Managing the Human Resource Project
We obtain strategic results by aligning HR mission, vision and values. The following overview highlights a macro approach to project management. Seeking a stretch assignment, such as ownership of a major corporate HR initiative, we lead our organization by example. Strategic project management affords an exciting and challenging opportunity to... Read More
Planning For Growth
Are you planning your business or are you planning your growth? If you are like many high-performing business people, you have an annual ritual to set your plans for the coming twelve months. Some people do it in December, others at weird, miscellaneous times of the year,... Read More
Seeking Help
Where does the time go? Billable time. As a consultant, your practice may be doing reasonably well; you're charging $100-150 an hour. As an independent consultant, you're probably also doing everything from grinding the coffee to editing the umpteenth draft of your brochure.To understand where you spend your time, list... Read More
Reprimanding Marginal Employees
THE MARGINAL PERFORMER: Every manager must, from time to time, deal with a marginal performer - an employee whose work, for the most part, is satisfactory, but who regularly fails in some specific area or areas to maintain a satisfactory level of performance. The work of the marginal performer can... Read More
Pricing Strategy for Retail Flower Shops
When you create your profit and loss statement to assess the health of your business, you will see:Sales minus Cost of Goods Sold equals Gross Profit.You pay for all of your expenses with the gross profit. If you are finding that your gross profit is not enough to cover your... Read More
Top Ten Things About Creating a Business Vision
To visualise where you are going, is deeper and more sensory than anything you have ever done before. And these are the skills of those who are able to create a vision you can really live and breathe. These people... Are FocusedThey are able to visualise in a focused and... Read More
Manage Communication to Add Value
Management guru Tom Peters says white collar workers and managers in functional departments need to protect their futures.They have to learn "the difference between doing totally acceptable work and creating very new value...." he notes, in an Industry Week article. In other words, people in departments like Human Resources and... Read More
Are You Prepared for a Disaster?
Yesterday I look at my calendar and saw that my newsletter was on my calendar for today. I wondered what I would write about. By the end of the day, I had my topic. Back-up and Recovery System.Are you prepared for a disaster? Around 2pm yesterday I looked up from... Read More
Four Corners of a Triangle: Why Organizations Succeed or Fail
When we want to hire people for a corporation or non profit organization, we follow certain rules and look for appropriate qualifications and expertise so that we succeed in our aims: the investors get their money's worth in form of financial success and enhanced prestige of the principals involved.An organization... Read More
Its All In The Systems
Have you ever noticed french fries taste the same at every McDonald's? The same can be said for Subway and its Italian BMT. How do these fast food icons replicate themselves at nearly 40,000 locations when some eateries struggle to get it right in a single restaurant? The answer is... Read More
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Preparing For ISO 9001 2000 Registration
The steps need to be taken to prepare an organization... Read More
Towards Intercultural Understanding
An individual's ability to forge effective relationships across cultures is... Read More
3 Tests To Hire The Best
Question: What's the easiest, cheapest and quickest way to have... Read More
Business Innovation ? Improvisation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Conquering the Number One Problem in Business--Poor Communication
The Number One problem in business is poor communication: between... Read More
Having Your Phil
February 2nd, at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on Gobbler's... Read More
Inspiring Loyalty and Contentment in Your Workforce
One of the first things I look at when I... Read More
Performance Appraisal Checklist: Raise Not Just Appraise Performance
It's that time again! Perhaps the most dreaded management practice... Read More
Gossip And Rumors And Hearsay, Oh Why?
In the Wizard of Oz, it was "Lions and tigers... Read More
Dont Get Side-Tracked By The Nay-Sayers
You, the Entrepreneur, are 'normally' a type-A individual. One who... Read More
Industry Analysis Section of Your business plan
Writing a Business Plan for your next entrepreneurial endeavor is... Read More
Great Hires: Avoid Costly Mistakes
Picking people for a job is like going... Read More
Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money!
Faulty information costs you money! Which of these popular business... 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
Productive Meetings: How to Make Your Meetings More Productive
There's one simple secret to effective meetings: set an agenda... Read More
A Tricky Supervision Challenge
Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible... Read More
Hiring Your First Business Personal Assistant: Some Guidelines for Successful Hiring
Hiring the first personal business assistant is an exciting time... Read More
How to Use an HR Consultant
Bringing an HR consultant into your organisation can often be... Read More
Crisis Management Tips
The term crisis management has different connotations. In this article,... Read More
Preventative Maintenance of Company Delivery Vehicles
If you have company delivery vehicles at your small or... Read More
Employee Discipline: How to Nip Problems in the Bud
Are you uncomfortable with delivering disciplinary action, even involving employees... Read More
Culture Management and Creativity
Many concepts in the fields of managing creativity are very... Read More
Outsourcing Quiz: Cheap Vs. Good
Someone can say, 'Why do you oppose this?' So I'd... Read More
How to Build Your Business and Still Take Time Off
We all know people who are like human dynamos. They... Read More
How to Overcome Your Fear of Firing
OVERCOMING FEAR OF FIRING "It was obvious that this employee... Read More
Prepare A Winning CV
There is every chance that elements of this article may... Read More
Innovation Management ? Diversity Can Make All The Difference
Companies are welcoming a diverse range of employees (The Sunday... Read More
Difficult Employees-Poor Performance - 10 Tips for Dealing with it in the Workplace
I personally struggle with the term 'managing people' - because... Read More
Knowledge Mapping
This module focuses on the basics of Knowledge Mapping, its... Read More
Communication, Feedback, and Participation: Three Easy Tidbits For Smarter Business
On communication: One of the biggest strains on the communication... Read More
Building the Trust in Your Employees - 12 Easy Tips
In Stephen Covey's great book, "The Seven Habits of Highly... Read More
Business Leadership Skills - Managing the Human Being Behind the Business
Managing the Human Being Behind the Business It's... Read More
How to Meet Quality Standards with ISO 9001
In today's hectic business environment, it is vital that we... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: The Organizational Structure of Our Growing Business
This article relates to the organizational structure competency, commonly evaluated... Read More
Setting Direction Within an Organization
FINDING DIRECTION: An organization can't succeed without direction. Direction means... Read More
Making Assumptions - A Critical Communication Mistake In Business And In Your Personal Life!
We draw conclusions about people through observation, their behavior, past... Read More
Innovation Management ? Reducing Hierarchy
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Re-Discovery Procedures for Building Effective Management Systems: Phase V
Now we turn the corner to our final phase: Re-Discovery.Last... Read More
How You Can Learn to be a Better Manager
When you first take over a department, expectations are usually... Read More
Five Days to More Effective Inventory Management
The litany of headaches related to the implementation and on-going... Read More
Focus and Shoot
One of my earliest childhood memories is watching Lew Alcindor... Read More
Knowledge Management - Learning Whilst Doing - Facilitating an After Action Review
Introducing a learning culture into organisations can be difficult at... Read More
Negative Self-talk is Too Expensive
I'm always fascinated by the people who lift huge weights,... Read More
How to Delegate More Effectively
Do this simple excercise, and transform your life.First, Make a... Read More
Getting Information From Prospects
You're at a networking function and you've made that all-important... Read More
The Higher You Go
The higher you go, the cooler it becomes. Really? Let... Read More
Use Noncompete Agreements To Protect Your Business
Q: One of my former employees has launched an online... Read More
Just The Facts
Attitudes are more important than facts. Dr. Karl Menninger... Read More
The Fairness of Office Politics... Integrity and Political Motivation!
I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics... Read More
You Get the Behavior You Reward
On consulting assignments, here are some of the questions I... Read More
Partnering for Performance
"The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss... Read More
Stomp Out Leeches In Your Company
Recently, I felt appalled to see a political candidate running... Read More
Year 2010: Permanent Employees No Longer Required
Jack Welch joined a conference that was held in Duke... Read More
Training Managers and New Trainers
Training managers use many of the same interpersonal and analytical... Read More
Eight Key Steps to Building B2B Major Account Client Alliances
Audiences who saw the fabled Broadway musical, Chorus Line, marveled... Read More
A Tricky Supervision Challenge
Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible... Read More
The Death Spiral
Sometimes things just happen. Maybe we lose focus and take... Read More
Take the Easy Route - Delegate
It was 2.30 am. It was cold and dark and... Read More
Relationship Building - 5 Tips and 5 Questions
And is isn't hard - it's more about focusing on... Read More
Innovation Management ? Producing Great Products, Motivation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Managing After Downsizing
So, you survived the downsizing. Your company did something that... Read More
Business Fit
I have been an entrepreneur for over twenty years and... Read More
Why You Should Hold One More Meeting
If you are completely happy with where you and your... Read More
Meeting Your Meeting Expectations
"To get something done a meeting should consist of no... Read More
Directed Introspection
One of the greatest obstacles to progress can often be... Read More
Keeping Team Meetings Vibrant
Meetings can be the life-blood of an organisation or the... Read More
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