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Managing a Remote Team

Today’s team doesn’t always work in the same office — or even the same country. Learn how to keep remote employees engaged and productive, no matter where they are.

Evaluating Potential Mergers

Shopping for an acquisition? Before you reach for your checkbook, study our tips on how to plan for and evaluate an M&A; deal.

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Widgets aren't just for Facebook users - they're for managers looking for new ways to get employees collaborating online. Here's how to get started at your company.

Put Web 2.0 to Work

Small manufacturers don't have to give up control to get big-box distribution. Eleanor Keare shares her successful strategies for doing business with retail Goliaths.

How to Fire an Underperformer

For any manager, it's a dreaded but crucial task. Here's how to break the news firmly but tactfully, so you can put the rest of your team back on track.

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How to Sell an Idea

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Management

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Leading Teams Across Continents
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Creating Cross-Functional Teams
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Building Your Leadership Skills
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Becoming a Great Facilitator
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Strategy

Automating Sales Processes
To improve productivity and effectiveness, sales representatives need instant access to up-to-date customer/prospect databases, product feature specs, stock availability, pricing, and delivery timing. Easy, ...
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Benefiting from the Balanced Scorecard
Harvard professors Robert Kaplan and David Norton developed the balanced scorecard to help translate vision and strategy into action. This technique can make strategic ...
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Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System
Why do budgets often bear little direct relation to a company's long-term strategic objectives? Because they don't take enough into consideration. A balanced scorecard ...
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How Managers’ Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company’s Strategy
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Work Life

Planning Financing for Your Career Break
A career break can be expensive, and money may well be the biggest impediment to following through with your plans. For example:How will you ...
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Managing Pressure at Work
For many people, being part of the business world comes at a substantial personal cost: stress. It's a high stress job, people often say, ...
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Determining Your Value Inside Your Company
Just pay me what I'm really worth! That, of course, is not what you would say to a current or prospective employer, but it ...
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Surviving Your New CEO
When a new CEO arrives, most senior executives worry about their jobs. Rightly so: chances are high they'll soon find themselves out the door. ...
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Making the Most of Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing has become more and more common as the technology behind it became more affordable and reliable. Today, two or more people can easily ...
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