Being a positive thinker does not mean that you should refuse to acknowledge the way things are. The true positive thinker acknowledges potential and existing negative circumstances and reactions, and engineers a plan to overcome them, to achieve positive results.
I come to work with dozens and dozens of things on my to-do list. And then life hits me as I enter the door and my to-do list is forgotten. What should I do to stay focused?
The best way to evaluate how your business is doing is to gather feedback from your customers and employees. Here are some pointers that will help you get the feedback you need to improve your business.
The key to success in setting priorities is having a long time perspective. You can tell how important something is today by measuring its potential future impact on your life.
I get a financial report from my accountants and, when I ask questions about what the items mean, they give me another accounting term I don't understand. It seems that their numbers are different than what is reality. Why?
To turn around the performance of a troubled company, a new leader or change agent must gather information in the shortest possible time. This requires input from everyone at all levels. Here are 10 ways to obtain employee input effectively.
I have had four trucks in the past, but I am running solo now. I now question whether management is even possible for me or was there just a particular set of problems I was not able to overcome?
Many people think accountability only crops up when something goes wrong. A more positive approach to accountability can do more to achieve outstanding results than all the finger pointing and blaming in the world.
I hate public speaking but with an ever-expanding company I feel I must learn to talk to the company as a whole. Standing up in front of the entire company with every eye on me is unnerving. Do you have any suggestions?
Photos from the 2013 ACCA Conference & IE3 Expo in Orlando, Fla.
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