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Taking a Risk
As a decision maker and problem solver, be prepared to risk change. Be willing to pay the price of disturbing your own psychological comfort by choosing to change. It may become necessary to defend yourself against traditional ways of thinking and acting, and you may...
Keeping current, looking forward.
Welcome to our new website! Peak Development Strategies was founded in 2007 by Mary Erlain. Our tagline “Connecting the dots and removing barriers! ™ truly conveys the company’s mission in helping small businesses. “A lot of people in our industry haven't had very...
Excerpts from “10 Answer Keys, Building Powerful Strategic Business Alliances”
Recently the ”10 Answer Keys, Building Powerful Strategic Business Alliances” was published. Here are a few excerpts from the book authored by Meredith Bromfield and Mary Erlain. From Meredith’s Ideas: An Alliance is: A partnership, agreement or a coalition. An...
Microsoft Outlook as a Goals Management Tool?
Microsoft Outlook is a wonderful time management tool. It has the ability to manage your business and personal email in one place. Outlook provides the tools to manage several address books. Contacts can be categorized in customized groups so that they are easily...
Build Strong Work Relationships
Here are a few characteristics of strong working relationships: The leader and team members are mutually committed to working together to achieve the goals of the organization. The leader and all the team members care about one another’s needs and goals. The leader is...
The Benefits of a Positive Self-Image
When you set and achieve goals to improve your self-image, to commit yourself to their attainment, and to take action to bring those goals into reality, you begin to develop a more positive self-image than you ever dreamed possible. A positive self-image, in turn,...
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