by Saratoga College Virtual Internship Program participant Annie Rosencrans A little competitive spirit in the workplace is usually a good thing. Competition can be highly motivating, and often promotes self-improvement and group camaraderie. That is unless of course competition begins...
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Virtual Teams Are All the Rage
by Saratoga College Virtual Internship Program participant Annie Rosencrans Back in the day, running a business team was simple. Employees worked in the same office, on the same 9 to 5 schedule, for the purpose of reaching a common goal....
Delegate or Die – Why You Need to Manage Your Time Better
Delegate or die sounds quite foreboding, but for most businesses and businesspeople, it is a choice that needs to be made. Many people are unwilling or unable to let go of work that could easily be done by others. In...
Patience with the Young or The Character Assassination of IFK – Ian F. Kennedy
Ian Kennedy has blossomed into a very successful pitchers for the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, his career didn't get off to the greatest starts as he was banished to the minors a couple years ago by the Yankees when management didn't...
The 4 to 5 Hour Work Day – Part 2
Today I will share how I work by the hour, not in a 4-5 hour block of time. I enjoy working in powerful spurts of 30 minutes to an hour several times a day with breaks in between. Typically, I...
Present Like Steve Jobs
Check out this video on YouTube: "Apple CEO Steve Jobs is well known for his electrifying presentations. Communications coach Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Jobs uses to captivate and inspire his audience -- techniques that can easily be applied...
The 4 to 5 Hour Work Day – Part 1
I was talking with a colleague the other day about how the 9-5 workday for business professionals needs to be dead and buried. A lot of our woes of society (traffic, job fatigue, stress) could be averted if the work...