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Show DAILY Sunday, April 6, 2008 Finding courage to speak up A .G. Lafley, chairman and CEO of Procter & e, says that his mother told him to exhibit the courage of his convictions, encouraging him to have the confidence to be himself. Her advice stayed with Lafley when he almost left P&G in his sixth year there, according to an article in For-tune magazine. , Lafley says that he accepted another job because he felt the bureaucracy of the company was smothering him, and he didnt think the company would change quickly enough to keep him satisfied. He submitted his resignation to his supervisor, Steve Donovan, who immediately tore it up. Donovan told Lafley to leave and call him at home later in the evening. When the two talked, Donovan told Lafley i not to go to the office the fol- lowing week but to come and see him each night at his home. They'd discuss what Lafley had been going through. Donovan kept probing until he hit the crux of the problem: that Lafley couldn't stand all the bureaucracy, Donovan was direct. "You're running away," he said "You dont have the guts to stay and change it. You'll run from the next job, too." Lafley said these words made him angry, so in order to prove that he was not running away, he stayed. That inspired him to speak up whenever something didn't work. He says it was the beginning of his realization that you have to make up your mind to speak up if you really want to change things. like Lafley, I received some good parental advice from my father, who told me: "If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak rj Gam-JOibl- , - HERALD C9 fines. SJ. Garcia's agreed to repay 12 former employees a total of $3,020.39 for paying below minimum wage, but none of those checks has cleared, " ' according to Labor officials. Several have been returned as undeliverable and others are still "in limbo." If the agency cant locate any of the students, the money Pay Continued from C10 story might convince you. A young man on an important business trip suddenly realized that the next day was his wedding anniversary. Remembering that his wife was fond of a canary he had given her, the man called a pet shop in their hometown. owner said, The "You are really in hick. I have just received a special breed of parrot, extremely rare and most intelligent. In fact, this parrot speaks six languages." Positive The $2,000 bird was delivered to bis wife early the next morning with a card that said, of them if you dont share "My own words cannot ex:. them? , press my love for you." Investment mogul Charles When he returned from his Schwab said, "I'D pay more for trip a few evenings later, his a man's ability to express him- wife greeted him and said that self than for any other quality the bird he had sent her was in he might possess." the oven and would be ready in 30 minutes. Management guru Peter "You are cooking what?" Drucker claimed that 60 percent of all management probgasped the husband. "Darling, lems were the result of faulty that is a rare talking parrot communications ... and that in- that cost me almost $2,000. It cludes people not speaking up. can speak six different lanChances are, others share guages! How could you make your concern. It takes courage such a mistake?" His wife replied, "Nobody to speak up perhaps there's told me anything about six a fear of retaliation, concern about being labeled a complain-e- r different languages. That bird looked right at me while I was or a reluctance to rock the boat. Stay calm, be logical and getting ready to cook it. If it V was so smart, why didnt it present your case in a clear and positive way. No whining! speak up?" Mackai Moral: If you Waiting to see if things get better on their own isn't a reason- dont speak up, prepare to put able strategy. The following "P- . ments. So far, the state Labor Department has successfully contacted and repaid three of four former employees of Taste of Poland restaurant, which paid $4,206.88 in back pay and ' they earned will go to the state. SJ. Garcia's is still contesting most of what the state says ft owes for improperly deducting pay for lodging. The companies argue that the students, or the federal government, had agreed to housing deductions, or the dates of employment were incorrectly listed. pet-sho- p .Harvey Mackay Struggles call-cent- e full-tim- e . You're right jobs that are advertised on telephone poles ARE often scams. But ; DEAR ANNE the sort of mm ism iraifi aiiiw i (WiUlilliillK'A 5 Mistakes People Can Make When Selecting A Back Pain Doctor Ej HDsWi iHlllcwitrili- - TherJghcostrfbwprtedrnedcdproiHl ES Ittknowhg tie whole sbryal Up." As Robert Frost so eloquently put it: "Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and cant, and the btherjialf who have nothing to say and keep on saying it." The expression "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" may be used in a negative way sometimes, but you have to let people know what's eating at you. Don't expect your supervisors to be mind readers; you have to let them know what you're thinking. You might have great ideas, but how will anyone be aware sure you take the tax credits allotted to you for the adoptioa Adoption credits, tax Continued from C10 experts say, are among those often missed. Here are the Lastly, I'd look at whether conrules for this year: Beginning solidating your bans makes sense Jury L Interest rates are in 2007, the credit allowed for an adoption of a child with specializes in part-timjob potentially going down when rates reset on that date for the placements. "The best thing to special needs is $11,390 and the maximum credit allowed for following year. Right now, be- do is look on a job board for cause of the credit crunch, con- postings that have a specific other adoptions is the amount of qualified adoption expenses company mentioned in the ad. solidating is tougher than it's been in the past, but perhaps in If it just has a phone number, up to $11,390. The credit or says you can earn $1,000 the year that follows July 1, it begins to phase out if you a day working from home, will be easier to do. have modified adjusted gross income of $ 170,820 or more I'd be very cautious." Next to DEAR JEAN: IVe recently and is completely phased out your computer, your best tool if you have modified adjusted here might be networking in adopted a little girl and ended someone's gross income of $210,820 or up borrowing aU the costs asyour community more. And dont worry if the sociated with the adoption. I always going to have a friend could use some who and have a good but help, adoption didnt take place job, need to find something that will if you're adept at bookkeeping, last year Kevin McKeon, a administrative tasks or even help me pay off the adoptioa spokesperson for the IRS, tells Can you give some suggestions proofreading, you could be just me that you can file amended what they need. of part-timreturns going back three years jobs that I could And one other thing; Make to get your unclaimed credit. do at home? So many of these seem like scams. Anne, from Tampa, Fla. others, like virtual assistants, home-base- d jobs and mystery shopping are not. 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