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Health and Productivity: ?Presenteeism? costs big bucks
All companies know that productivity can be hamstrung by absenteeism. Now they have something else to fret over: presenteeism. This...
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Managing Business Growth: Slow and steady is the race
Officials at the Minority Business Development Agency hope the agency?s new focus on companies earning $1 million or more annually...
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Business Trends & Issues: What MBEs can expect
Senior business executives attending the National Minority Supplier Development Council?s 2004 Conference and Business Opportunity Fair see a ?challenging? environment...
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Accessing Capital: There?s new money for ?new markets? businesses
New York City Recipients of New Markets Tax Credits Last May, the Community Development Financial Institut-ions Fund (www.cdfifund.gov) announced awards...
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Setting Behavior Standards: Workers look up the chain of command for cues
Harry Stonecipher was fired recently as Boeing Co.?s chief executive officer not specifically for engaging in a relationship with another...
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E-mail Business: Management failure can be costly
Imagine a potential customer taking time out of his schedule to call you about your product. The caller gives you...
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Hiring the Right Person: Interviews and references aren?t enough
There is no question in Jim Plotkin?s mind that hiring is the most important job for a supervisor. ?How well...
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When Executives Travel: Balancing home and business from the road
Writer-producer-director Ruth Adkins Robinson of de Passe Entertainment is on the road more than half the year. Like many business...
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Project Management: A guide to getting it done
Is your project cruising in the fast lane or stuck in traffic? To keep a project moving quickly, the project...