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First Impressions Define Your Success.

Rich Gee Group

Dress nicely and if you want to, add an element of flair to your wardrobe — a scarf, a sharp tie, a cool belt, cool shoes. I wore what they wore — sharp shirts and expensive slacks. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. What did I do? I watched what all of my superiors were wearing — and guess what?

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Being sharp means being succinct. Practice pitches and product or service descriptions. Rehearse your pitch.

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Leading Collaboratively…a 21st Century Necessity

You're Not the Boss of Me

So, the leader’s job is to strive for and encourage a balance that allows for healthy discussion, respectfully and productively conducted. Jones January 31, 2011 at 2:26 am Gwyn, I couldn’t agree with you more. The group perspective is much more broad and will help people to produce the best final product.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. Knowledge workers own the means of production — their brains. So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed.

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The Not-So-Secret Secrets to Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel You to the Top

Strategy Driven

Yes, a rifle or laser-sharp approach will take more planning and forethought, but in the end you’ll probably save time and resources. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical. In business, a shotgun approach gets the job done…but usually doesn’t yield outstanding results.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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