Part I of this article explored how strategies of Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP) can be used to gain instant rapport with clients, leads, and business associates, and more specifically, how to use physiology, matching and mirroring, to create instant magic communications.Now, how can tonality and words establish rapport? TONALITYWhile physiology accounts for 55% of communication among humans, tonality accounts for 38%. Most people have had the...more
Within the business context, cross cultural communication refers to interpersonal communication and interaction across different cultures. This has become an important issue in our age of globalisation and internationalisation. Effective cross cultural communication is concerned with overcoming cultural differences across nationality, religion, borders, culture and behaviour.Cross cultural communication is critical to the business world. The...more
This article is based on the following book:Mind Your Own BusinessA Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and LifeDoubleday & Company, Inc., 2003ISBN 0-385-50959-6208 pagesA maverick is an independent person who will not go along with the other members of a group (Oxford ESL Dictionary). This book provides priceless stories and insights from a maverick of the business world; an exemplary business leader who prefers not to follow orthodox beliefs in business, nor be eaten by the hyped up ideas of the present. Instead, he chooses the course of action that is appropriate for the changing times.The Maverick's Way: New Old Thing What is effective? This is the question answered by the maverick. He reconciles the good things from both the Old and New times, and focuses on what is really effective in confronting the challenges of 21st century business dealings. A maverick thinks outside of the bed, knows that it pays to be daring, does not allow technology to tyrannize, finds strength in diversity, maintains balance and harmony among people, sets leadership by example, has a strong ethical base, and values employees and customers. A maverick knows his customers and believes...more
Nearly 20 years ago I worked for a small consumer advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Each week we received sacks full of mail from consumers across the country requesting our list of credit cards with low interest rates and no annual fees. If you wanted a low interest rate on a credit card back then, you often had to apply to a bank in...more
The internet has taken over our lives with a vengeance, and has changed the way many of us do business. More and more consumers are now doing their shopping online and, unfortunately, some business owners have felt the pinch. But there are many small businesses that have been virtually unaffected by the internet boom. Those professionals in the...more
There are a number of key terms that investors should be familiar with. Though these terms are regularly banded about in many articles, they are not explained by many of the authors of these articles. The aim of this article is to explain a few more key terms which investors should be aware of when making their investment decisions.MARKET CAPITALISATION:The market capitalisation of a firm states how much the value of all the company's ordinary shares is worth based on the current share price. Hence for example if a company has 1 million shares in issue and its share price is £2 then its market capitalisation would be £2 million. This does not necessarily mean that is somebody wants to buy the company that he would be successful in acquiring the company at this price since it is usual for a premium to be paid above the current market price if someone wants to obtain control.NOMINAL VALUE:The nominal value of a company's shares is the amount that by law is credited to the Share Capital Account of the company. It is not the same as the market value of the company. Hence in the above example if the nominal value of each share were 50 cents then £500,000 would be credited to the...more
"Home Typing Scams" are one of the highest ranking work-at- home scams on the Internet according to leading Internet fraud watch dogs. You see these "Home Typing Jobs" advertised across the Internet. You probably receive their pitches in several...more
If you're an up and coming graphic/web designer just out of university, you'll know it's quite hard to break into the workforce. You have to contact employers one by one, spend your time traveling and lugging your portfolio to their offices. Well,...more
Hasn't time flown? Already we're into the last quarter of the year and isn't it perfect timing to clear out the cobwebs of winter and prepare yourself for the next few months of sun, sand, surf or is it work, work, work?You know it's time to take...more
I'm always amazed that so many people spend most of their life at work and totally neglect their personal affairs.Many of the business people I work with want their professional lives to be in order, and admit that their personal affairs are in...more
If you're a college student, you probably already have a credit card. If not, you may have plans to get one or more soon. So why should you read on? Because financial debt is one of the main reasons that many students end up dropping out of college....more
Telecommuting is becoming a reality. Although Leave Administration is one of the simplest human resource tasks performed in a company, employees will realise that a paper based Leave Administration system is inefficient when a telecommuting business...more