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Posted on May 8, 2012
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4 criteria to help you attract the best – and avoid the rest!
Ann is a frustrated business owner who has been trying to hire a Marketing Manager for the last 8 months. Her last attempt was disastrous: over $6,200 spent on recruitment ad...
Posted on May 3, 2012
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A recent decision from the Georgia Court of Appeals illuminates a potentially dangerous blind spot of risk for contractors. In The Estate of Pitts v. City of Atlanta, 312 Ga. App. 599, 719 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011), the Georgia Court of...
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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Does a construction manager have a duty of care to employees of contractors and subcontractors to provide a safe project site? This was the question that the Indiana Supreme Court addressed in its opinion issued on March 22, 2012, in the case of Hunt Construction Group,...
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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Ted Garrison Interview with Mike Sullivan ♦
The benefits of pre-planning are often difficult to understand because the error or problem occurs many months later. Proper pre-planning, for example, can have a major impact on safety. Typically, materials are moved an average of 4.5 times...
Posted on Apr 10, 2012
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Personal connection, likeability, and trustworthiness are back. They are the new litmus test for doing business. Author and consultant Andrew Sobel says we create these qualities not by knowing the right answers, but by knowing the right questions.
Just a few years ago, globalization was...
Posted on Apr 9, 2012
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With the challenges in the economy in the last few years, many leaders are getting discouraged. It used to be so easy to succeed. Now it’s more challenging. Leaders everywhere have to do more with less working with fewer resources, lower budgets and smaller staffs.
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012
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Clue #1 that the answer is yes: A workplace full of people who struggle to get through the day. “Cause evangelist” Mohan Nair says to light a fire under them—and to survive in a world where markets are transforming rapidly—your company itself must transform. That means avoiding...
Posted on Mar 22, 2012
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Many businesses have not yet fully recovered from the Great Recession, and they are still looking for ways to cut their budgets. All too often it’s the supplier’s price that ends up on the chopping block. Andrew Sobel explains how to respond when a customer hits...
Posted on Mar 22, 2012
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Taming Disruptive Behavior | By Dr. Marty Martin ♦
John, a seasoned manager, is growing weary of receiving 2-3 daily email complaints from his employees, the employees of another manager, and occasionally a customer. They are not ordinary complaints. John is not a...
Posted on Mar 12, 2012
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Jim was the perfect candidate with many years of solid experience as a professional sales rep and had an obvious talent of persuasion and communication skills. But the hiring manager had some strong reservations during the interview. Jim’s strong focus on results ‘right now’ and a...
