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Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions?
The Idea in Brief How many of us struggle harder every day to uphold obligations to our bosses, families, and communities--even as the quality of our lives erodes? And how many of us feel too...
Tags: Commitment, Recruitment & Selection, Research & Development, Business Structures, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Donald N. Sull, Dominic Houlder, Professional Development, Productivity, Commitments
Articles 2008-04-14
How to Become a Better Persuader: Six Principles to Follow
The phrase "always be closing" doesn't just resonate with salespeople.  Effective leaders also need to have that "closing" skill -- the ability to sell other people on ideas. As former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca said, "You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't...
Tags: Management, Finance, Investment, Leadership, Team Management, Business Structures, Commitment, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-12-06
Business Growth Commitment: The Right Plan For Success
Successful business owners, Chief Executive Officers (CEO's), and managers typically agree that in the business world, failing to plan is planning to fail. They are determined to move their businesses forward and have, at the very least, a general plan of attack. While they may not be completely confident in...
Tags: Commitment, CEO, KalAajKal.com, Strategy, Security, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
The Importance Of Training - A Commitment To Development
More recently, there has been another change. Many organisations are making a strong commitment to develop their talent from within. Many employers recognise that most skills can be taught and that expertise can be developed on the job. These employers focus more on selecting staff with the right attitudes and...
Tags: Commitment, Training, Competency, Derek Stockley, Workforce Management, Leadership, Strategy, Human Resources, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
Interview Question: Outside Commitments
Questions about outside commitments are extremely tricky. In government departments, you have to get approval to do your outside work, which usually comes with a few additional bells and whistles, including not discussing departmental matters. In the private sector they may not care, or they may insist you stop the...
Tags: Commitment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2009-01-01
Employee Retention - Building Commitment
A committed employee is extraordinarily valuable. You can gain staff commitment by meeting people's key needs: paying attention to people at all levels; trusting and being trusted; tolerating individuality; and creating a blame-free, can-do culture. But why go through all these? What is the importance of gaining trust and commitment?...
Tags: Commitment, Employee Retention
White papers 2009-01-01
Who Is David Allen?
With his popular seminar lectures and cult-like following, productivity expert David Allen has become an influential force in the Information Age workplace. Why He Matters Now: Since publishing his best-selling book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity in 2001, David Allen has...
Tags: Commitment, GTD, PDAs, Microsoft Outlook, Handhelds, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Hardware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Robert Landon, David Allen, Productivity, Career, Getting Things Done, Workplace, GTD System, BNET Briefing
Articles 2007-03-12
HR Practices And Customer Satisfaction : The Mediating Link Of Commitment
This research examined organizational commitment as a mediator between HR practices and customer satisfaction of 35 job groups from 13 service firm business units. Both commitment level and consensus were predicted to influence customer satisfaction. Results found that commitment level mediated the relationship between HR practices and customer satisfaction. ...
Tags: Human Resources, Commitment, Customer Satisfaction, Product Marketing, Marketing
White papers 2001-09-14
FX Real Estate and Entertainment, Inc. Business Update Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. If you would like to ask a question at this time please press *1 on your touchtone phone. If you are on a speaker phone please make sure you depress your mute function before signaling to be sure your signal can...
Tags: Commitment, Call Transcript, Capital Structures, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-04-15
The Crazymaker/Visionary
People who have a high level of perspective but a low level of control can take on too many commitments — and make everyone around them a little nuts. ...
Tags: Commitment, Temptation, Level, E-mail, Financial Services, Online Communications, Book Excerpt, David Allen, Making It All Work, GTD, Getting Things Done, Time Management, Leadership
Articles 2008-12-05
Parkway Properties Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. And we'll take our first question from Michael Bilerman with Citigroup. Irwin Guzman - Citigroup Good morning. It's Irwin Guzman here. Steven Rogers Hey Irwin. Irwin Guzman - Citigroup Steve, can you just tell us a little about many your conversations you had...
Tags: Commitment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Citigroup Inc., Financial Services, Seeking Alpha, Parkway Properties Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-02-10
Donald Sull: Manage by Commitments, Not Hierarchies
Donald Sull of the London Business School knows what makes your organization tick. He is an authority on the kind of changes companies need to make in order to respond more quickly to changing markets, global trends and even crises. It seems like quite a few...
Tags: Commitment, Organization, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Quality, Leadership, Strategy, Supply Chain, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Jeremy Dann
Blog posts 2009-03-04
Commitment Form (Advertising)
This is a template for commitment for. This commitment form is to serve as Client's written authorization for firm to perform services and/or contract with suppliers.
Tags: Advertisement, Commitment, Channel Management, Marketing
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Why Project Closeouts Matter (Part 1)
What can project closeouts do for you? In a nutshell, you should: Discover what stakeholders and team members think. Ask them to list the things that worked and things that can be done differently; Define the root causes. Separate issues from ownership, and hone in to ascertain root causes on...
Tags: Commitment, Team Management, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-03-24
Walking a Fine Line Between Inspiration and Intimidation
Employee commitment and job satisfaction are the twin holy grails of employee communication, often overlooked in the tactical rush to produce knockout publications, intranets, events, and other internal communication tools. Building commitment and satisfaction should serve as the foundation for all internal communication efforts. Commitment is the rational choice employees...
Tags: Job, Commitment, Job Satisfaction, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2004-03-06
ATP, AATP, CTP, and PTP: Order Commitment Alphabet Soup
"Available To Promise, Able To Promise, Advanced Able to Promise, Capable to Promise, Profitable to Promise: all are catch phrases describing different offerings that support the order commitment process. Such a proliferation of jargon makes it harder to understand the various levels of support for order commitment and the...
Tags: Supply Chain, Consultant, Commitment, Promise, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-01-01
Persuasion: How To Get A "Yes"
The article discloses that research shows that the humans have a nearly obsessive desire to be and appear consistent.  Once one has made a decision or taken a stand, he feels pressure to act in ways consistent with that commitment. The decision is made; he does not have to think...
Tags: Commitment
White papers 2003-01-01
The Seven Deadly Sins In Selling
This article helps to reflect on sales organization and consider where improvements can be made. True sales effectiveness is not just a campaign or company "theme of the month". It is an attitude and a commitment to continual listening, learning, refinement and development. This commitment must start at the top,...
Tags: Commitment, Bette Daoust, Sales Effectiveness, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Conceptualization and Management of Communication Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Three Guatemalan Organizations
"This study investigated employees' and supervisors' conceptualizations of organizational commitment and communication satisfaction in three Guatemalan organizations. The study also examined differences and similarities in participants' views of management strategies based on levels of commitment and satisfaction. Self-administered surveys with open-ended questions were used to collect data. The content analysis...
Tags: Supervisor, Commitment, Communication Satisfaction, Workforce Management, Human Resources
White papers 2002-04-01
WTO Financial Services Commitments: Determinants And Impact On Financial Stability
The paper investigates the factors that have influenced WTO members to take on their chosen level of liberalization commitments in the framework of liberalization of trade in financial services and the impact of such commitments on financial sector stability. The most important factors are economic growth, current account, and trends...
Tags: World Trade Organization, Financial, Commitment, Financial Service, Liberalization, Free Trade, Banking, Finance, Financial Services
White papers 2002-12-01
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