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Paper Chase: Can You Find Anything in Your Files in Five Seconds or Less Like I Can?

How do you find documents in your office when each employee has his or her unique approach to creating files? This introduction to the “Taming the Paper Tiger” software provides excellent advice for creating a useful standard filing system that will grow with you as your company grows and make filing a breeze.
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Year-End Checklist for a Small Business

With all of the tax-related filings due in January and February, the end of the year is a crucial time to get your financial and tax affairs in order, e.g., verifying your vendor’s 1099 information, deciding which benefits should be reported on your W-2s, and determining whether you should invest in some major purchases to offset extra large profits.
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PEOPLE

Complacency in the Office

Complacency, lack of motivation, laziness…what should a good manager do? We provide seven ways to stamp out complacency and motivate your employees (and yourself).
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Get Yourself Ready for the New Year

We often focus on the year-end tasks surrounding our small business, but getting yourself ready is just as important and probably even more beneficial in the long run. This checklist provides good tips for regrouping after a busy year, including establishing a family budget, reviewing intentions and goals, and cleaning out files and closets.
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How to Move Forward With Intention

Find you don’t easily complete your goals? Maybe your “system” needs a bit of tweaking. You are not alone out there. See some statistics that may give you some ideas. Follow our three step process for moving you forward with intention so you can accomplish more of what you really want in life.
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How to Work & Live Simply

We can streamline our lives by making them simpler—less complicated and cluttered and more effective. We can do that by avoiding taking on too much, setting goals and priorities, delegating to others and utilizing tools effectively.
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Lessons For Bosses from "The Devil Wears Prada"

Watch the movie or read the book "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger and you’ll get a good laugh, as the boss is outrageously mean to her staff! Are there any lessons we can learn from her behavior? We present both the negative traits to avoid and also, surprisingly, a few positive traits that made good managerial sense.
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The Cost of Not Being Nice

A manager’s rude behavior can produce disastrous results in his or her staff, including employee turnover, lost productivity and even theft or sabotage! This article presents statistics from USC’s Marshall School of Business on the problem, and six ways to minimize incivility in your office and to prevent the damage it can cause.
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MONEY

Higher Gas Prices: What Can A Small Business Do?

Gas prices are continuing to soar to record heights. Should you raise your rates (the way Amtrak did), or are there some strategic energy-saving measures you can take to reduce your gas costs without passing them onto your customers?
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PROCESS & PROCEDURE

5 Steps to a Clutter-Free Desk

The average executive wastes six weeks per year retrieving misplaced information due to messy desks and files! A clean desk is not the sign of someone with nothing to do, nor is a messy desk the mark of a busy manager. This article provides practical tips to enable you to finally getting your desk into shape.
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TOOLS

Tech Tip: Free PDF Creator Tool

Need to create occasional sales flyers or price lists using a graphics software program and then email the files to your distributors? Don't want your distributors to be able to easily edit the file? Try this PDF creator tool, which has a free version and one without advertising for only $9.95.
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