Author: Krista Wolfe
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How to prepare your business for the slow season
Summer is here! It’s starting to warm up, and the grass and trees have all reawakened from their winter slumber. While you may be excited about the weather, for many of you this means business is about to slow down. Every business goes through sluggish periods. For most retail businesses, summer represents the slow season. […]
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Mid-year checkup: how are you doing with your annual goal?
Back in January, we posted this entry about the value of setting one big goal for 2012 as a technique to stay focused and achieve practice success. Mid-year is upon us. How are you doing? It’s easy to map out ambitious goals at the beginning of a new year and then, within just a few […]
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Offering educational seminars to attract new patients
If growing your practice is a priority, consider offering seminars as one component of a comprehensive marketing plan. It’s not as challenging as you might think to attract a small (or even a large) crowd of potential new patients who are hungry for information. Here are some ideas to help make your seminar efforts successful. […]
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How to get a promotion: 6 surefire ways to increase your chances
When you think about your career, where do you want to be in five years? Chances are, you didn’t say, “I want to be right where I am.” You’re reading this article, after all. If you have any ambition (and that’s a good thing), you think about advancing your career. You have goals for yourself. […]
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Schedule back to school visits now
Depending on where you live, school has likely either just wrapped up for the academic year or will do so very shortly. But, as children know all too well, summers are short. In the blink of an eye it will be time for the little ones to return to the classroom, and one stop along […]
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How to create a healthy work environment in 6 simple steps
Creating a healthy work environment for your employees isn’t just the latest fad created by major corporations like Google and Facebook. And you don’t need a campus in Silicon Valley or millions of dollars to invest into making a healthy work environment a reality. Every business, large or small, can find ways to help make […]
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Office stretches to prevent and reduce desk-life pain
Hours and hours of sitting in front of a computer can leave you with painful, achy muscles. Even for workers who alternate between sitting and trying to implement a variety of different standing workstations, pain can creep up by the end of the day. Taking the time to stretch your shoulders, wrists, fingers, back, neck, […]
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5 Things to unlearn if you want a successful career
After spending the better parts of our childhood in school, it’s disconcerting to find out that we only retain a small portion of that knowledge. They say that people forget 40 percent of what they learned in 20 minutes and 77 percent of what they learned in six days. But I’m here to tell you […]
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How to say no (the right way) at work
Your time is the most sacred and valuable asset you have. If you squander it, there’s no getting it back—so it’s up to you to protect it and spend it wisely. This is no easy task. Now, more than ever, the pressure to say “yes” to doing more with the same amount of time grows […]
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From Louboutins to Lululemon: How casual is too casual in the workplace?
Business casual is largely the new workplace norm. Here are five expert tips and tricks to keep you comfortably polished.
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What’s your ideal workplace?
Are you looking for a new position in a more fitting workplace? Or are you attempting to create an office setup that will maximize your employees’ skills? This infographic will help you match common work personality types with their ideal office spaces, from cubicles and open workspaces to co-working and work from home options. Don’t […]
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Does mobile tech make you uneasy at work and home?
As any modern office worker knows all too well, mobile technology has officially infiltrated the workplace. This comes with many upsides, including greater efficiency, connectivity, and collaboration. But there’s also a downside to all this connectivity. Because people can stay connected to work even when they’re not technically working, many of us feel that we […]