ActivePro - April 17th, 2001 The Newsletter for Active Professionals ====================================================================== True Advantage - The leader in Sales Intelligence Qualified Sales Leads - Effective prospecting and qualifying new business oppotunities. - Shorter sales cycle. - Valuable sales intelligence. - Greater percentage of sales goals met or exceeded. - Maximize revenues Click here-> http://www.trueadvantage.com/ta/go.asp?id=1001 or call 1-888-508-8783 ext. 330 ====================================================================== ActivePro Contents: 1- Editor's Note by Ryan Adkins 2- Make Up Your Mind 3- Waking Up 4- Inspiration 5- Dual Career Ladders ====================================================================== 1) Editor's Note Wouldn't it be nice to bypass the middle management stage? Many companies are reinventing the career ladder. Maybe yours should too. Read today's article to find out why. The ActivePro Team ====================================================================== 2) Make Up Your Mind All of us find ourselves a little indecisive at times. Some of us couldn't make up our minds if our lives depended on it. DecideNow.com is here to make your decisions for you! Provide the needed information on the Request for Decision (RFD) form, and get an answer in your E-mail the next day. This is not about counseling, or getting your standard advice. This is all about making a definitive decision on situations that you can't get a grip on. DecideNow.com http://www.decidenow.com ====================================================================== 3) Waking Up Have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? Buy an alarm clock with a built-in CD player. Set it to play the most annoying song in your collection when it's time to get up. Make sure you place it across the room, so you'll have to get out of bed to stop the insanity. ====================================================================== Realize Your Full Sales Potential Let True Advantage help you maximize your sales efforts. Click here-> http://www.activepro.com/rd/truec.html or call 1-888-508-8783 ext. 330 ====================================================================== 4) Inspiration "Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." --Golda Meir "All things must change to something new, to something strange." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ====================================================================== Advertise to thousands of Internet professionals! Contact: mailto:Susan@ActivePro.com ====================================================================== 5) Dual Career Ladders The business world is changing and restructuring as fast as technology is. Companies must face each new challenge with a new solution. Because of this need, many major companies are forced to reassess the ways that they handle and promote their employees. Gone are the days when a military philosophy is the best way to manage worker situations. People are becoming more independent and are unlikely to react well to constant harassment. It's quite apparent that not all employees can be handled the same way. Not to mention that most businesses are expanding so rapidly that they're in need of employees with skills that they've never required before. With single, clear cut promotion ladders falling into their rearview mirrors, they must create and adapt to a new way of bringing those employees up through the ranks. The idea that middle management is the key to finding qualified executives has become outdated for those companies that are focused on keeping up with today's markets. We've all encountered managers that weren't very good at their jobs. They probably weren't very happy about being forced to climb through this stage in order to move to the executive level. Not only do they suffer, but so do the company and the employees under them. What's the solution? Many experts feel that a dual career ladder is needed, and many others have already proved it can work. A dual career ladder lets employers move their employees up through the company without forcing them to take on a menial managerial role. New job titles and positions are created, giving employees another option as to how they will succeed. Thus, there are now two different ladders toward promotion. This gives individuals who lack the ability to handle subordinates the opportunity to stay with the company without floundering in middle management. ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Sign up for free newsletters: http://www.eZined.com/newsignup.html ====================================================================== --- ActivePro is an eZined.com publication --- http://www.eZined.com/ ======================================================================