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6 No-Cost Ways To Create A Best-Place-To-Work Company

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Branham over the past few years. He''s the author of the popular book called, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave , and he''s the owner of the Overland Park, KS-based business called Keeping The People. cities, that there are six things these effective leaders do that don''t cost money.

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Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

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What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). What have you done to foster a wide number of views in your work environment?

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Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

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What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Never Say These Words To A Customer

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. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal.

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How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

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. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Clustering everyone in the middle performance-rating categories 2.

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Build These Leadership Skills

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. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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How To Be An Open Leader

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What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). My complete book review is on my Kansas City Leadership Examiner.com page.

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