International Crossroads http://ixroads.com A Place for Business Leaders to Discuss Business Opportunities and Ideas Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:15:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Want To Eliminate Failure in Your Professional and Personal Lives? http://ixroads.com/2011/12/want-to-eliminate-failure-in-your-professional-and-personal-lives/ http://ixroads.com/2011/12/want-to-eliminate-failure-in-your-professional-and-personal-lives/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:57:23 +0000 aimmanager http://ixroads.com/?p=36 December 5, 2011 ISSN: 2163-0976 This Week’s Note: To be successful in business and life, you must know your skills and abilities. You must also be totally honest about what you believe the level of your skills and abilities to be. Once you know your strongest skills and abilities you can lead with them to [...]]]> http://ixroads.com/2011/12/want-to-eliminate-failure-in-your-professional-and-personal-lives/feed/ 48 Notes From the Pier – 11/28/2011 http://ixroads.com/2011/11/notes20111128/ http://ixroads.com/2011/11/notes20111128/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:15:48 +0000 aimmanager http://ixroads.com/?p=33 Last Thursday you celebrated Thanksgiving. It is a day where you got together with your family and closest friends to give thanks for [...]]]> http://ixroads.com/2011/11/notes20111128/feed/ 15 Increasing Organizational Competitiveness: Minimize Your Competitors and Economic Impacts on Your Organization http://ixroads.com/2011/11/increasing-organizational-competitiveness-minimize-your-competitors-and-economic-impacts-on-your-organization/ http://ixroads.com/2011/11/increasing-organizational-competitiveness-minimize-your-competitors-and-economic-impacts-on-your-organization/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:44:30 +0000 aimmanager http://ixroads.com/?p=28 Overview

In 2009 the number of corporate bankruptcies was the third largest in US History. According to the website BankruptcyData.com there were 207 publicly traded companies who applied for bankruptcy protection. This was only topped in 2001 and 2002 when 263 and 220 companies respectively filed for bankruptcy protection. Many more organizations are at risk [...]]]> http://ixroads.com/2011/11/increasing-organizational-competitiveness-minimize-your-competitors-and-economic-impacts-on-your-organization/feed/ 20 Becoming a Great Leader: The 4 Keys to Success http://ixroads.com/2011/10/becoming-a-great-leader-the-4-keys-to-success/ http://ixroads.com/2011/10/becoming-a-great-leader-the-4-keys-to-success/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:46:25 +0000 aimmanager http://ixroads.com/?p=22 The American business world seems to have a shortage of true Leaders. There are many business people that hold the title of manager, but it seems that only a few are true leaders. This argument has been around since the beginning of organizations, what is the differences between being a manager vs. leader. [...]]]> http://ixroads.com/2011/10/becoming-a-great-leader-the-4-keys-to-success/feed/ 56 Where Have All The Leaders Gone? http://ixroads.com/2011/09/where-are-have-all-the-leaders-gone/ http://ixroads.com/2011/09/where-are-have-all-the-leaders-gone/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:52:33 +0000 aimmanager http://ixroads.com/?p=10 Where are the Leaders today? What has happend to Leadership? Today many managers feel they are leaders, since they have an MBA, or hold a management position within a company. This is far from the truth. If you look in the papers, there appears to be a shortage of Leaders in Government and Business today. [...]]]> http://ixroads.com/2011/09/where-are-have-all-the-leaders-gone/feed/ 12