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The article provides a guide to top grants and other resources of free money for black entrepreneurs in the U.S. It relates a conversation with Ibrahima Diallo about his entrepreneurial mindset and store Ginjan Bros. It offers information about the fifth annual Small Business Grant Contest carried out by FedEx.

Presents several suggestions for attitude enhancement of managers. How to become a team player; Importance of respecting others.

The article focuses on the impact of rude managers on the morale of their staff. A boorish manager is unresponsive, publicly humiliates subordinates and arrogant or manipulative and may lack self-control, compassion and appreciation. One study found that managerial and supervisory incivility results to employees feeling afraid, distressed and hostile. Management professor Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell warns that negative attitudes can be contagious and may eventually affect the entire company.

Provides several tips on how executives could show to their employees that they value their time as much as they respect their own.

Presents information on managers and their relationships with their bosses. `It Takes Two: Managing Yourself When working with Bosses and Other Authority Figures' by Gene Boccialetti; Styles of relating to superiors. INSET: Since you asked...

Announces that thirty-six percent of 3,000 executives surveyed said they would opt for a medium-size company in which to pursue their career goals. Views of the remaining respondents.

Looks at some of the results of a landmark study conducted by Paul Ray Berndtson and Cornell University's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies. Insights into how the nation's highly placed executives view their careers. Job dissatisfaction; Findings about the desire for leisure and family time.