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Executive Recruiting - Employers: Use Recruiting Methods to Improve Emloyee Retention!
By: Kimberly Schenk | 07/10/2008
Smart employers use the methods Executive Recruiters use to understand their workforce better. With this knowledge management can reduce turnover by helping employees feel heard while they acheive their own professional goals. Using the same tools Recruiters use makes them less vulnerable to Recruiters who want to take key employees away.
Tips for Going Green With Office Paper Recycling
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
Are you or your office staff looking to turn your office a little greener by recycling your discarded papers and documents. If you are then you are not alone, as it is a growing trend that is definitely here to stay. So how do you go about it? Is there some type of recycler that will come and pick your papers up?
Hipaa Document Destruction – the Highest Standards
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
Most people who visit a doctors office, hospital or medical clinic are completely unaware of what hipaa document destruction standards are. Briefly what hipaa standards are is a set of guidelines that were drawn up to provide a set of standards for how medical records are destroyed after they leave an office. Not adhering to these standards for medical record and document destruction can result in civil, as well as criminal penalties for any medical professional who is found to be in violation.
Secure Document Destruction – How Safe is Safe
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
You watch the trash truck pull away from your parking lot and breath a sigh of relief. Your dumpster is securely locked and your sensitive documents are now on the way to the dump to be buried. Now thats complete security from front to back or is it?
Medical Records Shredding – the Quest for Total Security
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
Of all the types of documents that have to be disposed of securely, medical records rank among the top with regards to required security. In this age of recycling, it is imperative that a person who is responsible for disposing of sensitive documents understand that a locked trash can is just not enough. This is due to the fact that once paper trash is hauled away in a trash truck, it is then sorted for recycling and can pass through several hands before it is finally destroyed.
Paper Shredding Company Security Measures – are They Safe
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
Your janitor reports back to you that the last time he went to dump the office trash into the locked dumpster out back, the lock had been cut and someone had gone through it. “Thats just great” you mumble out loud and then you start to wonder who it was and if there were any sensitive documents in the dumpster.
Shredding Services – Do You Need One
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
Over the past couple of decades, with various forms of fraud and identity theft making he headlines, numerous options in paper shredding services have emerged to meet a growing need. However; at what point do you need one and will a simple paper shredder do the trick.
Paper Shredding Services Explained
By: Daniel Mummskey | 07/10/2008
So you finally decided to make the wise decision to shred all of the documents that leave your business. You went out and bought a nice paper shredder for to use and guess what? You were still finding unshreded papers in the trash can. Sure the office workers were diligent for the first few weeks, then it got old standing there feeding papers into the shredder. So, now they look them over and if they appear to be worthy of not being shredded they throw them in to the trash.
More from Kenrick Cleveland
Motivation Through Adversity
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 14/02/2008 | Self Help
I've struggled with my weight my whole life. As far back as I can remember, I've felt bad about it. I was stuck in a body that wasn't what I wanted, that didn't fit with how I really saw myself and to me, it represented a weakness. Andrew Carnegie once...
Ways We Learn: Small Pieces Of Persuasion
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 14/02/2008 | Self Help
A student recently asked me, "Kenrick, how the heck do you keep track of all of the persuasion strategies you know? Each time we have a coaching call, it seems like you pull out some new strategy. I can't even remember the basics like using the unconscious hello. How can...
Ulterior Motives Are Not Always Sneaky
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 14/02/2008 | Self Help
A student of mine recently posted a comment on my blog after having read an article. She noticed I used an example of a presupposition with the relationship in question being between a teacher and student and she suggested that maybe I was being sneaky using the example, as if...
Kicking Negativity
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 13/02/2008 | Self Help
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." --Seneca, Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD
Whoa! Things seem to be in a state of flux at this moment in history, don't they? Just turn on CNN and you'll see how topsy turvy things are with doomsday and apocalypse on the horizon. It's...
The Benefits Of Organization
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 11/02/2008 | Self Help
"Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." -Albert Einstein
I did something very interesting and almost enjoyable over the weekend. It's enjoyable for me today, but in retrospect, it was kind of a difficult process. I did a...
Persuading Through Personality Segmentation
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 11/02/2008 | Self Help
'A part of me really wants to buy your product.' What does 'a part of me' mean? When someone says, 'well, part of me wants this, but another part wants that', what is that person talking about? Well, for one, this is a way for us to talk about our...
The Process Of Change
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 08/02/2008 | Self Help
'Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.' --Albert Einstein
Change is hard to define. Some changes, such as significant weight loss or selling a house in the current market, seem to take a very long time (or at least that's what it feels like). Other changes...
Visual Representational Systems: See The Light
By: Kenrick Cleveland | 06/02/2008 | Self Help
Representational systems, we all use them whether we're oriented visually, auditorily or kinesthetically. In previous articles, I've given an overview of VAK. These are the ways we view the world. There is tremendous value in gaining rapport with your affluent clients and prospects by focusing on their representational system. This...
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I use stories as a negotiation tool and as a way to shift frame and introduce new ideas where people may be defensive and mistrusting. But the stories that I tell them help them to see me differently, not as stranger who wants to take advantage of their situation but rather someone just like them. Also helps the to start breathing at the same rate/position/depth as I do but that's a different story, isn't it? ;)