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    ban1.addItem('<b>The Lost Art of Valuing Employees!</b><br><img border="0" src="images/spacer_blue.jpg" width="185" height="1"><br>Business today concerns itself with profit / loss margins, productivity, positioning for corporate relationships, and increasing market share. Many times the company’s most important asset, its employees, is often overlooked. The whirlwind of corporate business...<p align="right">[<a href="articles/lost_art.htm" class="hText">Read More</a>]</p>');
    ban1.addItem('<b>Motivating a Stagnant<br>Sales Team</b><br><img border="0" src="images/spacer_blue.jpg" width="185" height="1"><br>Less than stellar sales performers are a part of every organization and for some reason are often allowed to continue falling short of expectations. How much are these sub par performers costing you and your bottom line?<p align="right">[<a href="articles/motivating_sales.htm" class="hText">Read More</a>]</p>');
    ban1.addItem('<b>5 Steps to Successful Employee Motivation</b><br><img border="0" src="images/spacer_blue.jpg" width="185" height="1"><br>As a manager, CEO, or owner of an organization one of your primary responsibilities is to accomplish tasks by delegating to the employees that work for you. One of the most essential functions to ensure that this delegation is happening at peak efficiency...<p align="right">[<a href="articles/successful_motivation.htm" class="hText">Read More</a>]</p>');
    ban1.addItem('<b>Looking Outside The Box</b><br><img border="0" src="images/spacer_blue.jpg" width="185" height="1"><br>In the current market place, successfully branding our organizations has become more and more important. This requires more than just an external focus. We all struggle with this required change in thinking as a result of having been bombarded in the late 1980’s and early 90’s...<p align="right">[<a href="articles/outside_box.htm" class="hText">Read More</a>]</p>');
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