Another idea for leverage is to develop strategic partners. These are people who can point you in right direction. They might introduce you to someone who is hiring or know people who need your product or service. They may be in a complimentary industry and be willing to recommend you or your service to their clients. Think of strategic partners as people who are holding lever with you so you can move that rock farther and/or faster.

Use your accomplishments for leverage too. They give you credibility with customers or hiring managers. Cassy’s letter of resignation underlined what she had learned in her current job. She leveraged what she had for an opportunity to learn something new.

Take Action:

1.What small action can you take in your work or personal life that will result in a big move forward? Write down what you want to accomplish (the result) and brainstorm ideas to move forward quickly or dramatically. Try brainstorming alone, with a friend and/or with your coach.

2.Write or update your business or career plan for 2005. What will you be doing to move your business or career forward?

3.Check your address book and business card collection. Look for strategic partners who have helped you in past or who you think can help you know. Make an appointment with them to discuss your idea for working with them.

4.Make a list of other ways to leverage what you already have in your business, career or job. I’d love to make a list of ideas on using leveraging in business, career and life. If you are willing to share yours, please send them to me at asparker@asparker.com

5. Talk about leverage -- Read Barbara Corcoran's book "Use What You've Got and Other Business Lessons I Learned From My Mom."

- He has an own Intranet e-mail System and/or through Internet. This e-mail System differs from traditional ones because he could be integrated automatically with Notes database. For example, he can be programmed to send an e-mail to other operator, if - a condition - field "m" of database reach value of "x". Or any input/output field of any mathematical model.

- It allows to create sophisticated electronic Forms, to be used by its Workflow. The whole operational flow of a company - besides at national or world levels - can be executed through this electronic Forms - freely created and scheduled - which can also be integrated in e-mail System.

- The whole management approvals flow can be programmed through Notes Workflow.

- Its Agents automatically can detect operational conditions in order to generate corresponding actions. By corresponding actions understand any administrative or managerial functions in Real-Time, DAS or DDC or both.

- He has its own methods to acquire data and/or information from Back-End Transational System using any ODBC System and also it's possible to use several Add-Ons softwares for that purpose. Evidently if Notes will be used as a Font-End System above Transational System of company, he obligatorily should have means to acquire/send data from/to Transational System, in Real-Time or not.

- He has its Script Language, for general programming of its commands, its functions, etc.

- He has a hierarchical Password System for controlled accesses to its Views, Forms, Agents, etc.

- Through its Views can transform original data of Transational System into high level information.

- Its Views are totally programmable - its columns are similar to used un spreadsheets - and they can be scheduled to have relationships with any other Views.

- Its Views are very similar to Visual Basic Views - as a matter of fact already exists Add-Ons for interconnection between Notes and Visual Basic.

- Its Views allows you to integrate in a column any mathematical functions or logical combinations as AND, OR, equality, larger than, smaller than, etc., and several other functions.

However is possible to use any System with same capabilities of Notes - specially with ODBC, Replication, Views and integrated e-mail - as a fully programmable ERP System.

In this first article we mentioned some capabilities to be used in a Front-End and in next we will explain how to do your ERP Front-End.

About the Author:

J.C.Melo is a 73-years old IT professional with 54 years of experience in computer & technology entrepreneurship. He was the owner of the first minicomputer factory in South America and Consultant for the U.S. Government in several contracts. Now is the CEO of http://mba-open-university.net and http://erp-enterprise-resources-planning-courses.us