KEN STREMSKY PROVIDES ADVICE TO BUSINESSES ADVICE FOR BUSINESSES Pay your employees well. Treat your employees well. Treat your customers well. Share information with employees and customers. Ask managers and other employees to admit their mistakes. Ask managers and other employees to take risks. Welcome the formation of unions. Encourage employees to share ideas with each other as well as management. Learn from businesses in many different industries. Encourage your employees to read books, magazines, and newspapers. Give employees a percentage of monthly profits in addition to regular pay based on number of hours the employee works. Give an employee who comes up with a product that generates a great deal of profits for the company a percentage of profits generated from the product in addition to regular pay. Give a group of employees who come up with a product that generates a great deal of profits a percentage of profits generated from the product in addition to regular pay. Give an employee who comes up with a service that generates a great deal of profits a percentage of profits generated from the service in addition to regular pay. Give a group of employees who come up with a service that generates a great deal of profits a percentage of profits generated from the service in addition to regular pay. Give an employee who comes up with a service that saves the company a great deal of money a percentage of the savings generated from the idea in addition to regular pay. Give a group of employees who come up with an idea that saves the company a great deal of money a percentage of the savings generated from the idea in addition to regular pay. Do not discriminate against employees because of their sex, sexual orientation, health, age, education, religion, physical attributes, mental attributes, national origin, parents, children, height, and/or weight. Many people in their 80s may come up with ideas that generate a great deal of profits for companies. Congratulate an employee in writing when the employee exceeds sales goals and/or profit goals. Have the following e-mail addresses: greatservice@ badservice@ employeeideas@ products@ productideas@ services@ serviceideas@ storecontent@ Encourage employee to take courses. Provide employees with financial planning information. Allow employees to buy the company's stock at a discount which is at least 15 percent. Allow employees to choose from several 401K providers. Take out advertisements in newspapers that discuss what the company's views are on the issues. I think a company is better off doing this than giving money to political parties. Encourage employees to seek elective office. Encourage employees to vote in elections. Give employees the day off for primary elections with pay and give employees the day off for general elections with pay. Your profits will probably decrease and your company is more likely to be nationalized if the American people lose their rights. Contribute money to libraries. Encourage employees to become mentors and tutors. Do not lie to the press. Do not lie to employees. SOME RECOMMENDED WEBSITES www.nara.gov - National Archives and Records Administration www.makingthenumbers.com - Jack Falvey's website www.hfcletter.com - The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter www.joegirard.com - the website of Joe Girard www.dol.gov - Department of Labor www.duke.edu - Duke Univeristy www.foodsafety.gov - Gateway to Government Food Safety Information www.ft.com - the website of the Financial Times www.consumersunion.org - Consumers Union www.consumersfed.org - Consumer Federation of America www.nlrb.gov - National Labor Relations Board www.irs.gov - Internal Revenue Service www.techlawjournal.com - Tech Law Journal www.duhaime.org/diction.htm - Duhaime's Law Dictionary www.nucleartourist.com - Nuclear Tourist www.aclu.org - American Civil Liberties Union www.atra.org - American Tort Reform Association www.atla.org - Association of Trial Lawyers of America www.janes.com - Jane's Information Group www.stratfor.com - Strategic Forecasting www.atr.org -Americans For Tax Reform www.forbes.com - Forbes www.thewallstreetjournal.com - The Wall Street Journal www.epionline.org - Employment Policies Institute www.empoweramerica.org - Empower America www.concordcoalition.org - Concord Coalition www.brookings.org - The Brookings Institution www.cato.org - The Cato Institution www.prospect.org - The American Prospect www.manhattan-institute.org - Manhattan Institute www.heritage.org - Heritage Foundation www.nationalgeographic.com - National Geographic www.rnc.org - Republican National Committee www.aarp.org - AARP www.lp.org - Libertarian Party www.democrats.org - Democratic National Committee www.greenparty.org - Green Party www.amnesty.org - Amnesty International www.ncpssm.org - National Committe to Preserve Social Security and Medicare SOME RECOMMENDED BOOKS The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke Othello by William Shakespeare Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville The Federalist Papers Executive Qualities by Joseph M. Fox Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson Artful Persuasion: How to command attention, change minds, and influence people by Harry Mills The Accidental Salesperson: How to take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You Deserve by Chris Lytle How to Sell Anything to Anybody by Joe Girard Father's Day by John Calvin Batchelor The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into The Forces of History by Howard Bloom Take Back Your Government: A Practical Handbook For The Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy To Work by Robert A. Heinlein The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Second Revised Edition of Strategy by B.H. Liddell Hart The Last Lion: William Spencer Churchill by William Manchester Caesar: A Biography by Christian Meier Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How To Correct Them: Lessons From The New Science of Behavioral Economics by Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy The Running Man by Stephen King Vertical Run by Joseph Gauber Back to the Moon by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. Becoming A Master Student by David B. Ellis The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli SOME RECOMMENDED MOVIES I have worked for a large national video store rental chain since July 1999. A Man For All Seasons with Paul Scofield The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior by Akira Kurosawa The Man in The Gray Flannel Suit with Gregory Peck Other People's Money with Gregory Peck Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with James Stewart The Candidate with Robert Redford The Best Man with Henry Fonda 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda You Can't Take It With You directed by Frank Capra The Secret War of Harry Frigg with Paul Newman Music of the Heart with Meryl Streep Come See The Paradise with Dennis Quaid The Siege with Denzel Washington Glory with Denzel Washington Tora! Tora! Tora! The Longest Day Midway The Dirty Dozen The Bridge on the River Kwai with Alec Guinness A Bridge Too far Under Siege with Steven Seagal Executive Decision with Kurt Russell Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence