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Dec 31, 2010

Coming in 2011 - the bookbinder
Beginning with our first eBABM of  January, we will be publishing installment chapters of the compelling business book - the bookbinder.  If you have ever felt like you are burning out --- you will want to read this inspirational story about the journey back to a fulfilling life/career.  Don't miss a single chapter. 
 
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Out with the resolutions...
In with the decisions!
 
 

So it's January and time to reset our focus and goals.  According to statistics, about 45% of American adults traditionally make one or more New Year's resolutions.  And although the word resolutions comes from the root word of resolve and resolve is defined as to decide, it has lost power.

 

The word resolution has lost its power and studies show that ofnew year 2011

§         75% make it past the first week

§         71% make it past two weeks

§         64% hold on for one month

§         46% forge through six months

 

Resolution, like so many words in our vocabulary has been watered down by overuse or lack of sincerity.  Remember when a person's "word" or a handshake was as good as a written contract?  Probably not, because it was before your or my time and I was born in 1951.

 

When we make a resolution and then break it, we begin to chip away at our own self-worth.  We lose trust and faith in ourselves and that's extremely dangerous because at the end of the day we can really only depend on ourselves.  We control our destiny. Our self-talk fuels our actions.

 

This is my recommendation.  Instead of making resolutions this month, make a decision(s).  Call it a decision.  Doesn't the word decision sound stronger?  Of course it does.  Think about it.  Your past decisions were serious.  You decided to get married, you decided to start a business, you decided to start a retirement account, and you decided to live where you live. 

 

Let's do our own study and improve the success rate. 

 

We have set up a link on BABM.com for you to register your decisions.  You don't have to tell us the exact nature of the decision.  We just want to know how many you are making for 2011 along with a few other demographic questions.  Your information will be logged into a data bank and this time next year we will send you a follow up email to rate your success.

 

Come on now!  Aren't your goals important enough to add a little power with a stronger word and a level of accountability through registering them?

 

Let's work together this year by making slight adjustments that produce big results. 

 

Happy New Year,

Bevv 

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Can You Fire An Employee For A Negative Posting on Facebook?  Maybe Not.
By: Sheri McWhorter

In past issues we have written about Facebook and some of the recent challenges to employers' social media policies.  It now appears that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be weighing in on employer social media policies, asserting that employee postings may be protected under federal labor law.

Certain provisions of federal labor law, specifically, the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act") apply to non-union employers, as well as employers who have a union in their workplace.  Section 7 of the Act, commonly referred to as the protected "concerted activity" provision, protects employees' rights to engage in "protected concerted activities," whether or not the employees are represented by a union.

Protected concerted activities are usually group activities (two or more employees acting together) in an attempt to improve working conditions, such as wages and benefits.  For example, where two or more employees address their employer about improving their working conditions and pay, they may be engaged in protected concerted activity.  Other examples include situations where a single employee speaks with her employer on behalf of herself and one or more co-workers about improving workplace conditions, or where two or more employees discuss pay or other work-related issues with each other.  The Act forbids employers from interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of their rights related to engaging in protected, concerted activities, or taking any action against the employees that would "reasonably tend to chill" the employees' exercise of their rights under the Act. 

On November 2, 2010, the NLRB announced plans to prosecute a Connecticut ambulance service for allegedly publishing and enforcing an overly broad policy on employee blogs and Internet posting, in violation of Section 7 of the Act, and then ...

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