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10 WAYS TO HAVE FUN AT WORK WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK - Click To Read Article
10 easy ways to have fun at work that wont break the bank.

People Don't Leave Organisations - They Leave Managers - Click To Read Article
The workplace of today has very little in the way of career opportunities for staff. The hierarchy has been flattened to the degree where promotion is almost like winning lotto!

I’m OK, You’re Not So Hot (personality types) - Click To Read Article
Personality typing is NOT about putting people in boxes. Every single human being is unique, there will never be another of any of us ever again. Not even our children are exact copies of us. They are bits of us for sure; bits of the other gender parent; a complex mix of where they were born (place); where in the family they were born; how they were brought up; what values they were taught; what religious and social teachings they were introduced to in their early years; where they were educated; what friends they chose in school, and a million other subtle influencers in-between. And each one of us, regardless of all of the above, also have that unique ingredient that is simply, us.

Bullies At Work - Click To Read Article
This article provides a definition of bullying, discusses the difference between bullying and harassment, provides tips on what to do if you suspect you are being bullied and for an organization to identify and deal with bullying, some statistics on bullying and the costs of bullying and links to further information.

The Need For Every Business To Raise Their Sights Above Only Bottom-Line Thinking - Click To Read Article
Tips on how to raise your sights avove bottom line thinking

Shift your But - Click To Read Article
How to get out of fighting fires and crisis management and reduce your stress levels.

My Dear Franchisee… - Click To Read Article
My Dear Franchisee provides an introduction to a new franchisee of exactly what it is they've bought, what is included and what isn't as well as defining what are the roles of the franchisee and the franchisor. In short, everything you wanted to know about franchising but had been unable to ask!

Motivating the late, the lazy and the terminally uninspired - Click To Read Article
How to delegate while also growing your staff

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – why do my employees come to work at all? - Click To Read Article
How to improve employee productivity

IT’S QUICKER TO DO IT MYSELF! - Click To Read Article
How to free up your time by up to 30%

JOINING FORCES TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MARKETING DOLLAR - Click To Read Article
How to make the most of your marketing money

I Know I’m Here to Do Something Awesome, If I could only Work Out What It Is. - Click To Read Article
How to figure out the awesome thing that you can do,

I WANT IT AND I WANT IT NOW – The dilemma of employing Gen Y - Click To Read Article
This kind of thinking is probably what got us all into the terrible financial crisis that is raging across the world like some kind of out-of-control bush fire. The Wall Street credo that greed is good has rapidly become greed is very expensive. In this article though, I want to focus primarily on the habits and behaviours of what we know as the Gen Y kids, those born between 1979 and 1994.

How to run Great Meetings - Click To Read Article
how to run and organise great meetings with your employees and co-workers

FINDING THE SQUARE ROOT OF A BANANA! - Click To Read Article
The need to keep up to date with your skills in the Technology Age

Dealing With Poor Performance - Click To Read Article
The right way to approach and handle employees who are performing poorly. Including what to say to them, what to expect from them and how to deal with any negative reactions from them.

Did I Really Employ You? - Click To Read Article
Staff recruitment can be a headache for franchisees and franchisors. Ann Andrews offers some suggestions on finding the right person for the job

DID I REALLY EMPLOY YOU? - Post Interview - Click To Read Article
Mistakes that can be made in an interview

CEOS AND COMPANY DIRECTORS. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DOWNRIGHT GREEDY - Click To Read Article
How the financial crisis brings out the good and the bad in people, and how many ceos of large financial companies are compounding the crisis with bonuses even with the recession affecting their company, and steps to ensure that everyone gets benefits fairly

15 Ways to Beat A Recession - Click To Read Article
How to Beat the recession in 15 ways

10 SIMPLE (but not easy) STEPS TO TURNING A COMPANY AROUND - Click To Read Article
ten simple steps that can help turn your company around and increase productivity of your staff

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About the Author: Ann Andrews
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Ann Andrews, Dip Bus (Pmer), CSP, is the author of four books: "Shift Your But", "Finding the Square Root of a Banana", "Did I Really Employ You?" and "My Dear Franchisee". She is also a contributor to five other books: "You Don’t Make a Giant Leap Without Taking A Gulp", "Best of the Best", NZ Entrpreneurs", "The Power of More Than One", "Mum’s The Word" and newly released "Golden Nuggets" - a book of tips and advice for kids leaving home for the first time. Ann regularly works with teams and is passionate about waste. Waste of people in particular. She estimates that 40 - 60% of employees fall into a bored-and-see-no-future-this-place-of-work category. Ann is also a professional speaker, consultant on team and franchise issues. As the founder of the "Teams From Woe To Go" franchise Ann realised that teams and franchises were a lot alike – the problems were the same, the solutions were pretty much the same also. To find out more about Ann’s teamwork go to www.woetogo.com . To find out more about her books go to www.thecorporatetoolbox.com

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More from Ann Andrews
How to run Great Meetings
CEOS AND COMPANY DIRECTORS THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE DOWNRIGHT GREEDY
Mirror Mirror on the Wall why do my employees come to work at all
ITS QUICKER TO DO IT MYSELF
I WANT IT AND I WANT IT NOW The dilemma of employing Gen Y


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