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As 2010 comes to a close, NMMA would like to wish its members, partners, and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the NMMA Currents, a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume next Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.




Nov. 2, 2010: 10 tips for making employees love their office
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You take your staff on kayaking trips. You order pizza for meetings. But who cares about the occasional extras if your workers aren't delighted to be in their workspace day-in and day-out? We reviewed the best in office amenities and policies recently covered in Inc. and on Inc.com for the highlights of companies making their offices into places their employees love coming to in the morning. More

Sept. 21, 2010: 10 things you should never micromanage
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Hey, go-getter. Yes, you could do it all, but there are times it's best to step back and stop stifling your team's productivity and creativity. More



June 15, 2010: 4 ideas for a positive workforce
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The employees you supervise can't win if they already feel defeated. Here's how to lift morale -- and productivity. More

Oct. 19, 2010 issue: The 4 capacities every great leader needs (and very few have)
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Over the last dozen years, Tony Schwartz worked with scores of CEOs and senior executives to help them build more engaged, high performance cultures by energizing their employees. Along the way, he has landed on four key capacities that show up, to one degree or another, in the most inspiring leaders he's met. More

June 15, 2010 issue: Leadership caffeine: "How can I help?"
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"How can I help?" These four simple words are powerful leadership tools when framed into a question and applied with genuine intent. The leader that is comfortable asking this question is comfortable in his or her leadership skin. It takes self-confidence, a dose of humility and a genuine comprehension of the role of leader to form and apply the question, "How can I help?" More

July 6, 2010 issue: Company culture is what draws exceptional employees
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What is the most important factor in successfully recruiting top candidates? If you said things like salary, benefits, or the economy, you'd be wrong. It's your organizational culture. More

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July 6, 2010 issue: NMMA releases survey of manufacturer members on effects of economic downturn
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An online survey of NMMA member boat, engine, and accessory manufacturers was conducted by the NMMA Department of Industry Statistics and Research to better understand the effect of the continued U.S. economic downturn on recreational marine manufacturers. This study is a follow up to a similar survey conducted in late 2008.

The objective of the survey was to assess the continued impact of the economic downturn on employment in the recreational marine industry. 136 NMMA member chief executives were surveyed from April 20–May 6, 2010. Survey results have a confidence interval of ±8 percent at the 95 percent confidence level. Click here to view the survey results. More

June 15, 2010 issue: Manufacturing holds up as exports climb
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U.S. manufacturing grew in May at a faster pace than forecast as factories added workers to meet the greatest export demand in two decades as well as a revival in domestic orders. Stocks worldwide erased earlier losses after the reports helped dispel concern industrial slowdowns from China to Europe meant the global rebound was stalling. More

Sept 28, 2010 issue: Take action! Important update on E15
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As you may know, in the spring of 2009 Growth Energy, a pro-corn ethanol lobby group, petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow ethanol to comprise up to 15 percent (E15) of gasoline sold in the United States from the current level of 10 percent (E10). As mandated by law, the EPA had 270 days to make a decision on the waiver petition, which would have been Dec. 1, 2009. On that date, EPA announced that it would delay its decision until late summer of 2010 to allow more scientific tests to be completed.

We now anticipate that the EPA will make its decision later this month or early next month. As we wait for EPA's announcement, NMMA and our partner organizations in the "Say NO to Untested E15" coalition are encouraging concerned boaters and people in the marine industry to visit www.FollowTheScience.org to write an e-mail to President Obama requesting that he urge the EPA to thoroughly and comprehensively test all gasoline-powered engines, including marine engines, before allowing E15 into the marketplace.

What you can do to help:
The ethanol issue has and will continue to have a large impact on the boating community and we need your help to spread the word. If you reach boaters or others in the marine industry through other venues like your organizational web site, blogs, newsletters, Twitter, Facebook and/or other social media, we encourage you to use these resources to drive boaters to www.FollowTheScience.org. We also have Follow the Science banner ads in several sizes and template newsletter articles that we can email you upon request.

Please contact NMMA's Mat Dunn with questions. More

Sept. 14, 2010 issue: 5 things you can learn from your receptionist
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When you want the most current updates on trends affecting your company, look no further than the front desk. More


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