Archive for December, 2007

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Succession Planning For Professional Services Firms

It’s one of those management issues that rarely gets attention until a partner announces plans to leave or retire or, worse, is suddenly removed by illness or death. Whatever the circumstances, the situation often throws a firm into crisis mode.

What Is The Key Of Your Success?

We know everybody make mistakes. If you really consider to work a little bit more than you do and try to make money extra, you are subjected to commit errors. And in the life of entrepreneurs it is very common. Your challenger is never making the same error one a second time.

Master Media Interviews – 10 Tips

1. Bridge. When done correctly, a bridge takes you from the reporter’s agenda to your agenda without making it seem as though you’re avoiding the question. First, answer the question as briefly as possible, then bridge (make a transition) to get to one of your key messages. Bridges are endless, everything from “but” to “what’s [...]

Make Money Doing Nothing

Work at home opportunities do not get much simpler than this. How about starting a business that runs itself? If you want to know a way to make money doing nothing, there is a website that can get you set up by teaching you how. It involves hooking up with a company that pays you [...]

Stories Show The Way, Facts Lead You Astray

Karen’s shoulders had the hunched-over look of the perpetually overworked. Her mouth was tight and her eyes reflected tension and anxiety. She was in my carryout restaurant to order a platter of 50 chicken salad sandwiches for a meeting. Everything had to be just right because the big boss from her company would be there. [...]