10 Things you Can Do to Lose your Best Employees

1. Hire them promising an appealing job that has nothing to do with what they will do in the reality

2. Think that they will be motivated just by their salary

3. Never explain them the companies overall strategy.

4. Don't be transparent.

5. Never pay attention to their suggestions or ideas

6. Enhance competitiveness among team members

7. Avoid they have any control or responsibility over the work they are doing

8. Never tell them how good they are

9. Control them

10. Support yes-man and isolate people with a critical sense
Adapted from innovation think.

What leads to success?

This talk will take 3 minutes of your time - but give you something to think about for a lot longer....

Here's something for the office....

EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

Look around your desk. Look for your post-it notes. found them? good....now take a long hard look at them...then check this out! This should brighten your day if nothing else does! Enjoy.

Poslovni Engleski

Libris komunikacije has just begun courses implementing the new series of specialist English courses for professions such as Human resources, marketing and advertising and Customer care.

As demand grows for more and more specialized training linked directly to the profession and tasks we do in our daily working lives, Libris komunikacije, as always, provides that link, helping you towards your specific goals using the latest materials and course books as tools to guide you on your way.

In addition to the 'profession training' Libris also continues its 'Skills' based training in specific areas such as telephoning, meetings and socializing.

Voiceovers u Hrvatskoj

Libris has recently been requested by the Ministry of Culture, once again to provide the English language Voiceover for its forthcoming UNESCO DVD documentaries.

Peter Hopwood, who has worked with the Ministry of Culture on previous projects has provided his voice talents for the English version of various promotional audio video material. Libris has worked with a number of companies and institutions namely The Croatian Conservation Institute, The Croatian Trade and Investment Promotion agency together with local companies such as Vindija and Vaba banka.

Libris komunikacije i VTV.

Leading up to the 'big match' Varazdin Television and Libris thought it was time to put two football experts to the test, one being a Croat - Goran Malis (Chief editor) and the other, an Englishman....Libris' Peter Hopwood.

The concept of supporters of the two nations proved to be an interesting one, creating competitive tension in the studio as they both gave an indepth analitical review of the match ahead! The players, the supporters, the duels - nothing was left undiscussed!

Both Goran and Peter showed the main headlines of newspapers from England and Croatia to reflect a little on what the national media are saying about the opposition. Goran seemed to be over confident regarding Croatia's ability to win the match ahead while Peter, without giving too much away, spoke stategically about Capello's tactics and also the 'ones to watch' within the England squad.

Throughtout the friendly but intense discussion there seemed to be something that was visually 'strange'!?? During the live broadcast, Peter actually changed into 5 different England training shirts but without any mention of it during the course of the live show.

As both 'pundits' were 100% convinced of victory there was only one way to resolve the situation by laying down a bet! A bet that would put the loser in a rather embarrassing position......

The losing supporter would simply have to wear a 'Skarnicl' (brown paper bag) on their head the following day. Return to the studio for a follow up of the match and congratulate the winning supporter.

Peter and Goran shook hands, looked each other in the eye and knew that the best man would win!

That evening England scored 4 goals against Croatia winning the match with a final score of 4-1. Goran, after the second goal, had already begun to prepare the 'Skarnicl' for the following day.

The next day in the Varazdin television studio, Goran and Peter returned to the same place at the same time - the very same spot where the bet was made. The pictures that follow say it all!

Why do you spend your money?

Why do we buy things? What exactly motivates us to part with our money? Geoff Ayling’s book "Rapid Response Advertising" provides an excellent list of 51 reasons why people buy. I've included a few below....some may be behind your reasons?....

1. To make more money

2. To save money – this is the most important reason to 14% of the population

3. To attract praise

4. To increase enjoyment

5. To possess things of beauty

6. To avoid criticism

7. To make their work easier

8. To speed up their work

9. To keep up with the Joneses

10. To feel special

11. To look younger

12. To become more efficient

13. To buy friendship

14. To avoid effort

15. To escape or avoid pain

16. To communicate better

17. To be in style

18. To avoid trouble

19. To protect their family

20. To express love

Why do you buy?