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Even Small Negotiations Require Preparation and Creativity

September 8, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Jeff Weiss, Harvard Business Review Blog
Whether you're aware of it or not, you're negotiating all the time. When you ask your boss for more resources, agree with a vendor on a price, deliver a performance evaluation, convince a business partner to join forces with your company, or even when you decide with your spouse where to go on your next vacation, you're taking a potentially conflict-filled conversation and working toward a joint solution.
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8 Questions Business Leaders Should Ask Themselves Every Day

August 25, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Abigail Phillips, Entrepreneur
Leadership is not prescriptive and what works for one person may not work for another. There is one trait, however, that many successful business leaders and entrepreneurs share: They are constantly asking themselves questions to stay relevant and perceptive.
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Manufacturer Perspectives: Bush Hog Aims For Added Features, Attractive Price Points with 7 New Products

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on August 25, 2014 | Posted in Product Innovations
Bush Hog recently introduced 7 new products, offering new product categories, enhancements on existing products and a re-introduction of a popular series. The goal was to add features, offer dealers additional products and meet attractive price points. Bush Hog, based in Selma, Ala., started producing rotary cutters in 1951 and its lineup now extends to zero-turn radius mowers, tractor loaders, backhoe attachments and landscape tools.
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Why Are There So Many Horrible Bosses?

August 11, 2014 | Posted in Dealership Marketing
Source: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph. D, Psychology Today
We all likely have a story of that one (or more) terrible boss, who was either a tyrant, a bully, or just totally incompetent. In fact, it may seem that there are more bad bosses than good ones. Why are there so many bad bosses and what can be done about them?
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Notable and Quotable: US Housing Recovery

August 11, 2014 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market
The Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday lowered its forecast for combined new and existing home sales in 2014 to 5.28 million -- a decline of 4.1 percent that would be the first annual drop in four years. The group also cut its prediction on mortgage lending volume for purchases to $595 billion, an 8.7 percent decrease and the first retreat in three years.
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3 Reasons You Underestimate Risk

July 28, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Srini Pillay, Harvard Business Review
In hindsight, many risks seem obvious. And when we do take the time to evaluate potential risks, there is often not much that is profound about them. Yet so many of us fall prey to unforeseen risks, believing that they came out of nowhere or that they could not have been anticipated. While this may be true in some cases, most of the time risk blindness occurs due to the way our brains are wired. Here are three reasons why we're blind to risk, and what we can do about it.
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Yanmar America is the North American headquarters of Yanmar Holdings. Ranked #1 in Product Quality for five years in a row by the Equipment Dealers Association, Yanmar provides innovative solutions for Rural Lifestyle and Industrial Equipment customers.


Yanmar was the world’s first manufacturer to develop a practical small diesel engine in 1933 and has continued to push the boundaries of innovation and technology ever since. As a manufacturer of diesel engines, compact tractors and utility task vehicles, construction machinery, and industrial equipment, Yanmar's products are sold in over 130 countries.


At Yanmar America, we are committed to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services, backed by a strong team of professionals who share our dedication to excellence. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you in achieving your goals.

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Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world.

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