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7 Ways to Help You Stay Motivated

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Accountable, Commitment, Decision Making, Motivations, OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Technology, Time Management, Time Management Tips Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, productivity, small business, small business solutions, Stay Motivated, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips

Nothing should stop you from preparing budgets and plans of action, but take it one day at a time. Live to the fullest each day, being present to all turns of your business and customers.

Take the Bite out of Feedback, Employee Reviews, or Random Criticisms

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Employee, Feedback, Monitor your progress, OfficeTime, Productivity, Random Criticisms, Reviews, Small Business, Stephen Dodd, Technology, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracker, time tracking, work issues Tagged With: employees, OfficeTime, productivity, small business, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Tracking

Let me start by stating that there are two components in this situation: Delivering feedback … and how to receive feedback effectively. Can we all agree that even when we clearly make every effort to understand that the feedback we’re receiving is essential to our development, and we want to trust that the person delivering wants us to succeed; it can activate a plethora of triggers … even some as high as feeling we’ve been socially or professionally threatened?

Do you have a Growth Strategy?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Growth Strategy, OfficeTime, Productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Management Tagged With: Growth Strategy, OfficeTime, productivity, small business, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Tracking

When your goals are to win the larger market share, even when you have to sacrifice the short-term profits, you will need to apply a Growth Strategy. Companies and organizations often incorporate one or more of the following strategies to satisfy their need for a Growth Strategy: product development, market penetration, market development and / or diversification.

Why Images Can Positively Impact Your Brand and Your Business.

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Images, OfficeTime, Productivity, Small Business, Social Media, Stephen Dodd, Technology, Time Management, Time Management Tips Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, organization, productivity, small business solutions, Stephen Dodd, Time Management Tips

Tell your story in pictures is the latest way to reach your audience, impact your brand and promote your business. The shift has been made from telling (Facebook, and Twitter) to show and (Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). Need to remind everyone the success of video (Youtube a Vine)? The speed of the picture that speaks a thousand words is the current trend in the world that “we’re all the time connected”. I believe the picture will connect your bran and your target audience emotionally.

4 Steps to Cultivating a Winning Culture for Your Employees

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Accountable, OfficeTime, Productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracking Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, organization, productivity, small business solutions, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, Time Tracking

Is your business cultivating the necessary culture to prevent quality employees from leaving? Besides the amount of time and money spent on hiring and training, quality applicants will not necessarily knock on your door looking for work. So once you find them, how can you keep these “A” players?

Would your Audience Listen to You and Take Action?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Commitment, Conferencing, Decision Making, Likeable Leader, NewsLetter, OfficeTime, Planning, Productive, Productivity, Small Business, Stephen Dodd, Successful Business, Successful Leader, Telecommuting, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracking, Time Tracking Clients, Time Tracking Software Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, productivity, small business solutions, Stephen Dodd, Time Management

Speaking is a very serious business, and you should never underestimate the need to practice. My father gave thousands of sermons in his life. Even at his level of knowledge and experience he never skipped spending hours in preparing and rehearsing his weekly message. Practice will enable to deliver your comments the exact way you have planned and to deliver your story and the call to action with grace and inspiration.

How to Achieve a Viable Outcome?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Accountable, OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracking, Time Tracking Software, Timing Tagged With: OfficeTime, productivity, small business, small business solutions, Stephen Dodd, Time Tracking

When dealing with business or even personal issues, there are many factors that could contribute to a great outcome. It is extremely important to start with a laser clear statement on what the outcome is that you want. Surrender to the fact that there will always be external issues beyond your control, whether for your project at hand, or your day-to-day workflow, or just life in general. The key to success in all of these areas is to not lose control and forget what you specifically want to achieve. Stay on track!

Newsflash: Cause-Related Marketing Is Not Philanthropy!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Decision Making, Marketing, OfficeTime, Planning, Productivity, Small Business, Stephen Dodd, Successful Business, Time Management Tagged With: Decision Making, Marketing, OfficeTime, productivity, profits, Stephen Dodd, Time Management

Cause marketing or cause-related marketing refers to a type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a for-profit business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Make no mistake, cause marketing differs widely from corporate giving philanthropy.

Your Next Time Saving Device: Self-Driving Cars?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Google, iRobot, Stephen Dodd, Successful Business, Technology, Time Management, time tracking, Timing Tagged With: OfficeTime, productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Tracking Software

Google’s not so secret plot to take over the world has given us yet another glimpse into the future. Feel free to join me as we enter the Jetson Age. Rumors of self-driving cars have been leaked through the grapevine for several years now, with whispers of cars adapting a new sort of cruise control feature. Driverless cars reminiscent of those Audi space machines that Will Smith takes into high-speed chases in iRobot have flooded the minds of science fiction enthusiasts.

Virtual Meetings – Savings, Benefits and Etiquette

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Stephen Filed Under: Business conferences, Conferencing, OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracker, Time Tracking Software Tagged With: Conferencing, OfficeTime, small business, small business solutions, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, Time Tracker

Videoconferencing has become widespread with the advent of FaceTime, and Skype and other visual phone systems. But outside of calling your friend at the airport, or “Skyping,” a relative across the country, how can videoconferencing affect your business? And what is the professional videoconferencing etiquette?

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