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The Dimensional Model of Interactional Behavior is a tool designed to help you size up customer behavior and determine how you can respond to that behavior to get the results you want. Click here for more...
Conversion is a mandatory Group Life insurance provision in New York that enables insured employees and their dependents to buy an individual life insurance policy without evidence of good health if they there are losing Group Life coverage due to a qualifying event. Click here for more...
The Standard provides a number of tax-related services to our group disability insurance policyholders. Each customer with claim activity during the last year receives a Disability Income Report every January. Click here for more...
Often, non-occupational return-to-work (RTW) programs either fail to get off the ground or fizzle after launch. Why? Usually the employer's commitment to the program wavers because they have failed to recognize and address the need for cultural change. Click here for more...
Commission Calendar
Bookmark The Standard's 2007 Commission Calendar and print out a copy, too. And why keep waiting for those commission checks to arrive in the mail this year? Sign up for Direct Deposit and e-Statements.
QBQ! The Question Behind the Question
If you're looking for straightforward advice on how to improve your business and your life, John Miller's book might be a good bet. Miller's main point is that making personal accountability your core value is the key to success. At just 115 pages it's a quick read - the publisher says you can get through it in an hour. Cost: $13.57 at Amazon.com.
Council for Disability Awareness
The next time you need ideas for convincing a customer of the need for disability insurance, check out the Council for Disability Awareness Web site. It's a great resource for disability statistics, stories from people who have suffered disabilities and tips for consumers.
Harvard Business Review IdeaCastTM
This online-only Harvard Business School production bills itself as "featuring breakthrough ideas and commentary from leading thinkers in business and management." Past episodes include topics like "Spotlight on Sales" and "Setting Priorities When Time Is Tight." New episodes come out every two weeks. Just click the play button on the Web page to listen.