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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

If spoken often then there are days when the manager wonders, “Why bother? However, these comments are also a wakeup call for a manager to improve his or her team leadership skills. Some managers backed out by saying this. By the way, these managers made the time by delegating other responsibilities to their direct reports.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. One large retail company tried for four years to improve their customer experience to no avail. Keep in mind that it takes skill to manage team dynamics. See this– SPICA: Team Management Skills. ) Do What Most Other Managers Do Not Do!

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. One large retail company tried for four years to improve their customer experience to no avail. Keep in mind that it takes skill to manage team dynamics. See this– SPICA: Team Management Skills. ) Do What Most Other Managers Do Not Do!

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Amazon Charges Penny for Shipping Following France Ruling Shipping Cannot Be Free; "No Competition" Laws

MishTalk

online retailer. We have repeatedly denounced the ''dumping'' and unfair competition by online retailers, particularly Amazon." Taxing eBooks as "unfair competition" against "real" books? Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Rethinking the Corporate Love Affair with Change

Harvard Business

Managers have a tendency to belittle the people we see as “resistant to change” – the employees who don’t change fast enough. Consider Amazon: The company has almost single-handedly transformed major parts of the retail, logistics, and internet sectors in just two decades.

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How to Make Money Podcasting: 8 Strategies For 2023

Buzzsprout

Agencies work to match podcasts with sponsors and manage the ad campaign. Blurb With Blurb, you can create, self-publish, promote, share, and sell print and ebooks. It has a wide distribution network to various online retailers and bookstores. Advertisecast takes a 30% commission from the ad revenue.