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		<title>Where&#8217;s your time going?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tips for Managing Interruptions in Your Work Day Written by: By Leslie Shreve Productivity Expert “Gotta minute?” How many times do you hear that during your day at work? It’s a common interruption from your staff, colleagues or leaders that causes you to break your focus, stop what you’re doing and give attention to the [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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“Gotta minute?” 

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		<title>Humans are great at comparisons&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.. Guest Writer: Greg Campbell, P. Eng President &#38; CEO, Spieker Point Inc. www.spiekerpoint.com Two team leaders sit down with their top level manager for a bi-weekly meeting. Both are feeling the pressure to get their team to complete their portion of a particular job. The first team leader has a &#8220;always be optimistic&#8221; attitude &#8211; [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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Guest Writer: Greg Campbell, P. Eng
President &amp; CEO, Spieker Point Inc.
www.spiekerpoint.com

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		<title>Processing Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.. In his blog post on April 26, 2012, Mike Mack discussed well defined business process and its relevance with respect to making businesses more efficient. I recently attended a Synergy Networking Group breakfast (Edmonton), at which, Don Kaisian of Kaisian Architecture Interior Design and Planning, was the guest speaker. As a result of his presentation, [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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		<title>The Journey of a Thousand Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by Idris Fashan Red Paper Clip Writing Company Last week, in his blog post, It’s a Process, Mike shared how creating business processes can help remove the guesswork in establishing and maintaining an efficient, profitable business. Months ago, I had read Built to Sell, on his suggestion, and I began laying the groundwork [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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		<title>It&#8217;s a Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.. If you want your business to improve, change, or go to the next level what will it take to get there? Many factors will contribute to achieving the desired outcomes. Good people. A solid economy. Valued product. A steady flow of Customers. Good management decisions.  One key piece of the puzzle that is often [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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		<title>The Art of Effective Selling.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.. Written by: Jason Desaulniers, CFP, CIM, CHS Business Coach, X5 Management Inc. “I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business have given up and went on to do other things. If you simply didnʼt give up, you would outlast the people who came in on [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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		<title>Do you Service what you Sell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a very simple concept but may businesses struggle to consistently achieve it. In our Business Consulting practice we work with many clients who truly value service. What does &#8220;truly valuing service&#8221; really look like? I was speaking with a Business Associate of mine and he commented that he recently purchased a very high-end truck. [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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		<title>Living “In the Long View”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How Building and Keeping Relationships Are Virtues Greater than Patience Like. Respect. Trust. This mantra, during my first phone conversation with Mike Mack, was mentioned more than once, as most of you can likely imagine&#8230; I can’t recall the number of times he had repeated it over the last year we have known each other [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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Like. Respect. Trust.

This mantra, during my first phone conversation with Mike Mack, was mentioned more than once, as most of you can likely imagine... ;)

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		<title>Organically Grown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by: Mike Melenberg, BA Design Technician, Mechanical (Arrow Engineering Inc.) Greg Burghardt, president of Arrow Engineering Inc., started the company with two partners and a handful of dedicated employees nearly six years ago. Their small office’s initial offerings were mechanical and civil engineering consultation for the built industry. The company was started, however, to [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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Written by: Mike Melenberg, BA Design Technician, Mechanical 
                (Arrow Engineering Inc.)

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		<title>ABM or ABC?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.. In business, we see many different angles on this thought. As business owners or sales professionals we all have to generate sales and revenue. There are many companies that have instilled the culture to &#8220;always be closing&#8221; (ABC).  They sometimes push and prod until we agree or get annoyed. Many leading companies seem to [...]<h2>Share and Enjoy</h2>

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