Opening a Dollar Store - Employee Leadership – Creating a Great Working Environment

One of the biggest challenges associated with opening a dollar store is finding, hiring, training and then retaining good employees. Honest, dependable, customer oriented employees are key to making your business a success. One of the most powerful tools for retaining employees is the creation of a great work environment.

Similarity of the Work Place and the Sports Arena

What is your role in this business? Are you like a spectator in a sports arena? Are you a cheerleader for your team? Are you one of the players in the game? Are you a coach? Are you the broadcaster of the game on TV or Radio? Are you the referee of the game? Before you think that I am nut, wait until you see where I am going with this.

The Use of Corporate Entertainment

Whether it is a party or formal ceremony, it would take some effort to imagine a corporate event without the element of entertainment. An entire corporate event in its broad sense (including corporate retreats, corporate Christmas parties and non-cash incentives), may seem nothing more than entertainment. The element of entertainment is also present in the schedules of such events as corporate meetings, sales conferences, product launches, trade shows and so on (why not start a conference with a stunning lights show?). In any case, entertaining programmes are far more than just having fun.

Trust and Productivity

When two people trust each other, their relationship is productive. When two organisations have trusting relationships and interactions their relationship is productive. When trust is violated, relationships are unproductive and organisations and individuals suffer.

What Do You Mean, I'm Not a Team Player?

We all see ourselves as team players, but what that term means may be quite different to men and women.

Team Building Tips - Take Your Team from Great to Extraordinary

Whether you are an organization, or a professional responsible for facilitating the team building process of a team or group, the following tips are ensured to give you some new ideas on how to accelerate your next team building initiative.

Leadership's 11 Principles

All functions of business operate on a grounding of principled actions and behaviors. So it is with leadership. These principles define the parameters for the leader's code of conduct.

Thinking Outside The Box - Access Collective Genius

Have you ever zeroed in on something and just had to act based on what you saw - and later discovered that there were other ways to deal with the issue? Is that thinking in the box? I think so. What to do about it? Access the Collective Genius contained in the boxes of others. Read on.

The Difference Between Soy and Paraffin Candles

Have you ever wondered what was in your candles? What about why do some candles cost more than others? There is a big difference in the candles out on the market.

It Takes a Community to Raise a Successful Business

The target is not just a customer but it is a supplier, tradesman, IT person, key employee, general help employee, their families, your family and friends. The target is the community in which you live and work.

What's Known but Rarely Spoken About

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Office Space Planning - How To Get Your Furniture Project Started

The importance of space planning when your company is in the process of purchasing new office furniture. Why is a preliminary budget important and what is the description of a successful outcome?

Corporate Sports Hospitality

Playing a round of golf with a celebrity allows the client and their guests to enjoy the company of a sports figure and compete against one of the best athletes in the world.

Business Simulations - Do They Have A Place In Training?

The use of simulation learning tools to educate employees is growing rapidly but does it have a place in Training and development. Should a company be examining business games as a real tool for training its staff and do serious games have a real impact on organisatiosn? Evidence would suggest they do and this article examines their benefits and use.