| January 6, 2012 | | CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF |  |  | |  | | | The Leaderboard |  | | |  | - 6 ways to make your workers proud
Leaders can boost performance if they make their employees proud of the work they do, writes Lawrence M. Miller. That means encouraging and acknowledging success, but also ensuring that they know their efforts contribute to the greater good. "Meditate on how you and your company are making this world just a little bit better each year," Miller writes. "And then say it to your employees. Make life in your organization important and worthy." IndustryWeek (1/3)       |  | Organizational Privacy Architecture and Assessment
This checklist for Ecommerce, Web Development and Design, and Direct Marketing professionals enables you to gauge your organization’s privacy compliance and best practice levels. Thousands of companies leave the intricacies of privacy management to TRUSTe, the 13-year-old leader in online privacy. Gain an overview of the program today. |
 | | | Sales Strategies | | | |  | - Keep a list to make sure employees fulfill their promises
As a leader, you are dependent on your employees to follow through on their commitments so that you can do your job, S. Anthony Iannarino writes. For this reason, you should maintain a list of the commitments your employees have made. "Tracking these commitments allows you to follow up and ensure that they are completed, that commitments made are commitments kept, and that your people are accountable for their commitments," he writes. TheSalesBlog.com (1/5) - 5 trends to keep up with in the changing sales environment
The Internet and other technologies have forever altered the nature of selling, and sales organizations have to adapt to keep up with the changes, writes Nancy Martini of PI Worldwide. Salespeople now have to work with buyers who are more easily able to access information and who are more reluctant to take risks, she writes. Selling Power (free registration) (1/5) |  | Key Steps Business Owners Should Know About Successful International Payments. This American Express® guide helps you streamline FX payments. Includes FX payment provider profile, how to simplify payments, and insightful FAQ. |
 | | | Daily Data Points | | | |  | - Unemployment rate declines to 8.5%
The unemployment rate fell to 8.5% in December as the economy added 200,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate has decreased by more than half a percentage point during the past few months and is now at its lowest point in almost three years. The Washington Post (1/6) |  |  |  | | Accelerated Online MBA – 10 concentrations
Marylhurst University—a private, liberal arts institution founded near Portland, OR in 1893—has cultivated the largest MBA program in Oregon (Portland Business Journal, 2010). Recognized for its commitment to online adult education, the accelerated program offers ten distinct concentrations, graduation in just 18 months, no GMAT requirement. Click here for more information. | |  |  |  |
 | | | On the Road | | | |  | |  | Active Directory (AD) is the heart of your IT infrastructure, so a solid monitoring and backup and recovery solution is vital! In this Quest tech brief, discover best practices for protecting your AD environment, and how to understand — and resolve — performance problems in record time. |
 | | | App Update | | | |  | - Carmakers get app-happy in new vehicles
The 2012 International CES will be a forum for automotive manufacturers to demonstrate their latest wares for in-vehicle electronics, including applications for infotainment systems, which are increasing in popularity among carmakers. New application offerings are expected to be announced by Ford Motor, Kia Motors and Mercedes-Benz at the show. USA TODAY (1/5)
- What toddlers and puppies have in common
A study has found that dogs have social skills similar to young children and that they are more receptive when a human shows "communicative intent" such as by making eye contact. "Our findings reveal that dogs are receptive to human communication in a manner that was previously attributed only to human infants," said József Topál of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Telegraph (London) (1/5)  | If you don't believe you have something important to say, there is no way you can fool the audience into believing it is important."
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