influence
influence
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by Welly Mulia - 2007-02-16
The geographic area in which I live celebrate Chinese New Year annually. Being a Chinese, my family and I celebrated this festive season as well.During this Chinese New Year, it is a custom for people...
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by Harlan Goerger - 2007-02-18
It's been one of those days; Ben has made several calls today with mixed results. One has really got him pondering what he is doing wrong. A customer decided to go with a competitor whose salesman has...
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by Michael Lee - 2007-02-19
You've been in this situation before. You spend an entire afternoon talking animatedly about the merits of this one product you're trying to sell; and after wasting about a bucket of saliva on the ...
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by William Frank Diedrich - 2007-02-22
Great leaders surround themselves with great and skillful people. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, and his team researched what it takes for organizations to achieve greatness. He identified grea...
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by Elaine Sihera - 2007-03-04
The desire to control is central to all of us. It is tied up with our need for security. Without control we feel lost and at sea, insecure and vulnerable. The need to control our future, our environme...
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by Elaine Sihera - 2007-03-04
According to a popular handbook for managers, a good manager motivates others by "encouraging ambition, the desire to achieve and a wish to contribute to the collective good of the business". Then it ...
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by Elaine Sihera - 2007-03-04
Are leaders naturally 'born' or do they have to be taught? Astrologers promote the idea of leaders tending to cluster in certain signs of the zodiac. For example Arians (the Ram) are supposed to be 'n...
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by Harlan Goerger - 2007-03-05
It's Tuesday and I'm meeting with an executive for a large equipment organization. It's an interesting conversation, as it's indicated the sales force is very busy with customers wanting equipment,...
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by Kurt Mortensen - 2007-03-09
Every successful company uses some sort of promotion to influence certain audiences, usually customers or prospects, by informing or persuading them. Reasons for promoting a business include: increasi...
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by Kurt Mortensen - 2007-03-09
If you've researched your market, thought over the pros and cons of a home-based business, and decided to go ahead, it's time to put together a business plan.Developing a business plan forces you to t...