Author Details


Adele Sommers


Member Since: 28th August 2005
URL: http://LearnShareProsper.com
Occupation: Business consultant and author
No of Articles: 45
About Me: Adele Sommers, Ph.D. is the author of the award-winning "Straight Talk on Boosting Business Performance" success program. She helps people "discover and recover" the profits their businesses may be losing daily through overlooked performance potential. Adele is currently a freelance business consultant and the president of an award-winning chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). She also has taught college courses on project planning and systems thinking.

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01st February 2010

Mining the Gold in Your Customer Database

Have you ever stopped to consider the wealth of hidden revenue potential that may lie buried in your customer database? The resident data could be worth a small fortune in the way of untapped possibilities. This article lists various ways that you and you...

04th January 2010

Overcoming Overload: More Tips for Eliminating "Decision Gridlock"

Are you overwhelmed by a constant state of overload? It's certainly one reason why we can have trouble making decisions, taking an action, or choosing a direction. This article discusses three patterns of "decision gridlock" that tend to surface becaus...

25th November 2009

Tips on Managing Bottlenecks and Constraints

Are you struggling with getting things done, but nothing you or your company does seems to increase your overall level of output? The problem may be caused by constraints in your workflow, or even limitations in your thinking processes. This article ex...

29th October 2009

Using Storytelling Techniques to Spice Up Your Project Outcomes

What do business novels, "personas," case studies, and testimonials have in common? They're all examples of storytelling techniques that you and your team can use to deliciously flavor your project results. Projects require focused attention on many co...

01st October 2009

Tips on Using "Extreme" Customer Risk-Reversal Techniques

What is a customer risk reversal, and what is it for? Risk reversals are promises, including warranties, "money-back guarantees" and "performance guarantees" that stipulate what customers can do if a product or service is defective or unsatisfying, doesn'...

02nd September 2009

Are You Locked in the Trunk of Your Professional Car?

As we zoom around in the racecar of life, we sometimes fail to recognize in our excitement and enthusiasm -- or just plain nose-to-the-grindstone existence -- that our mindsets may not have kept pace with the rapid changes we are making. We become conditi...

24th July 2009

Ten Steps for Writing Articles that Inspire and Tell

How do you communicate your passion, knowledge, wisdom, and interests to the people you wish to influence? What sets you apart from others in your profession or industry? How do you create a rapport, even with people you don't know, such as community memb...

07th July 2009

10 Tips for Designing Extraordinary Presentations

What's the overarching formula for making the very best possible impression on your audience when you deliver a slide presentation? How do you capitalize on the scarce and precious commodity that your audience is offering you, which is the gift of their t...

01st June 2009

Promote Yourself Professionally with Information Products

What exactly are information products, and how can they help you boost your business accomplishments? Although I didn't invent this phrase, I define "information products" as any form of knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction that is pac...

27th April 2009

Reversing the Risks for Your Clients and Partners (Part 2)

In today's challenging business climate, how do you reassure potential clients or partners that it's safe to proceed with projects they may have been considering, but have been putting off because of their concerns about the economy? Part 1 of this ser...

09th April 2009

Reversing the Risks for Your Clients and Partners (Part 1)

In difficult economic times, how do you encourage potential clients or partners to move forward with projects they might have been considering, yet are postponing -- mainly because their cash flow and confidence levels have sagged in recent months? Thi...

25th February 2009

Steps Management Can Take to Ensure Training Transfer

Training is a powerful improvement technique that offers tremendous benefits when it's judiciously used. This article discusses management's role in supporting the many factors that influence how well people transfer to their jobs any training they receiv...

05th January 2009

A Best-Practice Blueprint for Banishing "Burning Hassles"

Does your team or organization wish to identify and eliminate the frustrating roadblocks that impede everyone's productivity? This article offers a detailed, six-step, best-practice blueprint for discovering, prioritizing, and eradicating those "burnin...

01st December 2008

Are "Burning Hassles" Melting Your Morale and (Pulverizing Your Productivity?

Whether you're a corporate CEO, small business owner, manager, supervisor, staff member, consultant, or public servant, I'll bet you feel a strong, compelling desire to increase your company's (or your clients') effectiveness, reputation, and bottom line....

13th October 2008

Getting Unstuck: Tips for Overcoming "Decision Gridlock"

Have you ever felt so stymied by your choices that every time you stared down at your "chessboard of life," you weren't sure where you could possibly make a move? If so, you're in good company, since that's where many of us find ourselves at one time or a...