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2 Common Excuses That Prevent People From Planning
Did you know that over 90 percent of the people in this country do not spend anytime planning their day? It has been said that people will spend more time planning a business trip or a family vacation, than they will plan for their lives. Are you one of them?...
Tags: Excuse, Vocaboly.com
White papers 2006-02-01
10 Best Excuses for Coming to Work Late
Hot on the heels of my post about whether occasional tardiness is forgivable, here's a handy list of excuses to pull out the next time you show up late at the office. I should point out that while these excuses, as presented by CareerBuilder's Rosemary Haefner on...
Tags: Excuse, Litigation, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland
Blog posts 2009-02-18
We're Still Making Excuses for Weak Leadership
I'm tired of people making excuses for weak leadership, mismanagement, and essentially no corporate governance. We, as managers, can't make excuses for ourselves. Instead, we have to admit our mistakes, learn from them, and move on. If we can't hold ourselves accountable, we deserve what happens to us and to free market capitalism....
Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mismanagement, Excuse, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Management, Steve Tobak
Blog posts 2009-04-06
Top NINE Excuses For Not Making Quota
Below are ten "reasons" that sales reps give when they don't make their numbers.  However, only one of them is a real reason, the other nine are just excuses. Can you spot the valid reason hidden amidst the excuses? [poll id="170"] Click here for...
Tags: Excuse, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2009-04-09
Real Managers Don't Make Excuses
When dogs screw up, they hang their head and tuck their tail between their legs in admission of guilt. When wild animals screw up, it can be fatal. No excuses. It's human to make excuses, but nothing is more success and career limiting. Great managers and successful business people don't...
Tags: Excuse, Professional Development, Career, Steve Tobak
Blog posts 2009-06-30

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Bad Economy Becoming All-Purpose Excuse
Here's your PR tip of the week: write yourself a page of new messages that include the phrase "because of the bad economy..." As in, "Our revenues are flat because of the bad economy." Or, "We have to lay off people because of the bad economy..." ...
Tags: Economy, Public Relations, Litigation, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Jon Greer
Blog posts 2008-11-11
Former White House Drug Spokesman Bob Weiner Blasts John Stossel ABC 20-20 Report as 'Distorted, Inaccurate Excuse for Legalization'
WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former White House drug policy spokesman Bob Weiner is blasting last night's ABC 20-20 drug piece by John Stossel: "It was a distorted and inaccurate excuse for drug legalization. It blows off the successes anWASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former White...
Tags: White House
Research articles 2002-07-31
Money troubles may excuse late payroll taxes.
Money troubles may excuse delays in sending payroll taxes to IRS, a district court says. Rejects IRS' position that financial difficulties NEVER justify abating penalties for untimely payroll tax deposits, etc. Money troubles may excuse delays in sending payroll taxes to IRS, a...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, payroll
Research articles 1998-07-24
British court hears crook's brief excuse
LONDON AFP ? A burly male crook faced a British court after failing to persuade police with a novel excuse as to why he was found carrying a large bag of skimpy ladies' underwear -- that the lingerie was his own. Roger Edwards, 28, was found with frilly satin...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, London
Research articles 2004-04-30
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life jackets save lives.
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 August 1998-UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life jackets save lives C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:100898 Boating season is well underway and the National Safety Council and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL have teamed up to ask boaters a simple question,...
Tags: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Research articles 1998-08-12
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life ja jackets save lives.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 1999-UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life jackets save lives C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300899 Boating season is well underway and the National Safety Council and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL have teamed up to ask boaters a simple question,...
Tags: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Research articles 1999-08-31
CHINESE BANKS ANSWER ERISSCON (NANJING)'S EXCUSE
AsiaInfo Services 04-12-2002 Chinese Banks Answer Erisscon Nanjing's Excuse Nanjing, Apr 12, 2002 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Nanjing Erisscon's excuse for its prepayment of loans back to Chinese banks turned out to be untrue. It said that Chinese banks were not...
Tags: Bank of China
Research articles 2002-04-12
SOC: Poor MCG surface no excuse for United
AAP Sports News Australia 07-15-1999 SOC: Poor MCG surface no excuse for United By Chris Lines MELBOURNE, July 15 AAP - Manchester United will not use a poor MCG surface as an excuse if ...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Manchester United Ltd.
Research articles 1999-07-15
How Not To Let Crisis Management Be An Excuse For Poor Time Management Skills
You must play a pivotal role. Or are all these interruptions and unexpected crisis a sign of something else? Perhaps these things are really a sign that you've forfeited your responsibility to take control of your time and your business and practice good time management skills. This paper explains how...
Tags: SelfGrowth.com, Time Management, Crisis Management, Productivity
White papers 2007-12-01
Crowe's wife says loneliness no excuse for his New York phone hurling
SYDNEY AFP — Russell Crowe's wife says there is no excuse for the Oscar-winner's telephone-throwing temper tantrum that left a New York hotel clerk with facial cuts last week. Crowe has blamed his frustration at missing wife Danielle Spencer and a malfunctioning telephone for the bust up and said...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, phone, Sydney
Research articles 2005-06-12
Ballack excuse is lame says Kahn
BERLIN AFP — Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn claims the 2006 World Cup hosts cannot accept poor performances in the absence of their inspirational captain Michael Ballack. The Bayern Munich midfielder missed Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Turkey in Istanbul through illness and the media claimed the result was further proof...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Germany
Research articles 2005-10-10
Injuries no excuse says Ferguson
MANCHESTER, England AFP — Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that Manchester United's long injury list cannot be used as an excuse for poor performance. The Red Devils are currently 10 points behind leaders Chelsea in third place and on Saturday Ferguson's men are up against Tottenham, a point ahead...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, England, football, Leadership
Research articles 2005-10-21
Guantanamo an 'excuse' for US critics : Bush
WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush said he realised the Guantanamo Bay prison camp was an "excuse" for critics to claim America was guilty of hypocrisy over its core values. Days after three inmates committed suicide, triggering a new international row over the jail, Bush said he would...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2006-06-14
Bush: 'No excuse' for terrorism leaks
SAINT LOUIS, United States AFP — US President George W. Bush said that there was "no excuse" for news accounts last week that gave details of a secret program to track and disrupt terrorism financing. "It's tough enough to fight the terrorists, we shouldn't have to worry about news...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bush, Government, New York Times Co., president, Republican, terrorism
Research articles 2006-06-28
The death of his newborn was an excuse. The molestation of young girls decades earlier might be a delusion. The school choice was just random.
The death of his newborn was an excuse. The molestation of young girls decades earlier might be a delusion. The school choice was just random. But what Charles Carl Roberts IV did in the West Nickel Mines Amish School was no act of spontaneous violence, mental health experts said. "He's...
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, violence
Research articles 2006-10-03
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