Managing Employees Is A Little Like Herding Cats
Q: I started my small business about a year ago and it's grown steadily. I like having my own business, but I'm having a tough time managing people. I have 5 employees now and it seems like I spend half my time making sure they are doing what they're supposed... Read More
Organisational Culture for Continuous Improvement
I have been working with leading Business Improvement guru, Tim Franklin, preparing the PR for his latest book which offers an introduction to Continuous Improvement (CI) at beginner level, encompassing Lean, TQM, Six Sigma and the other related methodologies of CI.He was developing an analogy of a geographic expedition to... Read More
Firing Someone Without Resentment
Firing, sacking, letting go or terminating people is unpleasant. There are ways to minimise resentment, but why bother? Because most legal action and unpleasantness stems from dissatisfaction/resentment about the way things were handled - about how rather than what happened. Dismissal can be unfair because of the reason, or the... Read More
If You Build It, Investors Will Come
When you begin to write your business plan or a section within it, you probably ask yourself, "What should I talk about? What key points should I bring out that are important to potential investors?" The best way to answer these questions is to put your business plan trial.... Read More
An Honest Look at Your Business
There is a difference between being comfortable and being in apathy.It is very comfortable to have a smooth running organization when you have a team that knows what to do and does it. It is comfortable to have this group take care of your company and make it expand, and... Read More
Basic Management Skills
Recent studies have shown that industrial supervisors are working at less than 60 % of their potential. Basic management skills training is guaranteed to change all this and at such little costManager in contextMost of my adult life has been spent working as a supervisor or manager on industrial projects... Read More
In Leadership, The Critical Convergence Drives Great Results
The Leader's Fallacy lives! We subscribe to the Fallacy when we believe our enthusiasm over a particular leadership challenge is automatically reciprocated by the people we lead.If ignorance is bliss then leaders going around blithely adhering to the Leader's Fallacy have cornered the market on happiness.The truth is, it's more... Read More
CEOs Are Great, Top CEOs Are Greater
People in leading positions are often in a dilemma: on one hand they are supposed to give great performances, make the right decisions and so forth; on the other hand, they have to fill the role of a very confident and self-assured manager. This may be considered a dilemma because... Read More
Customer Focus - Just 5 SimpleThings You Need to Think About
You can boil down the difference between successful businesses and the rest in how they work with their customers, in just five areas.So, what does this mean? What They WantSelling what your customers really want is just critical. Being on good enough terms with your customers to research, (hey maybe... Read More
Your Biggest Problem in Business? Work Ethic
US Work Ethic Issues and Lack of serviceWell many of us are getting upset with the lack of service these days and no one cares and somehow we have all lowered our standards to the fact that getting good service is not to be expected, but rather a nice... Read More
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Do You Really Care What People Think?
You had better care! Because what people think usually leads... Read More
Guidelines For Conducting A Good Meeting
Okay, so you've figured out what kind of meeting is... Read More
Knowledge Management - Capturing And Structuring Knowledge Into Reusable Assets
Many organizations have an approach for identifying and recording lessons... Read More
Score the Rainbows Pot of Gold: Become the Boss That No One Wants to Leave
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the... Read More
Three Business Lessons From The US Postal Service
There was a buzz in the air recently about the... Read More
Provisioning/User Management System Upgrades: Part II ? Building Awareness And Building Approval
Somewhere in the world is a person who wants to... Read More
Innovation Management: What Problem Is Being Solved?
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Innovation Management ? Time to Market or Time to Success?
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Avoiding The Sheep Dip
It is a sad fact that many employees are still... Read More
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
Meetings ? they are a fact of our business lives.... Read More
Sending Documents Through Email? Dont Get Burned by Metadata!
During a recent seminar I gave located in the suburbs... Read More
Lets Make Training More Interesting!
Many HR managers believe that by sending their workers to... Read More
Choosing the Right Corporate Training
According to a Gallup Poll, 80 percent of employees said... Read More
Performance Appraisal - Ten Stupid Things Managers Do To Screw It Up
Performance appraisals aren't fun. But a lot of the time... Read More
Close the Performance Gap
One of the most difficult and emotionally draining situations you... Read More
A Facilitators Guide to Running a Stakeholder Analysis Workshop
This facilitator's guide to running a stakeholder analysis workshop is... Read More
10 Steps Towards A Stress-Free Introduction Into Management
Becoming a manager for the first time can be an... Read More
Follow Up: It Makes A Difference
A while back the headlight switch on our minivan quit... Read More
Never Wrestle with a PIG
The business books at the library and book stores fill... Read More
CEO: The Key To Fix ingThe Marketing/Sales Collaboration Problem
We all know that achieving better alignment, synergy and cooperation... Read More
Dont Wait for Tax Time to Look at the Bottom Line
A curious thing happens to entrepreneurs in the spring of... Read More
Innovation Management ? Producing Great Products, Motivation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Innovation Management ? Innovation or Profit?
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Million Dollar Support System For You and For Your Business
Whether you are a consultant, coach, business owner, doctor, professional,... Read More
Using Employee Opinions Effectively When Designing HR Programs
Using Employee Opinions Effectively When Designing HR ProgramsEmployee opinion is... Read More
Critical Success Factors - Next
The Critical Success Factors Focusing on the... Read More
Improvements In A Large Public Electric Utility In South America
The company decided to develop and implement an improvement program.... Read More
This Old Business
Not long ago I was asked to come out and... Read More
The Thick Line Between Buddy and Boss
Q: One of my key employees is giving me trouble.... Read More
The Power of Positive Communication
Communication is the key to your success at work, at... Read More
Thoughts on Empowerment
People are empowered when they are given the authority and... Read More
Innovation Management ? Good Leadership
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
The Dog That Didnt Bark
A few weeks ago, after consultations with others in an... Read More
Conflict Resolution Training- When Personal Safety is an Issue
Conflict generally arises by having your needs, desires, perceptions and... Read More
Rethinking Workplace Security: How the Rules Have Changed
The workplace has traditionally been a dangerous place. Very early... Read More
5 Ideas To Leverage The 3 Stages Of Career Development In Your Organization
In most industrialized nations, the average age a student graduates... Read More
Smart Hiring: What Makes the Right Employee?
Good hires do not happen by accident or luck. In... Read More
The Paradox of Job Enrichment
Ellen was a clerk working for a large insurance company.... Read More
The Challenges of Human Resource Management
IntroductionThe role of the Human Resource Manager is evolving with... Read More
Executive ESP: A Pathway to Success!
We all have psychic abilities that we use daily, although... Read More
Warning! Meeting In Progress; May Be Hazardous To Your Career
There ought to be a sign posted on every closed... Read More
Disaster Prevention Tips For Hiring A New Manager
It happens over and over in businesses every day.Within large... Read More
Forecasting Support Costs
Did you know that maintenance accounts for 50% to 80%... Read More
Argue Your Way To Business Success
"Jack" (not his real name) is a vice president of... Read More
Knowledge Management - Leadership Behaviours Which Encourage Knowledge-Sharing
The concept of knowledge management or knowledge sharing makes intellectual... Read More
Knowledge Mapping
This module focuses on the basics of Knowledge Mapping, its... Read More
Creating Your Own Business Upturn - Powering Business Development
We all see it . . . business markets are... Read More
Hiring and Retaining Good Employees
Hiring good employees is not only important to business, it's... Read More
Office Politics
Office politics! It's just another way of saying: "The employees... Read More
Coaching Can Get The Boss In Shape
Who tells the boss that they can improve their management... Read More
How To Get 10% More Work Out Of Your Employees
It is getting harder to run a business for a... Read More
Be a Change Agent ( Part 1)
Aligning business organizations to be successful in the present and... Read More
A Checklist for Organized Executives
I could begin this article by providing a checklist of... Read More
Choices in Appointing International Managers
Globalization is requiring companies to make important choices about how... Read More
Are You Using the Right Form of Energy?
As we near the end of summer, here is a... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Overcome Boredom
Do you find yourself easily becoming bored or tired at... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Generating Better Ideas
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Issue Management Methodology for Tracking Project Issues
1. What is an Issue?An issue is an incident, circumstance,... Read More
Are You in AWE of Your Employees?
Employers have become so concerned about seeming "unfair" or worse... Read More
Rapport - How to Build it with Your Team
I've often heard managers say - "My door is always... Read More
Communicating with Case Studies
A few weeks ago, a couple of colleagues and I... Read More
Its All About The Customers, Baby
If you want to ensure a steady stream of customers... Read More
Creative Writing - business principles produce more quality work, faster
Maximization methodologies have long been used in business to produce... Read More
How to Hold Effective Staff Meetings
Many people believe that they conduct effective meetings, when all... Read More
Humor in Business
With the advancement of computer simulators, anybody can repeat all... Read More
Keeping Meetings On Track
We all have been in meetings with certain people who... Read More
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