But the combined effect of the fire-first-ask-questions-later management approach is to increase the severity of job losses in a downturn.
Other advice includes not being afraid to ask questions - and to be direct - even about the most embarrassing issues.
The ads also serve another purpose: New parents may not necessarily want to ask Grandmom- or Grandpop-to-be how to raise a child.
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We just ask -- and beg of you -- to trust us, support us and work with the system, not against it.
Upload speeds also varied, with DSL again dipping the lowest at 95-percent of what's advertised -- might be time to ask your phone-based ISP for a partial refund, no?
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The campaign for Zyban, Glaxo's anti-smoking pill, coincided with 1.3m doctor-visits in April to ask about anti-smoking treatment compared with 1.6m in the whole of 1997, though Glaxo admits the link is hard to prove.
The House of Lords is therefore a revising chamber, and peers - many of whom are experts in a particular field of public policy, such as economics or health - regularly ask the government to re-think important legislation.
The 37-year-old, though, admits it will be a tough ask to re-focus this week following the high of events at Celtic Manor.
Devout Muslims regard the eclipse as a time of prayer - offering two raka'ats to ask for forgiveness - and a time to give alms to the poor.
To get up close to the wildlife, visitors can opt for a conventional safari -- or ask a tuk-tuk driver to lead the way.
In addition, the press corps did not have an on-camera briefing, or an off-camera gaggle, with you yesterday to ask the White House about its decision-making process during this major foreign policy crisis.
He'd noticed that some personal items were missing and, even though he had no idea who was responsible, jailhouse rules dictated that he had to ask his bunk-mate to "strap up" - put his shoes on for a fight.
For now, enjoy the hands-on photos and feel free to ask questions in the comments -- we're listening and will answer to the best of our ability.
Be suspicious of e-mail messages or even sites which ask you to re-enter login, credit card or other information to check your status.
Depp took the image to the film's Comanche adviser, William "Two-Raven" Voelker, to ask if it was far-fetched.
If the country is serious about enhancing U.S. industrial might--as it should be--it might want to ask executives and entrepreneurs in these areas, as well as foreign investors, what they need to keep growing and expanding exports.
That has prompted the AFL-CIO to ask if giant Fidelity Investments is rubber-stamping management proposals at firms where it runs 401(k) programs.
And it looks like, if we pull closer in -- I'm going to ask the guys to pull closer in -- it does -- it is Santa.
Ask yourself--how important is weather in your day-to-day life?
However, if you do hire one of the tens of thousands of small-time IT services shops that cater to small businesses, ask them about using open-source alternatives to Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes.
So why ask them -- shortchange those Americans who need that assistance, reduce that assistance that most helps the economy just so we can protect corporations and their loopholes and subsidies, just so we can not have to ask millionaires and billionaires -- not small businesses -- to pay a little bit extra.
If you are both retiring then you need to ask your pension providers for up-to-date statements and then look at what your pensions are likely to give you as an income.
The services are heavily marketed to cardholders, particularly when you call a toll-free number to activate a card or ask a question, or when a customer-service rep calls to answer an inquiry.
In your research, did you get the impression that he - you seemed to imply it before but I want to ask it more directly - that he was truly mentally ill?
Seriously, stratospheric prices don't bother us -- there is the "rich keep getting richer" crowd, after all -- but is it too much to ask for feature parity with entry-level receivers for this kind of money?
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Even the most talented in-house executive may be buried too deep in the weeds to ask the tough questions and offer forward-looking thinking to avoid a product becoming obsolete before it even makes it to the market.
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On Friday, two San Francisco, California, officials wrote a three-page letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to ask that the 2011 All-Star Game be moved from Phoenix, Arizona, if the law is not repealed.
"With a crisis like this of a minister of a key ministry, it's logical for (al-Maliki) to call me and to ask me about what happened, " al-Essawi said.
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Also ask everyone in your face-to-face network of family and friends whether they know anyone at the company.
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