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Plenty of things can derail a project plan: underestimated tasks, departing staff, misallocated resources. Here are some practical techniques that can correct the direction of a project that’s losing More...

There are plenty of advantages to working from home, but there are certain pitfalls as well. Calvin Sun has worked from home for many years, and he offers some pointers for making things go More...

When problems arise at work, people often want to head straight for the boss’s office to get them straightened out.  Coworker squabbles, project mishaps, unfair policies, stupid decisions by upper management, colleagues’ annoying personality More...

It would be nice if you could just pull out a directory and look up the e-mail address of anyone you wanted to contact. Unfortunately, a bit more resourcefulness is required. Here’s an assortment of strategies to try when you can’t seem to run More...

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” - Leonardo da More...

As soon as a presenter shows their first slide riddled with text we know we are in for a long boring talk. I gave a talk at a Rotary Club a few months ago and I could just see everyone cringe as I pulled out my projector. But PowerPoint does not More...

You hate your boring job. It’s so boring that you consider drinking the white out on your desk just for the fact that you’d have to get your stomach pumped and be out of work for a few days. There are ways to keep yourself entertained throughout More...

You'd probably do the same, you're thinking, if only you had that powerful an idea. Or maybe you do, but you just don't realize it. How do you find that great idea that's almost certainly in your More...

A lot of people, particularly the marketers, were skeptical when ebooks were first introduced over the internet. A lot of individuals (myself included) never thought that ebook writing will become a huge industry thinking that people are not quite More...

When you decide to jump into building a business on the internet, you can do it in any number of ways. Most of us have little or no money short term to invest in advertising and promoting our product or More...

Operating a business takes a lot of time and energy. You need to manage many different tasks form arranging for mail delivery to creating an effective business More...

When a small business has a tight budget, it can be hard to afford hundreds of dollars for software. Free business software can More...