Fred Harteis News & Articles

Fred Harteis News - IBO Don Wilson says, ““U.S. businesses spend an estimated $30 billion annually on employee gifts and incentives. The Quixtar Gift and Incentive program is a great way to get in on the action. A recent survey released by the Society of Human Resource Management shows that incentives and rewards are very effective means of motivating employees. “This presents great opportunities for our members, Quixtar Independent Business Owners, who market Quixtar Gift and Incentive albums to their business customers,” says Don Wilson of the Independent Business ... more »

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Sunday, January 14

Fred Harteis News Articles - Cheney Defends Efforts to Obtain Financial Records

by M Carter on Sun 14 Jan 2007 09:51 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday defended efforts by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency to obtain financial records of Americans suspected of terrorism or espionage, calling the practice a “perfectly legitimate activity” used partly to protect troops stationed on military bases in the United States.

But the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee expressed concern over the expansion of the military’s domestic intelligence collection efforts and said his committee would investigate how the Pentagon was using its authority.

Appearing on “Fox ... more »

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Saturday, January 13

Fred Harteis News Articles -Bush Proposal for Iraq Adds to '08 Intrigue

by M Carter on Sat 13 Jan 2007 06:10 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - On Friday morning, as the capital was enmeshed in a debate over President Bush’s decision to send thousands more troops to Iraq, no one was more obviously searching for an alternate plan than Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the New York Democrat and likely candidate for president.

Mrs. Clinton was airborne for Iraq, a visit that offered a platform to examine and perhaps alter her views on a war that she once voted to authorize but now criticizes. Asked in a telephone interview from ...   more »

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Friday, January 12

red Harteis IBO Don Wilson: Leaders Develop Good Thinking In Others

by M Carter on Fri 12 Jan 2007 12:23 AM EST

Fred Harteis News - Don Wilson , “One source of creative energy for business leaders is to spend time with other with complimentary thinking skills. Maxwell explains that being a bottom line thinker was a challenge for him as he was building companies. He made sure to bounce his ideas off someone whose strength was bottom line thinking.”

Don Wislon : Leadership Wit and Insight

“If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.” – John Maxwell

Don Wilson and Nancy Wilson ...   more »

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Thursday, January 11

Fred Harteis News Articles - Bush to Tie Troop Increase to U.S. Fate in Iraq

by M Carter on Thu 11 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - President Bush will announce tonight that he is sending more than 21,000 American troops to Iraq to quell the violence there, and he will tell the American people that a troop increase “at this crucial moment” will bring American forces home faster and help assure survival of the young democracy.

While conceding for the first time that he provided neither enough troops nor enough resources to control the chaos in Iraq last year, the president reasserts that the struggle in Iraq “will determine the ...   more »

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Wednesday, January 10

Fred Harteis News - Billy Florence: Leaders Develop Good Thinking In Others

by M Carter on Wed 10 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News - Billy Florence , “The legendary leader of General Electric, Jack Welch, prioritized and dedicated time weekly to developing leaders who were sound thinkers.”

Billy Florence: Leadership Wit and Wisdom

“Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don’t think.” – Jack Welch

Billy Florence and Peggy Florence are members of IBOAI

IBOAI, the official trade association, leadership team including Billy Florence, Jody Victor, Randy Haugen, Don Wilson Fred Harteis and Jim Janz serves and ...   more »

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Tuesday, January 9

Fred Harteis News Articles -Bush Plans Big Push on Hill to Sell Iraq Plan

by M Carter on Tue 09 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - The White House is planning an aggressive effort to sell Congress and the American public on President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, beginning with a prime-time address to the nation Wednesday night, a trip by the president to Fort Benning, Ga., to visit with troops on Thursday and appearances on Capitol Hill by the secretaries of state and defense.

With Democrats vowing to oppose any plan to send more troops to Iraq, and some Republicans openly skeptical, aides to the president are planning an ...   more »

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Monday, January 8

Fred Harteis News Articles- How big will your raise be in 2007?

by M Carter on Mon 08 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred HarteisNews Articles - First, the ho-hum news: Sibson Consulting reports that most employers "anticipate a less-than-4-percent base pay increase" for the vast majority of their workers in 2007 - about the same as in the past few years. For someone earning $40,000 a year, a pay hike of 3 to 4 percent works out to as little as $100 per month before taxes, which is not exactly a reason to break out the bubbly.

That doesn't mean you can't earn more, especially with specialized skills in ...   more »

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Sunday, January 7

Fred Harteis News Articles - Bush Plan for Iraq Requests More Troops and More Jobs

by M Carter on Sun 07 Jan 2007 12:47 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - President Bush’s new Iraq strategy calls for a rapid influx of forces that could add as many as 20,000 American combat troops to Baghdad, supplemented with a jobs program costing as much as $1 billion intended to employ Iraqis in projects including painting schools and cleaning streets, according to American officials who are piecing together the last parts of the initiative.

The American officials said Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, formally agreed in a long teleconference on Thursday with Mr. Bush to match ...   more »

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Saturday, January 6

Fred Harteis Business News -n unexpected Wal-Mart boost

by M Carter on Sat 06 Jan 2007 04:38 PM EST

Fred Harteis Business News - Wal-Mart Stores said Saturday that its sales for the crucial holiday period will probably grow by 1.6 percent, a stronger than expected result for the nation's leading retailer.

The company originally forecast that sales at stores open for more than a year, an important industry barometer called same-store sales, would grow at most by 1 percent.

Retail winners and losers

The Saturday announcement is a needed dose of good news for the retailer and the retail sector at large.

Despite Wal-Mart's ...   more »

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Friday, January 5

Fred Harteis News Articles - Miers Steps Down as White House Counsel

by M Carter on Fri 05 Jan 2007 10:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - Harriet E. Miers, President Bush’s longtime confidante and onetime Supreme Court nominee, has resigned as White House counsel, officials said Thursday.

Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, said that Mr. Bush had accepted Ms. Miers’s resignation “reluctantly” and that she had tendered it after deciding she was ready for a change after six years in the job. The White House said that a search for a successor was under way and that Ms. Miers would remain at her post through this month.

Mr. ...   more »

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Thursday, January 4

Fred Harteis : Successful Relationships and Responsibility

by M Carter on Thu 04 Jan 2007 08:40 PM EST

Fred Harteis, “Sometimes people’s behavior toward us can be something of a mystery. What is their thinking for this behavior we sometimes ask ourselves. I’ve learned that people treat others according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are.”

Fred Harteis : Leadership Wit and Wisdom

The key to successful relationships really gets down to responsibility. I am responsible for how I treat others. I may not be responsible for how they treat me, but I am responsible for my reaction to ...   more »

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Wednesday, January 3

Fred Harteis News Articles -Ethics Overhaul Tops Agenda for Congress

by M Carter on Wed 03 Jan 2007 10:19 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - On the precipice of regaining power after 12 years, House Democrats Wednesday said they would move immediately to try to sever ties between lawmakers and lobbyists that figured into scandals that helped Democrats win control of Congress.

Skip to next paragraph Democrats, who campaigned relentlessly last year on the theme of a Republican culture of corruption, unveiled the proposed ethics rules as part of a week of choreography designed to deliver the message that they did not intend to do business as usual in ...   more »

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Tuesday, January 2

Fred Harteis News- Randy Haugen Valorie Haugen: First Things First

by M Carter on Tue 02 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News - Randy Haugen, “Real leaders display self confidence while retaining a spirit of humility. They understand that they do not stand alone. This leadership insight is comes from CEO of Baxter Intl.”

Randy Haugen : Leadership Wit and Wisdom

“Leadership is a delicate blend of self-confidence and humility. You have to have the self-confidence to say, You don’t want to make that decision without my input! But self-confidence without humility becomes a problem. I may be the CEO. But ...   more »

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Monday, January 1

Fred Harteis News Articles -Hussein Video Grips Iraq; Attacks Go On

by M Carter on Mon 01 Jan 2007 09:00 PM EST

Fred Harteis News Articles - After nearly three decades of living with the brutal repression of Saddam Hussein and the violent aftermath of his overthrow by American troops, Iraq responded with a mixture of rejoicing, violence and muted reflection on Saturday to the news that their former dictator had been hanged in one of the grimmest of his own execution chambers.

This nation of 27 million people spent much of the day crowding around television sets to watch mesmerizing replays of a videotape that showed the 69-year-old Mr. Hussein ...   more »

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