Category: Business

Conflict Management at Work: A Guild for Professionalism

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach day, you dress the part and demonstrate your skills as you advance in your career. Yet, there’s always that one colleague who pushes your limits, tempting you to respond unprofessionally. You know giving in could harm your career and even risk legal trouble. Despite your attempts to address the issue, your concerns remain unheard. You know that you could go to HR, but does this annoyance rise to the level of human resources and possibly the senior leadership? Have you done enough to quell the issue?  Every day you…

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Radical New Leadership for Success in Business

Gitte Madelaire

Reading Time: 4 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Gitte Madelaire to provide another commentary in a series. The Gitte Madelaire Commentaries   Welcome to the third article in the series “Be the Leader You Aspire to Be” here on The Price of Business Show, where I will focus on the trends which lie ahead of us and how they will affect humans and businesses. The articles are based on my book Energetic Leadership, which talks about 9…

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Soaring U.S. Healthcare Costs Part 2: The Proposal

Dr. John Poothullil

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this article, I my proposal for how we can reduce the costs of healthcare by implementing a system of periodic assessments of CPT codes and costs. I am not suggesting that all CPT codes are unnecessary or wasteful. My point is that there is a lack of periodic reassessment of healthcare costs associated with caring for people with Type 2 diabetes. Such a reassessment would likely find better explanations for what causes high blood sugar and diabetes in adults and better, less costly ways to treat it. Two basic…

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Price for Profit: Strategies Beyond Arithmetic

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 3 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Maureen Edwards to provide another commentary in a series. The Maureen Edwards Commentaries In the world of business, correctly pricing your products or services is crucial for survival. It’s an intricate balance of art and science, with a multitude of internal and external factors at play. More than just choosing a price, it involves careful calculation of costs, recognizing your value, securing your paycheck, and…

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Tips for Effective Condo Boards

Newsroom

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Price of Business Digital Network has a new series of outstanding commentaries from thought leaders.  This is one in that series.  Tina Larsson, CEO, The Folson Group   Listen in to Tina Larsson, the powerhouse behind The Folson Group as she gives her top tips on how to be an effective coop, condo, or HOA board member. Whether you’re a seasoned board member or just starting, get ready for a session packed with practical tips to elevate your condo board game. Tina will unravel the secrets to running condo board like a…

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It’s Impossible To Motivate Unmotivated Staff

Mark Oliver

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt can certainly be hard to motivate people and strictly speaking it is true we cannot make others motivated. Command-and-control managers often get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees is about their authority and tangible things such as money. Exerting authority is a common management approach but that is different to leadership. You can compel people to do what you want, but that’s not leadership, and it tends to be a good way to turn engaged staff into disengaged staff. According to a 2023 Gallup survey, some 77% of…

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Making Your Most Important Investment Work

Mark Oliver

Reading Time: 3 minutesTo get the best performance from your employees, it is critical that you provide structures and systems (including pay systems) that motivate them. To understand and predict what these are, you need a very good model or framework describing human motivation. Only when you have achieved this, it is worth investing time and money in training your employees. If you do it the other way around, not only may your employees not use the new skills acquired in their training but they are more likely to leave the organisation. This…

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Andrew Thorp King’s Commentary Feature on the Price of Business Digital Network

DMUSA News

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Thorp King is an executive fintech banker, spy novelist, speaker, punk rocker, podcaster, ex-bodybuilder, cigar lover, and serial entrepreneur. He founded two independent record labels—Thorp Records and Sailor’s Grave Records—and has invested in many spaces, including online lending, fitness, lead generation, and independent music. Andrew Thorp King is also a serial failure. He has crashed and burned through bankruptcy, divorce, mortgage default, public assistance, and multiple business failures. But, like a jack-in-the-box after a punch, he pops back up every time, rebuilding his life—informed by failure—with a big smile…

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Crypto Gold Rush: Should You HODL or Pass?

David Lewis

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe cryptocurrency market has experienced unprecedented growth since the inception of Bitcoin in 2009. Bitcoin’s remarkable journey from mere cents to thousands of dollars per coin has generated tales of financial triumph, enticing a wave of investors eager to replicate these legendary fortunes. However, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Here’s a few things to consider before investing your hard-earned savings:   Investing In Cryptocurrency Is Complicated Here are just some of the complexities and technical challenges you’ll face: Security Concerns: Cryptocurrency investments require robust security measures to safeguard digital…

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How To Find Quality Coffee Beans

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThose who are closely interested in coffee have long known that the taste of the drink will greatly depend on the region and conditions of coffee growing. The path from farm to coffee machine to cup is quite long. It includes coffee sourcing, concluding a contract, transporting the beans and processing them – in the case when green coffee beans were purchased – and after that you can choose one or another blend of coffee in a store or your favorite coffee shop. Sourcing refers to the process of searching,…

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