Wondering how to Cut Calories

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Tennis Tips

Wondering how to cut calories? The answer is – modestly. Resist the temptation to make major cuts in your diet. There are just too many fabulous things around to eat this time of year. Instead, here’s how to cut calories successfully: aim to reduce your intake by just...

Shape Magazine

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Tennis Tips

Shape Magazine You’re interested in healthy weight loss over the holiday season. Here’s the math: To lose 5 pounds, you need to shave 17,500 calories (or 3,500 per pound). Break that down over November and December and it works out to only 300 calories a day....

Knowledge Economy

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Tennis Tips

Knowledge Economy Wired magazine (13.04, p. 040) — American companies earn more money from foreign firms outsourcing “service” jobs here than we loose from domestic companies sending service jobs overseas. In 2003 (the latest data available), U.S. businesses took in...

The Evidence of Downsize

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Tennis Tips

The evidence of downsize? “The evidence indicates that downsizing is guaranteed to accomplish only one thing — it makes organizations smaller” (Pfeffer, 1998). In fact, the consequences of downsizing is stock prices that lag 5 to 45% behind the competition (in more...

Downsizing

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Tennis Tips

Downsizing In a speech to the Academy of Management in 1996, Donald Hastings, CEO of Lincoln Electric, called downsizing and rightsizing “dumbsizing.” Note that Lincoln Electric is one of the leaders in its field and has not laid off since its inception in 1948. Yet...

The Challenge of Training

by | Jan 10, 2013 | Tennis Tips

The Challenge of Training? However, that does not mean the culture is not out there. So while the newer generations may not warrant different instructional strategies, it does not mean they will tolerate the same old lectures, activities that have no real meaning to...