By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 31, 2009 in Communication Skills, Success Factors, social media | 9 Comments
Social Media and Social Networking are two very popular buzz words these days. Almost everybody has heard of them. You must be saying “Yeah so what?” or maybe “that’s for teenagers” . According to a survey conducted by e-marketer 58% of adults still don’t know what Social Networking is.
Well my friends, in a single [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 28, 2009 in Communication Skills, Success Factors | 4 Comments
By Kimberly Englot
I believe that everyone deserves to live an extraordinary life. These are some strategies and attitudes that have truly transformed my life, and I wish to share them with you. Use them and live your best life.
1. Be a class act and conduct yourself with integrity. Give others the benefit of the doubt, especially [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 24, 2009 in Communication Skills, General HR, Success Factors | 0 Comments
By Jeffrie Story and Debbie Allen
“If you don’t’ toot your own horn, you can’t enjoy the music.” - Debbie Allen
Shamelessly Effective Self-Promotion by Debbie Allen
When a friend of mine, Larry James, first stated, “I’m a shameless self-promoter,” I laughed. Then I thought for a moment, and I realized that I’m a shameless self-promoter, too. [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 24, 2009 in General HR, Hiring, employee retension | 0 Comments
By Debbie Allen
Today’s low unemployment rate is making retailers feel the pressure to keep quailed, motivated and happy employees.
The shrinking pool of available help for retail is taking its toll. Retailers of all sizes are struggling to find and hold enough sales staff to get the job done successfully. Think about finding more part-time [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 23, 2009 in Communication Skills, Corporate Culture, General HR | 0 Comments
Good Morning All!
I found this wonderful presentation on a very interesting topic and would like to share it with all of you. Please do tell me what you think!
Happiness as Your Business Model
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 22, 2009 in General HR, Inspirational Stories, Success Factors | 4 Comments
“I am Not My Car” - Getting Over Environmental Attachments
By Kimberly Englot
In these current economic times, I feel that it is particularly important for people to remember that their possessions do not reflect who they are as human beings. This is a story to help us all remember who we really are inside.
About a year [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 22, 2009 in Inspirational Stories, Success Factors | 1 Comment
Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer’s debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 22, 2009 in Communication Skills, Inspirational Stories, Success Factors | 1 Comment
Effective communication skills are vital for the success of any organization, irrespective of its size. Everyone reading this will be thinking “oh not that topic again!” or “yeah like we don’t know that already?” or even “my communication skills are great, I don’t need to read this!!” Let me assure you this is not the [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 19, 2009 in Employee issues, Recession and Unemployment | 1 Comment
With the beginning of the current financial meltdown and global recession of an unprecedented kind in the last 4 decades the corporate world has been scrambling for answers to new questions, questions that were never asked when basking in the luxury of flowing smooth business profits and cash or were pushed aside because the external [...]
By Marryam Chaudhry on Jan 19, 2009 in Business Etiquettes, Corporate Culture | 0 Comments
BY TAMARA DORRIS
Whether you cold call on prospects or fancy yourself more of a relationship-building type of person, let’s face facts. We all have to pick up that big, hairy beast that, at times, seems like your mother-in-law on steroids. If we’re honest with ourselves and each other, we will admit the times when our [...]