraising? Does it really "take money to make money" as the old saying goes?One of the best fund

It’s soon to be 2007, and we can hardly stand the thought. How do we manage the tension between finding a greater purpose and the day-to-day assault of the business environment?

We’re coal miners on a dark and gritty expedition, unearthing what’s true to our company’s core. What are we doing that is different from what everyone else in our industry is doing? Why do we exist? What makes employees passionate about their work? What excites our customers?

And, most importantly, will we be able to make the necessary changes?

Keith Yamashita, Change Strategist, author of ‘10 Ways to Reinvent Your Company,’ suggests you clarify what must change first, and make decisions-right or wrong. There is nothing worse than waffling. Pull the trigger, don’t just blow smoke into the barrel.

According to Yamashita, change is a chain reaction, but you have to be deliberate about where you start. Because you can not fix everything at once, you find the minimum number of leverage points that can make a dramatic impact. Reinforce these messages in everything that you do. Use every ad, press release, professional communication and event to tell your story.

Professional communications include:

press releases
press kits
articles and columns
feature stories
newsletters
white papers
books and e-books
e-zines
case studies
mission statements
, firm bios
individual bios
brochures
website content
presentations
marketing material
professional teaming materials
speeches/ceremonies/awards
video
blogs and web diaries
advertisements
tag lines and
direct mail.

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified ar

Applying Strategic Leadership in the workplace
What is strategic leadership and why do I need it?Strategic leadership is a self-explanatory term, and even when separated, still provides a meaningful definition. A definition of strategic leadership can be summed up as the “ability to anticipate, prepare, and get positioned for the future.”In my experience, I have been able to pinpoint specific examples of colleagues who have exemplified strategic leaders

ist? What makes employees passionate about their work? What excites our customers?

And, most importantly, will we be able to make the necessary changes?

Professional communications include:

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified a

Components of a Hot Water Pressure Washer
If you run a mobile pressure washer business it is extremely important that you know the components so you can trouble shoot in the field while you are online with the manufacturers help desk or equipment vendor. Most problems that are encountered on the job can be easily fixed so you do not lose any money in the field.Your engine has a single crankshaft where all the power goes. In a car, this crankshaft goes to a

r, don’t just blow smoke into the barrel.

Professional communications include:

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified a

Business Ethics 101
Sometimes life provides us with character-defining opportunities that remain with us forever. If we're lucky, that is. These events, which occur in both our professional and our personal lives, are significant not for their particulars, but for what they say about who we are and who we are not. It is who we become as a result of these experiences-not the experiences themselves-that is most important. This is because these

tion and event to tell your story.

Professional communications include:

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified a

Effective Email Communication
Email, when used properly, can generate additional direct sales and leads; can be used as a tool to communicate with your existing client base to let them know of upcoming events which may affect them; and as a means of ongoing promotion for your business.The following is a list of simple guidelines and tips that will help you become an effective email communicator. Please bear in mind that many of these guidelines

ting material
professional teaming materials
speeches/ceremonies/awards
video
blogs and web diaries
advertisements
tag lines and
direct mail.

What messages can be delivered in Press Releases, Newsletters and other forms of Professional Communications?

Opening or Expansion of New Offices – We’re in a growth mode. We’ve identified areas of change and momentum that will propel our company forward.

Press on Projects – We have something compelling to tell you about how we handled the issues on this project. We saved time or money or can quantify some benefit we produced, and we can do that for you.

Building Equity in a Firm – Our firm is strong for the future. We are building equity by promoting, attracting, collaborating, owning.

Branding of the firm – You could go elsewhere, but why would you? We have the method and deliver results. We’ve defined excellence in this area, and we own the brand.

Employee Attraction – These people work here, you could too. We do this type of work, we promote it and you.

Employee Retention – You’ll have longevity and build a career with us. Why go elsewhere?

Internal-communications challenges - (such as around a merger or changes in leadership) – We have this issue under control and it benefits us and you.

External Communications – (around a merger or change in leadership - We have our eye on our business and are handling this issue so that we can do what we do best – bring value to you.

Know these answers. Are you the low cost leader? Are you on the cutting edge of design and methodology? Are you the ultimate in leadership and answers? Are you the knowledgeable mainstay?

Keep your message in mind. Use professional communications to deliver your message, and you will have more than ten ways to reinvent your company in 2007.

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