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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

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Foster says he learned a few things after the company’s first eight years of growth. A major lesson learned at Excel in the early days is the virtue of hard work. We were making a lot of cold calls, just pounding the phones, to try and convince people to work with us. Still, he kept his eyes on the prize—making Excel viable. “I

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10 Reasons To Give Sprout Social A (Free) Try

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Learn more here. Sprout Social was introduced back in 2011, and it rapidly became one of the most sought-after and utilized social media management platforms worldwide — with more than 30,000+ users to this day. This helps support our journalism. Have you ever wondered how companies, brands, or celebrities manage their social media?

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

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Consider taking on learning these new skills: Foreign Language: Learn Spanish. Don’t want to learn Spanish? Facilities /Office management: A great example of this is to learn about the company phone system. Have you seen the more modern phone systems? There are many more options. The choice is yours.

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

Office Dynamics

Consider taking on learning these new skills: Foreign Language: Learn Spanish. Don’t want to learn Spanish? Facilities /Office management: A great example of this is to learn about the company phone system. Have you seen the more modern phone systems? There are many more options. The choice is yours.

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My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action - Productive & Organized

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5 Steps to Meal Planning Success » My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action Do you have a theme for 2011?    2011 = DECISIVE PRODUCTIVE ACTION     Your Thoughts Are The Catalist “Watch your thoughts, for they become words.   2010 my theme focus was CONSCIOUS HEALTH. 

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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How to Start Over

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In 2011 I was in Mexico at a bachelor party when I wrecked an ATV in the desert. It took two and a half years to recover from that brain injury, and that was probably the hardest fresh start I ever had because I had to learn how to reuse my mind. Often after a fresh start, you have to learn to coach yourself.