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Rick Baker
…based on Chapter 8 of Bruno Gideon's book Don't Take No for an Answer!
 
Bruno praises the art of questioning:
 
"If you consider the putting of questions you will realize that no other mode of communication lets you express your interest so clearly. You want to know something, you want to test reactions, elicit opinions, criticize, praise, or provoke - communication in its purest form."
 
You can concentrate your persuasive powers through well-thought-out questions. Take, for example,…
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Rick Baker
Thank You - Waterloo MIN for providing me the opportunity to share my thoughts with people interested in fostering a vibrant local manufacturing community.
 
And Thank You - everyone who has taken the time to read my blogs, rate them, and comment on them.
 
For my 100th MIN blog I am summarizing the highlights of the MIN blogging experiences I have enjoyed over the last year.
 
The Top 3 posts
 
If #visits, ratings & comments are good measurement sticks then here are my Top 3 Blogs:…
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Matthew Simon

The compensation budget of the average organization represents ~70% of the total operating costs and is one of the most 'controllable' of expenses. Learn to manage it effectively!

Good afternoon!

I will be the new instructor for the compensation management course at the University of Guelph this fall.  I hope to see some of my HR colleagues and business managers in attendance to learn how to manage this important organizational resource.

The compensation budget of the average organization represents ~70% of the total operating costs and is one of the most 'controllable' of expenses.  Learn to manage it effectively!

This HRPAO approved and CPA recognized course looks…

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Peter Corbyn

I am fortunate to have been involved in environmental and energy related issues since 1992. It all started with an idea to engage and educate employees, and it worked!

From January to April of 1992 I partnered with Ontario Hydro (remember Hydro) to deliver the first Employee Energy Awareness Program in Ontario for industry (so they told me). We ran a three month training and suggestion program for 300 plant employees about energy efficiency at home and work. By comparing energy use at home and…

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Peter Corbyn

As part of Ontario's Toxics Reduction Strategy, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment is providing funding to CME and OCETA to develop and deliver training and assistance programs on toxics reduction.

Key elements of this new program include:

  • Demonstrating the business value of toxics reduction and pollution prevention planning;
  • Seminars for business leaders to increase their awareness and understanding of the benefits of toxics reduction planning for business;
  • Training for small…
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Rick Baker
Children should be able to enjoy the fun of a hotdog at the ball game.
 
Adults with Celiac disease and other similar problems should not have to miss life's food pleasures.
 
Here's a story told to me by Kevin Stemmler…
 
When he was a boy, family and friends in Kevin's community gathered at the local baseball diamond to enjoy one another's company and to play and watch baseball. When the summer weather was hot the ball park was the place to be for fun with friends.
 
While a few…
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Rick Baker
Recently, I created a picture to help me explain some of my thoughts about marketing & sales. A copy of The Marketing & Sales Picture is shown below.
 
In summary, the picture contains 5 pieces:
  • Marketing & Sales Entrepreneurship 
  • Marketing & Sales Management 
  • Marketing Action 
  • Sales Action 
  • A cross-hatched section where Marketing & Sales activity overlap

 
My intent was to provide a simple [as in Seeking Simple] picture that would serve several purposes.
 
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Rick Baker
Another father-to-son note…
 
"There are carts and horses and chariot drivers and chariot warriors.
 
I figure the Greeks, about 3000 years ago, looked at it this way:
  • Horses were horses and they were worked so hard they knew enough to drink when they were taken to water. If they didn't, then they died. Then the soldiers ate them. Horses also became eaten if the soldiers ran short of other meat. 
  • War carts were chariots. Horses pulled these carts, these carts didn't get to go before…
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Rick Baker
In an earlier blog I described some of Guy Kawasaki's thoughts about - The Art of Recruiting.
 
In his book Reality Check, Guy presents thoughts he obtained from a colleague, Craig James of eMolecules.
 
Craig James is a former Hewlett-Packard employee. Craig describes how his unit of H-P achieved noteworthy success using a project-management approach to recruiting. They treated recruiting like a project. They used a project-team approach, with a team leader. They used the same interview…
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Greg Barratt

Practical approaches to identifying and managing potential risks and costs associated with your company’s retirement and employee benefits programs.

Every year, Cowan's Benefits and Retirement Consulting Division provides clients with an update on the latest trends and legislation affecting employers. This year, they will be holding their 2010 Pension and Benefits Update on October 6th.

 The seminar, being hosted at Cowan's Cambridge Office, will focus on several key areas:

  1. Pension reform and the impact these changes could have on employer plans.
  2. An update on generic drug cost reform measures.
  3. A review of case law and potential future…
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