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If you know any business people or others looking for an architect for a larger project, who want a very creative and classy (and of course highly competent technically and very green, as well) they should check out my friends at Linesync Architecture. These folks win awards on a regular basis and are great people.
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Read my latest Ordinary Brilliance post (short!) about how a dentist made lemonade out of lemons!
http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/bl og/customer-service/a-complaint-with-a-h appy-ending/
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It’s easy to find companies making a multitude of business mistakes so I am happy when I find an example of a great business. A few months ago I wrote about my experience contacting a potential dentist after I moved to a new community. ...

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Great news - one of my clients is having very good results with managing an employee by results. Employee is feeling less micromanaged; client is getting results he needs.

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Regular one-on-one meetings with your key people is SO important. If you only have a few employees, it can seem unnecessary, but it isn't!

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching I think my net worth went up the past few days. It's rained so much, the field in the valley below us is now a lake, so we have "beachfront property"!

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Helping a client who's riding that entrepreneur's roller coaster. Tomorrow will be better for her!

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New study:9% of small/med.-sizedbusinesses currently use Twitter to market their businesses.32% plan to include social media in theirmarketingmix in the next 12 months http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRele ase/idUS165592+21-Oct-2009+PRN20091021
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Please vote for Solar Sisters of Barefoot College
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/index .php
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Now in its fifth year, World Challenge 2009, in association with Shell, is a global competition that seeks out projects and businesses that not only make a profit, but also put something back into the community.

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I read a fascinating article recently in Inc. Magazine about diapers.com, a five year old online business that this year made the Inc. 500 of the top 500 fastest growing private U.S. companies.

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Just helped a client go from dreading a meeting with a direct report to looking forward to it. Satisfying!

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Meetings can be a waste of time for sure, but don’t shortchange 1 on 1 meetings w/ yr employees! Bi-weekly or monthly.

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching Helping a wonderful doctor in Greece stop letting her patients walk all over her!

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External rewards don't work well anymore! No need to throw $ @ yr employees http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_mot ivation.html
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TED Talks Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.

Authentic Alternatives Business Consulting & Coaching My once a month plea to all: please don't shut off communication. No progress is possible. Take time to cool off, but don't give up.












