Money, Motivation, Success and Who?
It was 7:30 on a Saturday morning, and I was setting up to do the opening keynote for the conference. For some reason--I have no idea why--the sound man thought his ten year old daughter would enjoy my presentation. He'd brought her with him to work.Watching her father wiring this... Read More
How To Turn Business Losses Into Cash Flow
When the typical new business operator starts a business, they concentrate on making the business succeed. That is necessary but not the only thing that a business operator should concentrate on. A business depends on cash flow to exist and grow, so business operators would do their business a good... Read More
Truth or Consequences: How to Give Employee Feedback
In the bestseller, Good to Great, Jim Collins discovered that, "the good-to-great companies continually refined the path to greatness with the brutal facts of reality."And, in his recent autobiography, Jack Welch reports that he spent about half of his time on people: recruiting new talent, picking the right people for... Read More
Five Strategies for Profitable Services Growth
In today's era of Professional and IT Services competition and consolidation, some small to medium-sized companies are proudly delivering 20%-50% annual growth.Unfortunately, the vast majority of firms have experienced two consecutive years of fee erosion, commoditization, client defection, and company identity crises. We set out to discover where the growth... Read More
Knowledge Management - Creating a Sustainable Yellow Pages System
How can I "know who knows" None of us can personally know more than around 250 people, yet we want our companies to be smart, learning organisations where it's easy to find the right person to talk to. This is why many organisations create "yellow pages" applications, which enable employees... Read More
Innovation Management: The Power of Emotional Attachment
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, development and commercialisation. Whilst there is no sure fire route to... Read More
Innovation Management ? Selecting Good Ideas
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, development and commercialisation. Whilst there is no sure fire route... Read More
How To Manage A Difficult Employee
Having to manage a difficult employee is never fun and can be the most challenging part of your responsibilities as a business owner/executive. While never easy, this article will address a step-by-step way to consistently and confidently handle the most challenging employee situations. In addition, how you handle a difficult... Read More
Ten Problem Solving Techniques
Do you ever need to find some good ideas, or come up with a solution for a persistent problem? Learn some simple problem solving techniques, and start applying them. Choose a few of the methods below, and get in the habit of using them in your personal life and your... Read More
Lets Make Training More Interesting!
Many HR managers believe that by sending their workers to participate in external training programs, they have fulfilled their responsibilities. This is not the best situation. In this article, I will be emphasizing on how to increase the interest-level of your employees who attend the training program taking into consideration... Read More
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Hire Winners: Ask the Right Questions
How do you as a manager, supervisor or team leader... Read More
Christmas Carol Coaching - Help to Get Ahead at Holiday Time!
I've always been fascinated by situations where art imitates real... Read More
A Checklist for Organized Executives
I could begin this article by providing a checklist of... Read More
Assertive Communication - 6 Tips For Effective Use
What IS assertive communication? Assertive communication is the... Read More
Keys to Feeling Powerfull In An Uncertain World
Life has always been full of uncertainties. Over the last... Read More
Competencies for HR Professionals in Knowledge-based Industry with Reference to IT, ITES-BPOs
Introduction"High performing HR function affects bottom line nearly 10%"- A... Read More
Summertime Blues
It's hard to believe the year will be half over... Read More
Delegate or Die!
You Can't Do It All - Learning To DelegateThere is... Read More
3 Reasons Why CRM Strategies Fail
Customer relationship management (CRM) is one of the most effective... Read More
The Dog That Didnt Bark
A few weeks ago, after consultations with others in an... Read More
Commercial Collections Billing Practices Advice
Swiftness is the key to collecting past due commercial accounts... Read More
Be a Leader - The Importance of Going Home Early!
How you run your business is, of course your business.... Read More
Lone Rangers Suffer without Tonto
A lone ranger is someone who prefers working in solitude... Read More
Computer Consulting Profit Secrets
Do you own or manage a computer consulting company? Are... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Providing Career Opportunity
This article relates to the Career Opportunity competency, commonly evaluated... Read More
Use Noncompete Agreements To Protect Your Business
Q: One of my former employees has launched an online... Read More
Discover the Astonishing Power of Words Today!
Picture all the people you know who are dynamic, successful... Read More
Get Over Yourself
Let me tell you a secret.Things don't always go the... Read More
Keeping and Motivating the Best Employees
Keeping and Motivating the Best Employees ... Read More
Setting Direction Within an Organization
FINDING DIRECTION: An organization can't succeed without direction. Direction means... Read More
Unravelling the Data Mining Mystery - The Key to Dramatically Higher Profits
Data mining is the art of extracting nuggets of gold... Read More
11 Strategies on How to Work in An Open Plan Environment
Many work environments now are open plan, with only a... Read More
Punctuality in Business: What it Says About You
"Nothing inspires confidence in a business man sooner than punctuality,... Read More
He Hate Me: Turning Their Bad Attitude Into Your Great Results
"He Hate Me" was the nickname of Rod Smart, a... Read More
An Original Perspective on Waging Conflict as a Way to Promote and Restore Self-dignity
Conflict is a fact of life for all of us,... Read More
Good Idea Generation ? A Process
It seems incongruous that good idea generation can be a... Read More
Motivation - It Starts with Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement is about recognition or attention from another person. It... Read More
Employee Orientation: Get New Hires Off To a Great Start
The good news is that a new hire orientation program... Read More
Compensation and Six Sigma Black Belts
One of the more ambiguous elements of a Six Sigma... Read More
Nine Vital Lessons For Avoiding Training Fads That Waste Time, Money and Enthusiasm
Unfortunately, at least two thirds of much of the training... Read More
Organizational Structure, Creativity, Innovation
Organizational structure can inhibit or foster creativity and innovation. 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
Top 10 Things Every Business Should Provide for Every Worker - Including the Boss!
Doing business and meeting the needs of workers is increasingly... Read More
The Leadership Imperative: Making Your Leadership Your Life
Nearly all leaders I've encountered are underachievers. They're getting a... Read More
Executive ESP: A Pathway to Success!
We all have psychic abilities that we use daily, although... Read More
Take the Easy Route - Delegate
It was 2.30 am. It was cold and dark and... Read More
Why We Judge
Judgment is the process of forming an opinion of something... Read More
Why I always Keep my Promises
Integrity is very important to me, and I try hard... Read More
What to Ask When You?re Invited to a Meeting
1) Where is the agenda? A meeting without an agenda... Read More
Workplace Security Plan: Does Your Company Have One?
Consultant's Perspective...The threat of violence whether it emanates from a... Read More
Project Management - Preventing Project Slips
Can Project Managers prevent projects from slipping?Ask a techie to... Read More
The Idol-Makers
The end of the television season in May included the... Read More
Follow Up: It Makes A Difference
A while back the headlight switch on our minivan quit... Read More
Encouraging Behavior That Gets Results
You're the boss, and you have every reason to feel... Read More
Your Biggest Problem in Business? Work Ethic
US Work Ethic Issues and Lack of serviceWell many... Read More
7 Steps To Hire The Best
You can use this step-by-step method to hire applicants who... Read More
The Best Way to Keep Track of Meetings
How should you keep track of meetings?Have you ever wanted... Read More
Saying ?No? Gracefully to Customers and Colleagues
Envision the scenario: You've just been asked at the last... Read More
CEOs Role in Family Business
I first met Roland (not his real name) in 1972.... Read More
The Fairness of Office Politics... Integrity and Political Motivation!
I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics... Read More
Change and Performance - Training May Not Be The Answer
Introducing new products or services, bringing new people on board,... Read More
Making Meetings Work
We have all attended meetings that were boring, mindless and... Read More
Innovation Management ? the power of decision makers
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Creating Advisory Boards
There is no substitute for soliciting the opinions of the... Read More
Meeting Your Meeting Expectations
"To get something done a meeting should consist of no... Read More
Rapport - How to Build it with Your Team
I've often heard managers say - "My door is always... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Become An Effective Executive
In his book, The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker pointed out... Read More
Operating on Perpetual Overload?
Check Out Your E-HabitsAnother week has ended. And, despite moving... Read More
Saying One Thing, Doing Another...
This week I was asked to speak at an internal... Read More
Poly Bags and Pallet Shrouds - Just Get it Right
For many companies, procuring the right packaging, such as Poly... Read More
You Get the Behavior You Reward
On consulting assignments, here are some of the questions I... Read More
Measure for Measure
Can you imagine playing hockey without a goal? Basketball without... Read More
1000 Managers Turned Their Plans Into Energy!
I bet you can't tell me how leadership training and... Read More
How to Manage Your People Well: Tips for Managers of Training
As a training manager, there are two important aspects to... Read More
Innovation Management: The Quality and Quantity of the Idea Pool
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Setting Direction Within an Organization
FINDING DIRECTION: An organization can't succeed without direction. Direction means... Read More
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