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Tips . . . Say It With Cash! - - Octavia Hansen
As an EX-waitress many years ago, I know how hard wait staff work. And it's usually gals. If it's ever men they are usually young and certainly not friendly nor accurate in their food service. Maybe that's why they don't last long. Women are used to cleaning and serving at home, might as well... Submitted 14 days 6 hours ago.

12 Networking Tips to Success - - Beth Tabak
Networking is a skill anyone can build, including shy people. It is not about selling. In fact, it is not about you at all. When you understand networking as providing value to others you are on your way to being successful. Networking is about connecting, building relationship, understanding the... Submitted 18 days 1 hour ago.

How Do You Prioritize Your Priorities? - - Kim Kirmmse Toth
Do you have an entire notebook page of priorities for things you need/want to get accomplished? Or possibly is your list 2 or 3 pages? I am in that situation now! Maybe it’s the change of seasons, but it always makes me look ahead at what I want to accomplish in the next 3-9-12 months.... Submitted 16 days 23 hours ago.

Conducting The Perfect Job Interview On a Higher Level - Gary Zalben
Part I. The ultimate and true success of any business enterprise is solely dependent upon an effective head and competent employees. Slick, silken-tongued, prospective employees are easy to find and abundant and could easily cause your company ruin. With careful observation, using your own... Submitted 1 day 6 hours ago.

Give Me Integrity, Or Give Me Poverty: The Greatest Need in Post-War Liberia - - Mogama
Need we bemoan how deep, how wide, and how high the culture of corruption rules and reigns across the Liberian motherland? We could do that, but why settle for the easy, thoroughly beaten path? After all, no amount of cursing the darkness can ever turn on a flicker of light. So rather than curse... Submitted 28 days 2 hours ago.

An Encounter with an American Worker - Jack H. Schick
I had a severe blow up at work the other day. That’s the kind of personality I have. I’m generally easygoing and give my guys plenty of slack and leeway. Calm and easy is my style, most of the time. I do have a temper, though. It rarely does, but when it manifests itself it takes the... Submitted 41 days 2 hours ago.

What’s Going To Happen To The Economy-Local Restaurant & Pizza Shops Dying From High Costs - - Steve Kovacs
A report just released from the leading marketing research company The NPD Group, said America lost 6,863 independently owned restaurants from 2010 to 2011. In my local Ohio area, we have lost around 135 independents in that period. Gregory Starzynski NPD’s director of the restaurant... Submitted 59 days 14 hours ago.

Employment USA. United we stand, divided we fall - Highway 101
United we stand, divided we fall. Since the human race has been on this planet we humans have formed groups to defend ourselves from wild animals to modern day militias to defend ourselves from other human beings who seek to harm us. The Arab Spring has proved to us that at the grass roots level... Submitted 87 days ago.

Happy Managing - Dianne Lehmann
Quite some years ago, when I was in my early 30's, I had the occasion to become the office manager of a mobile home resale dealership. I was ostensibly managing men and women who were, for the most part, ten to twenty years older than me. I didn't know the first thing about managing people. I... Submitted 108 days 5 hours ago.

Education Crisis Results in Poorly Prepared Future Workers of the World - Jeff Brown
Following is a more literary form of the business proposal that I have presented to various chamber of commerce in the Los Angeles area. It is interesting to note that unlike academic theory or bureaucratic laced government-run institutions, that which works in the real world works virtually... Submitted 1 year 5 days ago.

Google’s Mission Strategy Beyond Google’s Mission Statement - Mogama
Did Google even feel the pinch of the Great Recession? Hardly. Some in the investment world thought it was a combination of ego and a big joke when Google’s IPO (Initial Public Offering) debut at $85 per share in August 2004. We watched to see the stock price tank, but the balloon has not... Submitted 1 year 33 days ago.

A Fractured Coaching Fairy Tale - Carol Hess
Once upon a time there was a coach named Connie. She was a very talented coach – one of those people who has been coaching ever since she was a little girl when all the kids in the neighborhood came to her for help with their problems. When Connie grew up, she went to The Best Coaching... Submitted 1 year 55 days ago.

The Coach’s Magic Communications Calendar - Carol Hess
I don’t know about you, but on a rather regular basis I have a lot of communicating to do – a weekly ezine, a blog to post to 2-3 times a week, social media tweeting and posting, email correspondence. And those are just the daily, ongoing, get connected and stay connected activities.... Submitted 1 year 55 days ago.

Coach Overwhelm — Part 1 - Carol Hess
I don’t know about you, but when I started my coaching business, I had no idea how hard it would be. And how busy I would be. The more hours I worked, the longer my To Do list grew. The longer my To Do List grew, the more frantic I became. I started to spin. At first I was... Submitted 1 year 55 days ago.

Coach Overwhelm Part 2 - How to Cure It - Carol Hess
The faster you run, the farther you fall behind. The harder you work, the more you have to do. I know. I was in Coach Overwhelm until just a short time ago. The only way I stopped my incessant spinning was to put my foot down hard and come back to earth with a giant big bump. I promised to... Submitted 1 year 55 days ago.

Secrets of my Success: How to be a Great Leader - Bruce Horst
When I last left off , I was at the top of my game working as a Tech Manager at a Best Buy service center in Houston, Texas. It was May 2002 and I was probably on the verge of burning out. Corporate announced that they were going to consolidate our service center in Houston with the one in Dallas... Submitted 1 year 168 days ago.

Secrets of My Success: What a Difference a Day Makes! (con't) - Bruce Horst
In my last installment , I had just moved to Houston and I had a total of $9,000 a month worth of payments due to either credit cards or the IRS, not including the living expenses for me and my family of four. We found an apartment that was in a good location. I remember the first week living... Submitted 1 year 188 days ago.

Secrets of My Success: Failure is Not an Option. (It is Mandatory!) - Bruce Horst
Have you ever seen one of those ads on the Internet that starts out something like "I just made $1,234,567 in only 3 weeks!"? Chances are that you clicked on at least one of those ads, too! There are many reasons why these promises of fortune never work out. One of those reasons is because of... Submitted 1 year 201 days ago.

The Country Runs on Coffee - Dianne Lehmann
At least that is what you might think if you spend time with one of the many purveyors of the dark brew in Prescott and Prescott Valley in Arizona where my husband and I live . If there is a recession-proof business, this just might be it. Add donuts or a muffin and how could you go wrong? If you... Submitted 2 years 28 days ago.

The Secret Code to the New Economy: 1099 - Bruce Horst
For at least the past 6 months I've been asking every financial or business leader that I speak with what the 'new economy' will look like after this current recession has taken its toll and reshaped America's economy. I've been surprised at the low number of items I've found contention... Submitted 2 years 336 days ago.

The Thankless Status of Being a Valued Customer - Terry Mitchell
The credit card companies I do business with are constantly reminding me that I'm such a "valued" customer. But each time, however, they follow it up with a solicitation for one of their worthless credit protection programs. I can try one of these offers free of charge for one month, but failure... Submitted 3 years 297 days ago.

Computer Support for Small Businesses – How to Handle Your Self-Proclaimed Guru - Danny Davids
I’ve spent the last 25 years providing computer and network support for various businesses as a contractor, a consultant, and an employee.   In that time I’ve had to deal with some awfully strange situations involving the interaction between man and machine.   Some of them are due to ignorance on... Submitted 6 years 15 days ago.

Work-From-Home Scam:  Counterfeit Cashiers' Checks and Money Orders - Danny Davids
I’ve heard variations on this type of scam before.   However, a new version of this one took on new significance when it nearly affected a family member.   My daughter contacted me last week about a part-time job offer she’d received via the Internet.   She asked me to look it over and see if it... Submitted 6 years 31 days ago.

The Wacky Carousel of Business Ownership - Lama Mama
It seems to be the dream of every American to own his or her own business. No boss! Make your own hours! Do things MY way! In the last two years, I have personally watched seven small businesses flame out and crash less than two years after they opened. Almost all of them had a good product --... Submitted 22 days 16 hours ago.

Breyers Ice Cream - An American Classic from 1866 to 2006 - Nancy Daniels
If you grow up in the Philadelphia area, there are some foods that are inbred in you: soft pretzels, hoagies, the famous Philly cheesesteak, cream dried beef, sticky buns, scrapple, Tastycakes, and, of course, Breyers ice cream. I was raised in South Jersey and contrary to popular belief, we are... Submitted 71 days 1 hour ago.