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The Top 10 Things to Consider When Things aren’t Feeling Just Right at the Office.

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Mary

Everyday isn’t “business as usual”. Sometimes there are blank stares or no eye-contact at all between employees. Sometimes there seems to be more meetings in the hallway than in the conference room. Sometimes everyone is late and feels like the office is empty by 4:55pm. Managers and owners need to pay attention to their instincts; [...]

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Trends in the Workplace 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Mary

Today, everyone is a forecaster. With information and images at our fingertips, it appears anyone can make a case that a personal preference could be “trend” or will soon be. So after scouring the internet and surveying our favorite resources, we offer these observations for our readers on what could be trends for 2012. We [...]

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The Secret is Out – Companies Need to Trust and Build Integrity Within

Posted on October 4, 2011 by accelerateroi

It seems like only a few months ago Accelerate ROI found themselves talking to potential customers about our programs and their response was a blind stare. We were invisible or foreign beyond recognition. It was as if a conversation bubble showed up over their heads before they could speak. And in that conversation bubble it read: [...]

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Can People Change?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by accelerateroi

Today, I met with a client who said, “I am sorry, but I don’t believe people can change.” After giving him a frozen look, he said, “Have you experienced people changing?” And I said, “Yes!” We spent time discussing what true change is, and how to test if change is real and how to trust [...]

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“Corporate” Any Group with Common Goals (Even the Family)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Mary

Maybe it’s because it is summer and we are watching families go on vacations and return as tired as they were before they left. Do we need to be just as concerned about the dysfunction in families as in our businesses? Maybe, just maybe, both the office and the home could be improved with the same kinds of changes [...]

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Chuck, the Paranoid Manager, Part 2

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Mary

It’s the first company sales meeting of the new year and as the boss stands up to start the agenda, two senior sales people interrupt him. “Chuck, we were hoping we might be able to change how we run these meetings this year.” Dumbfounded Chuck scans the room for eye contact with other team members to quickly see [...]

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Convert your Employees to Raving, Passionate, Motivated FANS!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by accelerateroi

Hiring and firing staff is one of the most unpopular manager roles. Not only is it not fun, the average cost of replacing an existing employee typically is equal to 50-80% of the new hire’s first year salary. Those costs are not alway easy to track since the inefficiency is subtle; but [...]

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Measure your Corporate FEAR FACTOR

Posted on July 13, 2009 by accelerateroi

Whether you are a cubicle worker, a road warrior, or a “managing by wandering around” executive; you probably know when the Board of Directors of your company are frozen with fear. And if you are an energetic, innovative employee who is eager to see improvements in your company, you are looking for a thaw.

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“Corporate” Any Group with Common Goals (Even the Family)

Chuck, the Paranoid Manager, Part 2

Convert your Employees to Raving, Passionate, Motivated FANS!

Measure your Corporate FEAR FACTOR

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