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		<title>Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a manager, you probably have workers on your team that span several generations.  Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y all have different work styles, expectations and motivations.  How can you get everyone to work together to produce the best results for your company?
Baby Boomers
The Boomers were born between 1946-1964. Loyalty is very important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employing the Employee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s day and age, so often the complaint in Human Resources is that good help is hard to find.  Lackluster employees, lazy employees, inept employees, you name it, somewhere complaints like these are circulating at this very moment.  Employers do have a tough time keeping and finding the best fits, I won’t argue that.  However, I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Small Businesses Can Use Social Media For Hiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The process of hiring a new employee, from posting the vacancy, screening the candidate, to hiring, has changed dramatically in the last decade with the Internet. More recently, social media has started to once again revolutionize the process. Social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, are being increasingly used by companies and applicants to network, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You a Business Leader?</title>
		<link>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/are-you-a-business-leader</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being a leader is important for developing the entrepreneurial spirit that will lead you to be a business owner, business leader, or simply advance in your field. Some famous business leaders from the past and present are Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company), Sam Walton (Wal-Mart), Bill Gates ( Microsoft Corporation), and Steve Jobs (Apple). They possessed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring for Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/human-resources/hiring-for-small-businesses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making the choice to bring on extra help for your small business doesn’t have to be complicated or overly time consuming. Instead, follow these 5 Tips to Help You Hire New Employees:
1. Determine what you need: Do you need to hire employees for full-time, part-time, or maybe even just temporary work? Before you set out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things You Should Know about Small Business Financing For Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business financing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taking advantage of new opportunities is crucial when you are starting up your own business. Finding grants and funding is also imperative. When you are establishing a woman-owned business, there are many resources out there to help you get your ideas off the ground.
1. Know what type of loan you need
Figuring out how much money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you Make Your Business International?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We live in an increasingly globalized world. It is easy to point to a company that was once domestic and entered the international market and found success. The question now is what are some of the reasons that a company may want to go international? 
Here are some reasons for going international:

The company could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Perform a Five Forces Analysis</title>
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		<comments>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/strategy-and-execution/how-to-perform-a-five-forces-analysis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy and Execution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We recently discussed what a SWOT analysis is and why performing one for your business could be beneficial. There is another analysis that is often used at the same time as a SWOT because it is also relatively easy and inexpensive to do.  It is known as Porter’s Five Forces Analysis.
 The analysis was created by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Perform a Business SWOT Analysis</title>
		<link>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/strategy-and-execution/how-to-perform-a-business-swot-analysis</link>
		<comments>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/strategy-and-execution/how-to-perform-a-business-swot-analysis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy and Execution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses require a lot of work at every stage. That’s why finding a marketing approach that works for your business will help ease that process. Every small business owner understands that resources are too precious and time is too scarce to waste on an approach that doesn’t work or produces few results. Fortunately, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening your Emotional Leadership</title>
		<link>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/management/emotional-intelligence</link>
		<comments>http://a2xconsulting.com/general-management/management/emotional-intelligence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Started]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A step-by-step guide on improving your management skills and organizing your business by obtaining clarity in your own personal goals. ]]></description>
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