LEADERSHIP FOR DUMMIES by Mike Manes Since this article is for Dummies, Mike Manes is writing it simply. If this...

Every year sometime after Thanksgiving, my clothes shrink. My newest suit coat no longer buttons, and the pleats of the pants pull tight. This is confusing, because in my mind’s eye, I’m still the lean, mean, fighting machine who completed Army basic training in 1971. The truth is that my clothes are the same size, but the body the fabric must cover has grown and reshaped.

MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES by Jean-Pierre Potvin To direct the performance of individuals or groups of employees properly, managers need simple, efficient, and, above all, flexible methods. Manage...

Recently, I came across an interesting column in a national marketing publication. The writer indicated that marketing programs don't perform well because of 'business marketers' dogmatic belief that 'selling is the only form of marketing I need to do.''
This is an amazing statement because our experience at Graham Communications is quite different. As we see it, the problem is failing to achieve the benefits of marketing because the emphasis is always on sell, sell, sell.

MARKETING ANALYSIS-BY A DREAMER by Michael Manes I'm a dreamer-I think in concepts and gag on concrete details. I see every problem as an opportunity. I'm bored with today...

NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: IT'S MORE THAN SALES by Kevin Grant CFP, ChFC According to The Best Practices Of The Leading Independent Insurance Agencies In The United States, a study commissioned by t...

Check out this creative approach to the merger process.

Planning is like making a jigsaw puzzle. You have to look carefully at the picture you want to create, spread out and sort the pieces, make the border, and finally fill in the blanks.

I think of management as a puzzle: Put the pieces together in the right order, and you have a beautiful picture ? jumble them, and you have a pile of pasteboard. In this document, Mike Manes offers guidelines that will help you assemble a masterpiece.

THE REALITY OF LIFE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING by Mike Manes Use these ingredients to create a planning entreacute;e nutritious food for thought! DISCLAIMER: &...

THE VISION THING: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? by Kevin Grant Blind Vision Four blind servants of the king were asked to describe an elephant. Th...