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CRM AND SMALL BUSINESSES
CRM (Customer Relationships Management) appears to mean different things to different people. I haven't seen two definitions that really agree. The giant companies have many goals when they speak of CRM. One that annoys me, that continues to crop...
Masterminding Your Way To Greater Success
Napoleon Hill coined the concept of the mastermind alliance in his classic book Think and Grow Rich. He believed that a group of like-minded, achievement-oriented individuals could dramatically leverage each other's success.
The old adages...
Move Key Audiences to Actions You Want
How?
Try a blueprint like this: people act on their own perception of the facts before them, which leads to predictable behaviors about which something can be done. When we create, change or reinforce that opinion by reaching, persuading...
Ten Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs
Business cost for everyone can get out of control very fast. Here's ten simple yet POWERFUL ways to reduce cost that can have a GREAT effect on the health of your business.
1. Barter If you have a business you should be bartering goods and...
What’s It Worth?
Sound financial business planning means taking ongoing assessment steps looking at the business from multiple perspectives including capitalization, expansion, menu concepts, cash flow and even an exit strategy. Whether you are a chef dreaming...
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Small Business Owners Increase Productivity and Profitability Utilizing Free Leadership Tools and Resources Available Online
High quality leadership tools and resources have historically
been cost prohibitive for small to mid-sized organizations. This
resource problem has now been remedied by Leadership-Tools.com
(www.leadership-tools.com).Leadership-Tools.com founder Richard
Gorham said, "Our focus is to empower today's leaders with
leadership development and sales management tools that
effectively assist organizations in growing their business and
maximizing the quality of their results. The mission of
Leadership-Tools.com is to become the premier provider of free
and low-cost leadership tools, information and
resources."Visitors to Leadership-Tools.com enjoy a
user-friendly tour of a wide assortment of products that are
easily accessible to online visitors at no cost. The site is
visited often by graduate students such as Natalie Wright who
states, "The 360-degree feedback leadership survey is excellent.
This is exactly what I was looking for.
I am completing a leadership portfolio for a graduate course,
excellent information." Dana Coale, a United States government
employee went on to say, "The information that is provided on
this website is extremely beneficial in continuing the pursuit
of developing leadership within myself and those around
me."Small business team leader Rosie Hardy recently utilized the
free performance appraisal tool and endorsed its effectiveness
stating, "Excellent, it gives you a clear outline of what is
needed as well as what is expected. I greatly appreciate the
free resource."Some of the more popular downloadable tools
include a 360-degree feedback leadership survey, leadership
assessment, management development training assessment,
succession planning and performance appraisals - and a free 800
page e-book entitled
"Pushing To The Front", a self-help classic
written by the late Dr. Orison Swett Marden. Gorham says he has
a long list of value-added tools currently in process that he
plans to add to the website throughout the coming weeks and
months.Leadership-Tools.com also offers a free monthly
newsletter entitled Leadership Tools Monthly News
(http://www.leadership-tools.com/leadership-tools-monthly-news.ht
ml). Each issue is concise and to the point, offering a
compelling leadership lesson that is supported by an exercise
that assists team leaders in developing his or her respective
team members.
The newsletter also provides insightful leadership quotes and
inspirational stories that supports and motivates its expanding
subscriber base.In today's highly competitive working
environment, where good jobs are going to persons with more
specialized skill-sets, it's more important than ever for people
to take ownership of their individual training and ongoing
education. Highly effective leaders are constantly seeking to
grow in their knowledge and expertise. Leaders who don't
continue to grow their arsenal of leadership tools and
resources, soon find themselves trailing behind their industry
peers. As a result, Leadership-Tools.com is one quality resource
anyone can utilize to learn and grow, both personally and
professionally.For additional information, visit
www.leadership-tools.com . Richard Gorham can be contacted
directly via the "Contact Us" link.About
Leadership-Tools.com:Founded in September, 2002 by Richard
Gorham, Leadership-Tools.com is dedicated to providing free
tools and resources for today's aspiring leaders.
About the author:
Internet marketing expert Petja Sidorov is the author of Power
Linking 2005.
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