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- The Business Case for Corporate Stress Assessment and Intervention
- Stress may be a small word, but it has huge implications for corporate profitability. According to the US Bureau of Labor, stress costs US business over $300 billion annually. In the 21st Century, business operates faster and with more complexity and uncertainty than ever before. The impact of stress on...
- White papers 2005-02-15
- Corporate Stress Report
- Stress analysis of the XYZ Company workforce found number of areas where stress may be affecting employee performance as well as a variety of employment cost indices. Based upon General Consulting Associates analysis of aggregated Personal Stress Navigator, stress was implicated as a current or potential element in various parameters...
- White papers 2004-08-12
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- Positive Directions
- Positive Directions John Ryder Morgan James 1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 325, Garden City, NY 11530-1693 9781600373657, $27.95, www.morganjamespublishing.com Stress is all in your head, so your head should be able to manage it, right? "Positive Directions: Shifting Polarities to Escape Stress and Increase Happiness" is...
- Research articles 2009-01-01
- Coating provides visualization of surface shear stress rapidly
- In order to assist rapid, nonintrusive analysis of surface shear stress, NASA's Ames Research Center has developed a liquid crystal coating technique that provides researchers with rapid visual information and measurements. NASA scientists rely on information obtained in aerodynamic research to design new, improved structures. "The Liquid Crystal Coating Method...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- Deciding Whether You're in the Right Job
- Regardless of what you do for a living, it's human nature to wonder at times if you are in the right job. Most people spend at least some of their working life questioning themselves and their careers—and speculating about whether other occupations or work situations might be more fulfilling and...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Building Self-Confidence
- For those who have it, there is nothing special about self-confidence. If you don’t have it, however, it can be a big challenge to create and keep a sense of self-worth.Nearly every single one of us will have had times when we feel happy and comfortable with ourselves: we know...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- Managing Business Meetings
- Meetings are a necessary part of everyone’s working life. Handled well, they present an opportunity to gather everyone together to review activities and plan new ones, or to examine a particular situation, agree on actions, and act in a coordinated manner. Handled badly, they can be boring and ineffectual. The...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Understanding Matrix Management
- Matrix management is a system based on multiple employee reporting structures. It emphasizes both "vertical" organizational hierarchy and "horizontal" relationships. In other words, any employee within a matrix organization reports upwards to superiors and, based on geographic requirements, may also report sideways to peers. It came about as organizations recognized...
- Articles 2007-04-23
- Creating Cross-Functional Teams
- Most business projects require a wide variety of skills to complete the tasks involved. If you're managing such a project, it's almost axiomatic that you will be directing a group of individuals from different backgrounds: They may be members of your own organization, from other units of your company, or...
- Articles 2007-10-04
- Firing Up Organizations in Tough Times
- Fear motivates people strongly, but in random directions. Leadership aligns them in the same direction. Article explains that fear motivates immediacy and leadership motivates coordinated action. It suggests to reconnect leadership at the top and connect people to forward motivation and decrease stress. Read article to know the details. ...
- White papers 2003-04-28
- Numerical Modelling of Stainless Steel Plates in Compression
- The report describes the development of numerical models for analyzing stainless steel plates in compression. Material tests on coupons cut in the longitudinal, transverse and diagonal directions are included as are the results of tests on stainless steel plates. Detailed comparisons are made between the experimental and numerical ultimate loads,...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Predicting Unit Performance by Assessing Transformational and Transactional Leadership
- How does leadership ratings collected from units operating under stable conditions predict subsequent performance of those units operating under high stress and uncertainty? To examine this question, the paper calculates the predictive relationships for the transformational and transactional leadership of 72 light infantry rifle platoon leaders. Both transformational and transactional...
- White papers 2003-03-26
- Web Site is King of the Road - Trip - for Summer Travelers: Hampton Offers Themed Travel Ideas Tailored to Most Preferences
- MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- As travelers consult their roadmaps, calculate the mileage to be driven, and double- or triple-check the compass directions, Hampton Hotels is showing travelers that getting there is half the fun. With 79 percent of all travelers--more than 808 million people--expected to hit the road this year, HamptonR...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- The Victim/Responder
- Being out of control isn't inherently a bad thing, and learning how to deal with "leaks in the system" is key to staying afloat. The bottom left area...
- Articles 2008-12-05
- Mastering Confidence
- It's easily lost, dangerous in large quantities, and elusive to pin down. Learn how to maintain — and wield — the perfect amount of confidence. During these rough times, it's easy for your confidence — like so many other things — to spiral downward. You probably find yourself asking...
- Articles 2009-04-21
- Real Life Sales Managers from Hell
- Got a lousy sales manager? Not to worry. No matter how bad things are, they could be worse. A lot worse. This post contains a gallery of the worst sales managers of all time -- as contributed by Sales Machine readers. I've provided some polls, so that you can vote...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Lessons from the field - Effective Sales Management: Short and Long-term Planning, Forecasting, and Expense Budgeting - Part 2 of 2 - By John Hogan
- Lessons from the field - Effective Sales Management: Short and Long-term Planning, Forecasting, and Expense Budgeting - Part 2 of 2 - By John Hogan 'The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.' Frank C. CarlucciCarlucci has had a very diverse career, having served as US...
- News items 2009-08-10
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