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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

Success

Make sure when you go to sell the company you don’t run out of money and negotiating power. And sadly, in 2008 Yahoo turned down an offer to be acquired by Microsoft for $44.6 Ask for directions. Engage with service providers like bankers and accountants frequently. Don’t run out of gas. Pace yourself. It’s a long ride.

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What to Do When Your Side Hustle Overtakes Your Day Job—Tips from 5 Side-Hustlers-Turned Entrepreneurs

Success

There’s also the option to use flexible working practices to your advantage, such as negotiating fewer working days or hours.”. Simon Alexander Ong was working in the financial industry just before the global financial crisis of 2008. Firstly, consider whether your current employers could be secured as a client.

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Invest in Interpersonal Skills Development is Important but Few Plan to Invest in Them

Office Dynamics

Although few respondents expect to invest in soft skills training, the results show a greater emphasis on this area than in 2008 , when only 8 percent of CFOs planned to support interpersonal skills development. Their responses: 2013. Accounting or finance. Information technology. Soft skills (communication and interpersonal abilities).

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Dealing With Unreasonable Requests

Professional Assistant Blog

Negotiating Time If the person persists on bothering you, one thing that you can always negotiate is time. Even if they are starting to irritate you, keep a smile on your face (even if its fake) and repeat yourself until they walk away. Ask them when it needs to get done and come to a "reasonable" compromise.

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Youd be amazed of how well it works and helps you negotiate the only thing that you really can negotiate - time! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have?

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

Success

By any definition he’d reached undeniable success in music by 2008, and he seemed to have a reasonable blueprint to sustain it. Most of them are signed with different record labels, so licensing and song clearances are a constant negotiation. Eventually Jay-Z relented. But his parents had reached success in their field, too.

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Surviving Redundancy

Practically Perfect PA

I got through it and most people do but I also know if I could go back to 2008 when it was happening I wish I had done a little bit more to protect myself, been a little bit more selfish and also reached the best possible outcome for me! By knowing your rights and not panicking you should be in a good position to negotiate.