The Ten Minute Manager

November 7, 2008

Palin Once Greeted McCain Staff Wearing Only A Towel

Filed under: Politics — Tags: , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 4:50 pm

From Newsweek’s Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. “I’ll be just a minute,” she said.

She raised William Ayers before the campaign signed off on it:

Palin launched her attack on Obama’s association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain’s advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.

And she spent far more on clothes than was reported: Read entire article here.

Time Management For School

Filed under: School — Tags: , , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 12:12 pm

Time Management For School

By Gregg Zban

Poor time management can lead to failing grades and even failure to successfully pass a class. As a student, you will benefit from effective time management skills as much as any adult. Plus, these skills will help carry you throughout life. So, how can you better manage your time in order to get your school work done quicker and spend more time doing what you want?

5 Steps to Better Time Management…….read the full article here.

Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better time management in business, with family, at school and more.

To learn more please visit http://www.choice-time-management.com

For freebies please visit http://www.GreggZban.com

October 26, 2008

The Best Way for Online Business Owners to Reduce Phone Time

Filed under: Business — Tags: , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 3:00 pm

No matter what type of online business you are in, or how you communicate, you will find there are a number of reasons that you will need to use a telephone.

You may need to soothe clients who need to hear a real human voice or you might need to find a way to communicate with your colleagues that is more immediate than that of a simple e-mail or chat session.

The problem is that phone use, whether it is through a land line or through a cell phone, can cause you plenty of problems, especially if you let it get out of control.

For many of us, nothing is more simple or instinctive than calling someone to chat. While we may want to keep it professional, there is a good chance that we will spend a lot longer on the phone than we thought we would, and before we know it…….click here to read the full article.


Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

October 23, 2008

Manage Your Online Working Time

Filed under: Business — Tags: , , , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 1:44 am

There are many ways to manage time while working online. The computer, Internet, and various other types of activities that can be pursued while working may prove to be quite overwhelming when it comes to time restraints or deadlines. If your income is dependent upon the financial success that you achieve online, it is absolutely imperative that you take the time to ensure that you are maximizing each and every minute of your working time.

Productivity is an extremely important element to the overall success of an online business. In order to reach a high level of productivity, time management skills are a must for every home business owner. Here are five ways to help manage your time while working online in turn boosting your productivity and hopefully income.

The first method you can implement to manage your time is reducing the amount of time spent on the telephone. One of the biggest time restraints that individuals experience are telephone calls. It is quite easy to experience a severe time lapse while working due to unexpected calls, long conversations, and even calls that are necessary for the overall functionality of your business.

One way to manage this aspect of your time is to turn off the ringer and purchase an answering machine or subscribe to voice mail. Then, you should set aside a time each day to check your messages and return calls as appropriate.

The next way that you can manage online work time is to avoid the act of constantly checking email. Just like the phone, this can take up a lot of your time. You should set aside small chunks of time on a daily basis where you can go through your email and…….click here to read the full article.


Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

October 20, 2008

Sara Palin’s SNL Rap Lyrics…..too funny

Filed under: The Ten Minute Manager — Tags: , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 7:16 pm

one two three

my name is sarah palin you all know me
vice president nominee of the gop
gonna need your vote in the next election
can i get a ‘what what’ from the senior section
mccain got experience, mccain got style
but don’t let him freak you out when he tries to smile
cause that smile be creepy
but when i be vp
all the leaders in the world gonna finally meet me

how’s it go eskimo
(eskimos)
tell me what you know eskimo
(eskimos)
how you feel eskimo
(ice cold)
tell me tell me what you feel eskimo
(super cold)

i’m jeremiah wright cause tonight i’m the preacha
i got a bookish look and you’re all hot for teacha
todd lookin fine on his snow machine
so hot boy gonna need a go between
in wasilla we just chill baby chilla
but when i see oil lets drill baby drill

my country tis a thee
from my porch i can see
russia and such

all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up

when i say ‘obama’ you say ‘ayers’
obama. (ayers) obama (ayers)
i built me a bridge – it ain’t goin’ nowhere.
(ohhh)

mccain, palin, gonna put the nail in the coffin
of the media elite
(she likes red meat)
shoot a mother-humpin moose, eight days of the week

[three gunshots]
now ya dead, now ya dead,
cause i’m an animal, and i’m bigger than you
holdin a shotgun walk in the pub
everybody party, we’re goin on a hunt
la la la la la la la la
[six gunshots]


Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

October 19, 2008

How to overcome objections

Filed under: Sales — Tags: , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 1:34 am

Every sales person has had to overcome an objection. Some even find a new line of work because of them. If your income depends on the sale then chances are you have found a way to overcome objections and even discovered the secret of how to make them work for you, not against you.

The first mistake we usually make is assuming we know what the customer is going to object to. We have crafted our response even before they are done speaking.

Thinking we know exactly what is on their mind, we interrupt the customer with our response. In effect, we have answered an objection with an objection and most customers would be on their way to the door.

It is proven that most of us quit listening to the customer and begin formulating our answer after the first seven words. Even worse, after ten words we are nowhere to be found, off in our own world piecing together our response.

Truth is, most of the time, we don’t know the full extent of the objection because we didn’t hear it.

Just think about the wealth of information we are missing out on. Key buying signals, who the decision maker is, plus an abundance of information on how to close the sale….click here to read the full article.


Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

October 14, 2008

We can make you worth more…see how

Filed under: The Ten Minute Manager — the_ten_minute_manager @ 4:13 am

Make more money in less time

Filed under: Sales — Tags: , , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 4:10 am

We can make you worth more…see how

Make more money in less time!



Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

October 12, 2008

How to turn an angry customer into a repeat customer

Filed under: Sales — Tags: , , , , , , , — the_ten_minute_manager @ 3:37 pm

If you are in business, and chances are if you are reading this you are, you have dealt with an angry customer. Because business is very rarely perfect, things come up from time to time that upset even our best customers.

Whether you are late with a delivery or your product or service is not performing the way it should, it is beneficial to know how to deal with this situation when it arises. How you deal with an angry customer determines if you strengthen your relationship or sever it and most of it depends on how you respond and when.

Situations like this are your opportunity to show your customer what you and your company are made of. When you made the sale you promised great customer service, now is your chance to prove it. Anyone can handle a customer when things are going well. It is the most successful of us that can handle the customer when things go wrong.

The first step in handling an angry customer is contacting them promptly. If the customer has contacted your customer service department or has left you a voice mail directly is it ultimately important that you respond immediately. This is the first step in turning a big problem into a manageable one.

Greet them in a cordial, but concerned tone, acknowledging you know they have a problem…..click here to read the full article.


Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

Are you organized

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Gregg Zban is a General Manager with Coca-Cola Enterprises and has created a website dedicated to better Time Management, Sales Training, Interview Coaching, Leadership Development and more!

To learn more please visit www.Choice-Time-Management.com

To Blog with us please visit http://thetenminutemanager.blogspot.com/

For freebies please visit www.GreggZban.com

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