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- How to Present Like Steve Jobs
- Apple's CEO is the most charismatic pitchman in business today. Learn how to apply his secrets to your next presentation. Ignite Your Enthusiasm Goal: Engage your listeners’ passion by tapping into your own. ...
- Articles 2008-04-02
- How to Manage the Media
- For too long, American CEOs have operated with a policy of benign neglect toward the media. But recent CEO downfalls and PR disasters prove that strategy no longer works. To survive in the current media environment, here's how smart chief execs are making PR part of corporate strategy. ...
- Articles 2008-03-28
- Who's Your City: Best Places to Live
- In this exclusive adaptation of Richard Florida's new book Who's Your City?, Florida explains how to choose the ideal place to work and live, based on your professional and personal needs. Get Your Priorities Straight ...
- Articles 2008-03-24
- Office Design: How to Build a Better Office
- A well-designed office is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to retain workers and make them more productive. Size Up Your Current Space Goal: Understand how well — or...
- Articles 2008-02-29
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: How to Survive (and Win)
- Thanks to new regulations, Sarbox compliance has become a lot less costly and more efficient. Here’s how to use it to your best advantage. Create a Controls-Friendly Culture From the Top Goal: Lay the...
- Articles 2008-02-26
- How to Build and Manage Great Teams
- Effective team managers understand what type of group model best suits the task, what key skills to look for in team members (and which to strictly avoid) and how to coax top performances from everyone starting from day one. ...
- Articles 2008-01-25
- How to Manage Independent Contractors
- Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here’s how to manage ICs the right way. Decide Whether You Need One Goal: Learn what contractors can do for you...
- Articles 2008-01-07
- How to Survive Dinner with a Wine-Snob Boss
- Having the wine-snob boss over for a fancy dinner? Here’s a BNET survival guide for wannabe wine geeks. Understand Why Wine Is a Big Deal Goal: Appreciate wine’s special role at the dinner table. The...
- Articles 2007-12-19
- How to Negotiate a Merger
- We’ve boiled down what many M&A experts preach about the hard process of M&A negotiating into four basic steps that more companies ought to practice. Make Your Initial Offer GOAL: Define the ballpark parameters under which...
- Articles 2007-12-13
- How to Manage Overachievers
- Overachievers are not like other employees. You need to lead them differently if you want to take advantage of all they have to offer. Here’s how to keep them happy and productive. Identify the Overachiever ...
- Articles 2007-11-26
- How to Manage Employees in Remote Locations
- In order to get the best out of your far-flung employees, you need to establish a clear communication routine, take extra steps to build trust, and review processes often to make sure they’re working for everyone. Build a Strong Team, Starting with You ...
- Articles 2007-09-24
- How to Plan a Merger
- Once, the most common way to grow a business was to hire talent and expand gradually. Today what used to be called “merger mania” is simply business as usual. Determine Whether an Acquisition Makes Sense for Your Firm ...
- Articles 2007-09-07
- How to Win at Office Politics
- Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn’t have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging dirt. In its purest form, office politics is simply about getting from here to there: securing a promotion, seeing an idea come to fruition, or gaining...
- Articles 2007-07-02
- How to Beat a Lower-Priced Competitor
- It’s every company’s nightmare: a competitor enters your market with a similar product priced at a fraction of what you currently charge. You need a strategy for beating the low-ballers. So what’s the best way to proceed? On the one hand, all you need to do is...
- Articles 2007-06-14
- How to Nurture New Ideas
- From Henry Ford’s assembly line to Apple’s iPod, every great innovation started with a great idea. But in the business world, it’s a lot easier to say "no" to new ideas than it is to dedicate time, money, and resources to developing them. Institutionalize Idea...
- Articles 2007-06-05
- How to Take Parental Leave
- Taking time off from work to care for a new child may be a federal right for many American workers, but doing it without mapping out a sound strategy can derail your career. Know Your Rights Goal: Determine exactly how...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- How to Use Web 2.0 Inside Your Company
- Today the business world is undergoing a significant transformation thanks to a set of technologies collectively known as "Web 2.0." Although it's tempting to dismiss Web 2.0 as Silicon Valley hype, that would be a mistake. Start Small and Simply Goal: Identify a Web...
- Articles 2007-05-15
- How to Run an Effective Meeting
- Have you ever sat though a pointless meeting and calculated just how much money was being wasted as a dozen well-paid professionals zoned out around a deathly boring conference table? Make Every Meeting Matter — or Don't Meet at All Goal:...
- Articles 2007-04-09
- How to Gather Competitive Research
- To formulate an effective corporate strategy, it's essential to understand two basic questions: What is your company doing, and what are your competitors doing? Establish the Strategic Problem Goal: Define your question before you begin the search for answers. Developing a competitive strategy...
- Articles 2007-03-28
- How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You Back
- Donald Trump makes it look easy, but the words you're fired are always difficult to say. Here's how to let an employee go the right way, breaking the news firmly but gently so you can get your team back on track. Treat Dismissal As an...
- Articles 2007-03-20
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