Crossposted to lists we run. Sorry if you get multiples, but I wanted
to make sure everyone has a chance to play in our "contest".

Updates
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New articles
The great fun giveaway
Our Search page and why you should use it.

New Articles
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Two new articles at: http://www.escape.ca/~rbacal/articles.htm

1) Bi-directional Performance Review - Turning The Process Upside
Down

Maybe employees should evaluate managers? Radical? If you are
a manager be sure to check this out. If you are an employee,
maybe copy this and leave it for your manager.

2) Are You Getting The Bad News You Need?

An article that helps people create good communication at work so
managers and supervisors get the information they need in a timely
manner. Also at
http://www.escape.ca/~rbacal/articles.htm

Free Contest Giveaway
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You folks who make use of our websites have been really good to
us.It's time to repay you with a fun treasure hunt, and we'll supply
the prizes - free helpcards on a variety of subjects, and books from
our library. Here's how it works.

1) Browse over to http://members.xoom.com/topbooks

2) Find any book title listing (at our site) authored by WARREN
BENNIS.

3) Go to the bottom of the page (on any site page). You will find a
link that says "You can enter the contest by clicking here". Click
the link. A window should open that allows you to send us an
email. In that email just type in the name of any of the books listed
on our site by Warren Bennis.

4) Send the email. That's it.

The first two correct responses will receive a helpcard from our
library (a 12.95 value). After that every 50th correct answer will
receive something from our library, perhaps a helpcard or two, or a
book on performance management (it will depend on what we have
on hand).

We will notify winners about once every week or two, and give you a
choice of prizes where possible. We reserve the right to announce
winners on our lists, and to end the contest without notice.

Our Search Site & Why You Should Use It
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We've assembled some of the top search tools to help you find
what you need on the net. Books, websites, lists, newsgroups,
etc. We've done this to save you time and so you can have a
consistent search site to use. You can access it at:

http://www.escape.ca/~rbacal/search.htm

Apart from saving time, you help us grow our site and add more
resources. Our plans for the year 2000 include creating a supersite
that will include ALL of our sites under one roof, with more free
articles, and clearer and easier access. When you use a search
engine (some of them) on our search page or on our site, we
receive a few pennies for each use. By using the service, you will
help us ensure that our supersite remains free and open to
everyone, by helping to defray online costs.

We don't expect you to search just to help out, but if you are
searching for something it would really help us if you use our search
utilities.

That's it for now. Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. neighbours.