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E Prime: “to be” or not “to be” »

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 [...]

 

Can a Reduction in Salary be an Alternative to Layoff’s? »

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 [...]

 

Phone Fear Buster »

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 [...]

4 Simple Steps to Identify and Clear Bad Behavior »

Are bad employees ruining your business?
4 Simple Steps To Identify and Clear Bad Employee Behavior
By Stephanie Frank

It’s a brand new day. You wake up after a great night’s sleep and get ready for work. You have objectives to meet, deadlines approaching and meetings scheduled which will make for a very full day. [...]

Metro Cash and Carry - The INCONVENIENT Store »

For those of you who think I just made a typing error, I would like to clarify that NO, I did not. I wrote inconvenient and that’s exactly what I meant. Let me tell you why…

For people in the Sub-continent, whenever we hear of an international chain or brand coming to town, we get very [...]

8 Secrets of Success - From Your Bedroom »

If one has a positive attitude and outlook on life, that person can really achieve great things. That positive outlook on life can help one to view things in a whole new light and find positivity from any where. Similarly I came across a very nice article that mentioned these simple yet extremely motivating little [...]

Management Lessons-From the Jungle »

It`s a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.
Fox: “Do you know the time, because my watch is broken”
Lion: “Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you”
Fox: “Hmm… But it`s a very complicated mechanism, [...]

How to Tie a Quick Tie-Knot »

There are basically four ways to tie a tie.

The Windsor Knot, one of the easiest tie knots to learn
The Half Windsor Knot
The Four in Hand Knot and
The Pratt Knot — each and everyone being the best-suited knot for a certain type of shirt collar.

The video below will give you a very basic and quick knot:

How To Wear a Tie - The Right Way »

Mens Ties Review has just screened through the many ties available from online men’s stores. It picks out the best buys that has patterns and colors that can be easily matched against most suits and dress shirts. The other important criteria is its stylishness, professional look, and of course quality of its material. Take a [...]

How to Buy a Men’s Business Suit »

Introduction on Mens Suits
I found this really great website that gives detail information on both business and casual wear. The following is an excerpt from that website:
Mens suits are one of the most important formal basic wear in any men’s wardrobe. Every man should have at least one suit.There will always be times when we [...]