PBP Executive Reports™ specializes in high-quality executive reports designed to help time-pressed executives and managers hone and polish the critical skills they need most.

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Current Reports

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Human Resources

• 6 Dumb Ways to Kill Employee Morale - And What You Can Do to Fix It
• Handling Difficult Conversations with Employees: What Every Manager Needs to Know
• Wellness Program Compliance: Today's Legal Dos & Don'ts
• Stopping Difficult People From Sucking the Life Out of Your Organization
• Complete Guide to the New Form I-9: Everything You Need To Know To Ensure Compliance
• Is Your Employee Handbook Legal? 139 Questions You Need to Ask
• Exempt vs. Nonexempt: FLSA Overtime Guidelines You Need to Know
• New Rules for 401(k) Plans: What You Need To Do Now
• Why Good People Jump Ship – And What You Can Do To Stop Them
• Turning Good Employees into Great Managers – A Guide for New Managers
• Cafeteria Plans: The Rules are Changing
• Motivating Employees: What Every Manager Needs to Know
• Intermittent FMLA Leave: Taking Control of HR's Biggest Headache
• Record Retention Dos and Don'ts: What to Save, What to Dump
• FMLA Guidelines: What Employers Need to Know Now
• Cutting Health Costs: What's Working Now
• ADA's New Rules: What Employers Need to Know Now
• Employee Free Choice Act: What Companies Need to Know - and What They Can Do Now
• The HR Guide to Recruiting with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
• The New Healthcare Law: What Every Business Must Know – and Do Now
• Human Resource Information Systems: What You Need to Know Before You Buy
• Investigating Workplace Complaints: What Every Manager Needs to Know
• Handling Nonexempt Employee Pay: Stay Compliant and Avoid DOL Audits

Management

• Business Writing: A Guide to Clear, Concise and Effective Writing
• Turn Good People into Great Employees: Performance Reviews That Work
• Get More Done in Less Time Without Working Harder
• Unleashing Microsoft Outlook: 104 Ways To Make It Work For You
• Management Series: Turn Good Managers into Great Leaders
• Sexual Harassment: 9 Dumb Ways Companies Get in Trouble
• The Supervisors Guide to Managing and Motivating Difficult Employees
• Executive Phone Skills for Business: A guide to clear, concise and effective business conversations
• Dealing With and Eliminating Unacceptable Behavior
• Taking Control: 163 Ways to Save Time
• Motivating Without Money: 91 Inexpensive Ways to Keep Employees Happy
• The 7 Most Disruptive Workplace Issues – and How to Handle Them
• 9 Mistakes New Managers Make Most Often
• Facebook, Twitter and Your Employees: The Dangers of Social Networking
• 8 Court Decisions Every Manager and Supervisor Needs to Know
• Why Good People Burn Out – And How You Can Stop It
• Terminating Without Fear: What Employers Need to Know
• E-Discovery Compliance: What Every Company Needs to Know
• Document, Document, Document: What Every Manager Needs to Know About Tracking Performance and Problems
• Leadership Skills: The 7 Essential Steps to Delegating Successfully
• Business Writing: 83 Tips to Keep You from Looking Dumb
• Managing Millennials: 9 Ways to Get the Most from the Internet Generation
• Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors
• Turn New Hires into Great Employees
• The Manager's Guide to Handling Conflict at Work
• Taking Leadership to the Next Level
• Managing Gossip: What You Need to Know to Keep the Rumor Mill in Check

Education

• Response to Intervention: Creating Success in Your Schools
• FERPA's New Rules: What You Need to Know Now
• U.S. Supreme Court Education Cases
• Sexual Harassment by Students: What to Do Now to Avoid Liability
• Dealing with Cell Phones in Schools – Legally
• Facebook & Twitter: Engaging & Recruiting Prospect Students
• Applying Fair Use in Higher Education
• Outsmart the Cheaters Without the Legal Backlash

Finance

• 1099s: Best Practices to Ensure IRS Compliance
• T&E Best Practices: Complete Guide to Ensure Compliance
• Unclaimed Property: Minimize Risk and Ensure Compliance
• Slash the Hidden Costs of Copying & Printing: How Most Companies Can Save 20% - 30%
• Form W-4: Complete Guide to Federal and State Compliance
• Beyond DSO: 38 Ways to Measure and Increase Cash Flow
• Downsizing: Doing It Right While Minimizing the Pain
• Sales and Use Tax Compliance: What You Need to Know Now
• 99 Ways to Get Customers to Pay Now
• Financial Accountability: Getting Other Departments On Board
• Cost Cutting: 47 Ways Companies Can Save
• Form 5500: Changes for 2009 and Ways to Save Time
• Keep Them Honest: How Top Companies Prevent, Spot and Stop Fraud
• The 8 Biggest Tech Threats to Your Cash
• Making Collection Calls That Get Results
• Payroll Best Practices: 6 Ways to Save Time and Money
• The New Rules of Picking the Right Bank
• Transforming Accounting into a Strategic Business Partner
• Fringe Benefits: What's Taxable, What's Not
• 33 Secrets of Top A/P Pros: Proven Best Practices for Error-free Operation
• Biggest Cash Drains Lurking Outside Finance
• Negotiations: Turn No into Yes

Medical

• 2008 CPT Code Changes for Physician Practices
• Incident-to: Stay Compliant and Get the Reimbursement You've Earned

Nonprofits

• Increasing Donations with the Perfect Donor Newsletter
• Getting to Yes! The 7 Secrets to Securing Major Gifts
• Making the Ask: Taking the Guesswork Out of Major-Gifts Fundraising
• Turn Reluctant Board Members into Enthusiastic Fundraisers
• Online Fundraising: Lessons from the Obama Campaign
• Record Retention for Nonprofits: What You Need to Know
• The 5 Biggest Grant Writing Mistakes That Keep You from Getting the Money
• Is It Time to Rebrand Your Nonprofit?

Safety

• Preventing Slip-and-Fall Claims: Both Real and Fake
• Confronting and Changing At-Risk Behavior: The Road to a Zero-Injury Workplace
• Accident Investigations and the Law: What You Should and Shouldn't Do
• Guaranteeing the Success of Safety Committees
• OSHA's New PPE Reg: What You Do and Don't Have to Pay For
• Terminating Unsafe Employees: What Safety Pros Need to Know
• Reducing Liability When Using Outside Contractors
• Turn Good Supervisors into Great Safety Leaders
• Safety Training Ideas Worth Stealing: Never Hold a Boring Safety Meeting Again!
• OSHA's Top 10 Violations: Preventing Costly Fines
• Reducing Back Injuries: What Supervisors and Employees Need to Know
• When Disabilities and Safety Clash: Latest Legal Pitfalls
• 13 Reasons New Workers Get Injured More Often: Solutions to Keep Them Safe
• Heat Stress: Keeping Employees Safe
• Get Workers to Wear Their PPE: 32 Best Practices That Work
• Get Injured Employees Back to Work!
• The Importance of Leadership to Successful Safety Programs
• 10 Ways to Create a Better Safety Culture
• The 6 Elements of a Successful Safety Program
• The New, Tougher OSHA: It's No Longer Business Friendly
• Why Safety Discipline Backfires
• Surviving an OSHA Inspection: Key Steps Before, During and After
• Reducing Ergonomic Injuries Before OSHA Does It for You

Sales

• Conquering Cold Calling: What is and Isn't Working
• Overcoming Objections, Price vs. Value: What's Working Today in Sales
• Handling Tough Customers: What Is and Isn't Working
• Cold Calling: Cracking the Voicemail Barrier
• 99 Ways to Boost Sales in 2008
• Closing the Deal: Why Salespeople Fail
• How Great Salespeople Sell
• Turn Salespeople into Great Prospectors
• How to Make Winning Presentations: What's Working in Sales
• Value-Added Selling: What It Takes to Win and Keep Customers Today
• Motivating Salespeople: 62 Ways to Get Them Charged Up
• Selling More to Existing Customers
• Power Negotiating: 47 Ways to Win Over Customers and Close More Deals
• Overcoming Call Reluctance
• Get Salespeople to Ask the Right Questions
• Selling Up the Ladder: What Keeps Execs Up at Night
• Adding Value: How 25 Companies Did It
• Winning Salespeople: What It Takes to Become One
• 25 Biggest Mistakes Sales People Make
• Cold Calling: Getting Past the Gatekeepers
• The Sales Manager's Guide to Twitter and Facebook
• Win-Win Selling: Strategies That Attract and Keep Customers

Inventory

• 99 Ways to Improve Inventory Accuracy

Marketing

• Google AdWords: What Is and Isn't Working Now
• Customer Loyalty: 7 Strategies to Keep 'Em Coming Back
• Web Marketing: 49 Ideas That Keep Prospects Clicking, Converting and Buying Online
• Driving Profits: 57 Marketing Ideas that Get Results

Women's Leadership

• Women's Leadership: Successfully Balancing Work and Life

Environmental

• Stormwater: Ensure EPA Compliance and Avoid Common Pitfalls
• Indoor Air Quality: Why What You Don't Know Can Cost You
• Spill Plans: What You Need to Know to Comply with EPA's SPCC Regulations
• Obama's EPA: How Your Business Will Be Affected
• Greenhouse Gases: What EPA Wants You to Do – and When

Quality

• Root-Cause Analysis: Getting to the Heart of the Problem
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis: Stopping Errors Before They Happen

Facility

• Facility Quick Fixes: 118 Proven Solutions That Will Save You Money

Desktop Executive Training Programs

• Handling Difficult Conversations with Employees: What Every Manager Needs to Know
• 8 Dos and Don'ts of Motivating Employees: What Managers Need to Know

Upcoming Reports

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• Record Retention Do's & Don'ts: What to Save & What to Dump
• FMLA Abuse: Fight Back and Win
• Difficult Parent Conversations: Do's and Don'ts for Educators
• Creating Powerful Marketing Copy
• Sexual Harassment in Schools
• Emergency/Disaster Recovery Plan Guide
• Difficult Parents on Campus: Tips to Handle 'Helicopter' Behavior