Motivation is a feeling word, not a thinking word. "Motivation is not a thinking word," say John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen, in their book, "The Heart of Change." They go on to say: "Analysis has three major limitations. First, in a remarkable number of cases, you don't need it to find the big

If you want to know where to start in the quest for a simpler business, you might give some thought to the story doing the rounds about NASA and the ballpoint pen. If you want to know where to start in the quest for a simpler business, you might give some thought to the story doing the rounds about NASA

A budget is like a roadmap for your business. Instead of mucking along day by day and month by month, your budget will show you the big picture. A budget, in the context of a business, is basically a financial statement of your business plan. As such, the budget is a projection of the future activity

An article of 806 words focusing on how to create a problem-free, solution-focused workforce and how to create a more productive team. Imagine that your manager turned your department into a problem-free zone where instead of bringing your problems to the manager to solve, you were encouraged to devise

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