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How Reducing Stress in the Workplace Saves Dollars and Lives
Do you know how to keep your workforce healthy? One MD says the right wellness strategy can give productivity and profit a booster shot.
2010 Top 125 Winners
Training magazine Ranks 2010 Top 125 Organizations That Excel at Employee Development and Inducts Two Companies Into Its Top 10 Hall of Fame
Top Ten Survival Tips for Remote Work Teams
Remote work teams have a lot to overcome, including cultural differences and the absence of nonverbal communication. Two specialists in the field of teambuilding have come up with a survival guide to keep your remote work groups afloat.
Top Tips for Building a Great Team
Great work teams aren't a miracle, though they may seem like one when they spontaneously occur at your company. The right management recipe can make them more likely in your organization.

PPAI Accepting Scholarship Applications
PPAI’s Education Foundation to Award $100K in 2010 College Scholarships

TBA Global Sells DMC Division to Kuoni Group
TBA Global sells its U.S. destination management company division to Kuoni Group

Protests Killing Wellness Incentives in the Healthcare Bill
When the Incentive Federation industry group headed to Capitol Hill in October to lobby for inclusion of a wellness incentives clause in the controversial health-care bill, it met with concern cash-based incentives could be used to discriminate against some employees. Now groups like the American Heart Association and AARP are working to kill that clause

Maritz Partners With Cornell Center for Hospitality Research
St. Louis-based motivation firm Maritz has joined the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) as its newest partner. Together, they plan to develop research that will inform best practices in the hospitality industry.

The Customer Database: A Compass for New Clients and Markets
If you're committed to finding new customers or markets, or expanding your market share, then a well-designed customer database is an absolute necessity.
Making a Good Second Impression
It's all about what customers expect from a product to begin with, and helping customers understand how a product can help them, requires that salespeople help set those expectations.
Are You and Your Marketing Agency on the Same Page?
As the U.S. and world economies bump along the bottom, customers repeatedly ask their marketing agencies to do more with less. Here are seven tips to ensure you're getting the biggest return on your own marketing investment.
Communicating Your Value in a Tough Economy
In the lifecycle of a client engagement, there are multiple opportunities to communicate your value to a client. In fact, before you've even started to engage with executives in the client organization, you should start thinking about the value of your solution.
CIC Introduces New, Improved CMP Application
The Convention Industry Council's (CIC) board of directors has approved a new streamlined application for its Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) program.
Trend Watch: Value, Service Key to Meetings Industry Success
Free, On-demand Webinar on Outsourcing Ad Sales

Our Editor Suggests
TNS: Ad Spending Sinks in Q3
December 09, 2009 The numbers are down about 15 percent.
Workplace Ethics Up 9 Percent
December 04, 2009 Research shows inverse relationship between economy and business ethics.

  
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Leading In Times of Crisis
Navigating through Complexity, Diversity and Uncertainty to Save Your Business. (Jossey-Bass, $19.77)



  
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