http://www.financealley.com en-us editorial@financealley.com Why even try to be creative at work? So why should you bother looking more closely at creativity or even encourage it from your staff? For one thing, promoting creativity at work has many benefits and an organization’s continued survival may depend on i... http://www.financealley.com/article_616284_15.html 03rd September 2008 It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all. --Edward de Bono As entrepreneurs, we have all failed at one time or another. An idea doesn’t pan out, a deal falls through, we get rej... http://www.financealley.com/article_616273_15.html 03rd September 2008 Researching, designing, and preparing curriculum for workplace training is a creative process that can be broken down into some simple steps: What subject is going to be taught? Usually the subject matter is based on organizational goals or mission, a... http://www.financealley.com/article_9379_15.html 20th September 2005 Preliminaries What is the reasoning behind the event? Meet goals of the organization? Raise money for specific or general purpose? Community Education? To publicize a particular need? New donors? Cultivate volunteers? All of the above? Does the event enha... http://www.financealley.com/article_9359_15.html 20th September 2005 Teaching in the classroom and teaching or training in the workplace may seem, to the inexperienced eye, to be one in the same technique. A person gets up in front of a group and imparts information to them. The group is them tested or evaluated in some ma... http://www.financealley.com/article_9341_15.html 20th September 2005 Question: Name some well known brands. What do they stand for? Question: Do you have a brand? When you talk about brands, what comes to mind? Probably Levi ™jeans, Sony™televisions or Starbucks™ Coffee, names that instantly bring a picture to mind--a ... http://www.financealley.com/article_9260_15.html 20th September 2005 When you empower someone, you provide the training and guidance to cultivate skills that serve for a lifetime. You start with a person's basic talents and then structure opportunities to incrementally build skills and confidence levels. Think about ho... http://www.financealley.com/article_9258_15.html 20th September 2005 Let's Take A Cue From the Military. Many factors distinguish a mediocre leader from a good leader. One of the most important is the ability to make decisions. On the surface it may seem a simple proposition, yes or no; up or down, left or right, but i... http://www.financealley.com/article_9257_15.html 20th September 2005 We often see only a glimpse of an employee's capabilities during working hours and believe this is the total of his or her potential. Cultivate and tap into employee skills by following some simple guidelines: Have high expectations. People rise t... http://www.financealley.com/article_9256_15.html 20th September 2005 As supervisors, we often are working with potential and need to assure that employees have the skills to poise them for success. Many of these skills can be improved with simple coaching sessions. Consider: What are their career goals? What short ter... http://www.financealley.com/article_9250_15.html 20th September 2005