How Can A Communications Audit Help You?
Organizations communicate in two directions: internally to staff and externally to clients, customers, shareholders, stakeholders, the media. Faulty internal communications can lead to mistakes, discouraged and unhappy staff, employees leaving the company. Poor external communications can jeopardize image and sales. It really is that simple. Any overall management strategy needs... Read More
Work Environment Tidbits
Color is a big factor effecting all indoor environments. Since most of us spend many hours each day at work, the coloring of the space has a big impact on us. Monotone color schemes can over charge certain personality and behavioral patterns. The color grey can cause depression... Read More
Terrible Meetings - Ten Ways to Spot Them!
Sometimes, better than giving advice about how to run things well, it can be useful to have a hit list to notice to help you identify when things are less than productive. Meetings can be hugely productive, especially if you keep a sharp eye out for these Ten things:-No AgendaWhen... Read More
Do You Need a Personal Assistant?
It's great to be multi-skilled?be able to type your own correspondence, do your bookkeeping, answer all phone calls, prepare your PowerPoint presentations, organise your own travel, seminars, pick up and send your mail, pack orders, do your own marketing, do all the photocopying, ring your clients and prospects. However it... Read More
Business Innovation ? Improvisation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of... Read More
Knowledge Management - Capturing And Structuring Knowledge Into Reusable Assets
Many organizations have an approach for identifying and recording lessons learned, perhaps as part of a post-project review or similar process. Unfortunately, lessons learned reports have a tendency to end up on a shelf gathering dust, or lost in the un-chartered corner of a fileserver somewhere. Let's get real. How... Read More
Is Your Business Ethical?
Ethics - in a profession or trade - is that branch of philosophy which studies the principles of right and wrong in human conduct.Is your business ethical?What I mean is "Does your business do the right thing when faced with that decision?" It's a simple question, which many businesses struggle... Read More
Quality Standards with ISO 9001
Standardizing Quality SystemsThe ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, was established in 1947 to develop international standards for everything from electronics to management systems. Having over 13,000 standards currently in place, ISO has created the auditing and certification process known as ISO 9001. This began the drive toward quality standards.Improving... Read More
Holding Effective Meetings Can Be Easier than You Think!
I'm sure you've experienced those typical "headache" meetings! You know the kind I'm talking about -- the ones where the key players are running late, no one knows exactly why the meeting was called, and there's not a single agenda in sight. Everyone's sitting around wondering, "Will this last 20... Read More
How to Coach Your Emplyees and Increase Motivation
It is easy to spot the difference between a work team that is "motivated" and one that just goes through the motions. The motivated team produces at or above the level expected by top management, has only occasional absences or tardiness, and low employee turnover. The second group has trouble... Read More
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Prepare A Winning CV
There is every chance that elements of this article may... Read More
Spirits in the Corporate Boardroom.......Oh, sure......
There is a growing movement in the spiritual... Read More
Six Sigma Training 101 ? Better Management Basics
What is Six Sigma?Six Sigma is a quality management program... Read More
Delegate Tasks to the Right Person
SELECTING THE RIGHT PERSON: To whom should tasks be delegated?... Read More
Motivating For Higher Performance
Employee motivation is probably the most important single manageable factor... Read More
Project Management, A Forgotten Perspective
Effective project managers know how to get the job done,... Read More
Counseling Interviews for the Marginal Employee
ACTIVE LISTENING: The most frequent cause of failure in therapeutic... Read More
The 70% Solution: Practical Testing and Version Control
"What do you mean you need to push back the... Read More
Recognition: A Quick, Low-cost Way to Motivate Employees
Recognizing good performance through praise or other positive action is... Read More
Communication, Feedback, and Participation: Three Easy Tidbits For Smarter Business
On communication: One of the biggest strains on the communication... Read More
Interviewing Candidates: 3 Ways to Avoid Snap Judgments
Have you ever hired the wrong person? If so, perhaps... Read More
7 Strategies for Sustained Innovation
The need for constant reinvention is a given in today's... Read More
Management to the Vision-Contribution and the Role of Compliance
As a manager our role is to:1. Establish the vision,... Read More
The Most Important Thing Youll Ever Do
The wellspring of confidence is belief. When you believe in... Read More
The Punitive Approach to Marginal Performers
MANAGING A MARGINAL PERFORMER: Often a marginal performer, even after... Read More
Problem-Solving Success Tip: Define the Problem First
Define the Problem First. It seems obvious, but how many... Read More
How to Approach Group Decision Making
GROUP DECISION MAKING -- IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM: Tell specifically what... Read More
Great Hires: Avoid Costly Mistakes
Picking people for a job is like going... Read More
The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - Conflict Becoming the Norm ? Part 1
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that... Read More
Employers - Protect Yourself from Custody Battles that Hold Your Company Hostage
Child custody? How'd that get to be an employer's concern?When... Read More
New UK Laws on Staff Dispute Resolution and Disciplinary Procedures
October 2004 saw the introduction of the Employment Act 2002,... Read More
Knowledge Management - Capturing And Structuring Knowledge Into Reusable Assets
Many organizations have an approach for identifying and recording lessons... Read More
Employee Orientation: The 90 Day Difference
Why do some new managers succeed while others fail? It... Read More
Hiring Tip -- Picking The Best Candidates
I often hear leaders from all types of organizations ask... Read More
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
Today's successful organizations are the ones which carry on open... Read More
Thoughts on Empowerment
People are empowered when they are given the authority and... Read More
Action Learning: Its More Than OJT
For centuries companies have used on-the-job training (OJT). OJT works... Read More
Once Upon a Conflict
Once upon a time there lived an innocent, hardworking manager.... Read More
The 3rd Plan Missing from your Business
If you're like most people, you probably started with wonderful... Read More
How to use NLP for Business?
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?Neuro-Linguistic programme is nothing but the study... Read More
Presenteeism: The Hidden Costs of Business
(prez.un.TEE.iz.um) nPresenteeism, a relatively unknown concept, is the complement of... Read More
Objects in the Mirror are Further Than They Appear
Definition From http://www.merriamwebster.com -- "Virtual: - being such in essence... Read More
How to Say No
Rejection hurts. No one likes to give it or to... Read More
Learn How To Get The Most From Your Team
Being a leader isn't easy. Every one looks to you... Read More
Internal Prisons: The Thief of Productivity and Quality in our Workforce
As a professional speaker, one of my biggest challenges is... Read More
Technology & Communication
A study a couple of years ago found that 63%... Read More
Finding Common Ground Through Consensus Decision-Making
It's clear to me that a workplace is a better... Read More
Managing Workplace Conflicts
Kinds of Workplace ConflictsLet's start by identifying where conflicts happen.... Read More
Making a Decision to Outsource: Driving Factors
Most executives view offshore outsourcing most of all as a... Read More
Why Your Company Needs An E-Mail Policy
Everyone at the office thought that using the company e-mail... Read More
Organizational Capital in Politics, War, Sports and Business
Intangible Corporate Assets such as Organizational Capital, Blue Sky and... Read More
Five Overlooked Ways To Hire Winners
Here is a true story. My dentist did a "clinical"... Read More
Prioritise Your Day - Keep Focus - Win!
Whether you run your own business or manage a team,... Read More
Treat Employees Fairly, Car Wash Entrepreneur sets Industry Standards
I believe that whether corporations expense their stock options is... Read More
Problem-Solving Success Tip: Whatever You Do, Do It on Purpose
Decision-making shows up throughout the problem-solving process. The decisions may... Read More
Taking Care of Middle Manager Bounce Off
How many times have the management consultants been 'in' and... Read More
When Code Freeze Turns To Code Slush
Time To Market (TTM) is a vital concept that every... Read More
Innovation Management ? Time to Market or Time to Success?
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Comparing Ancient Programs from the East to Modern Programs like Stephen Covey.
Comparing Corporate and Personal goal attainment programs that have developed... Read More
Creative People, Innovative People
The title implies that some people are and others not.This... Read More
Innovation Management ? the power of decision makers
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
6 Simple Steps to Dealing with Difficult Managers
The challenge of managing difficult managers can be rather daunting,... Read More
Balance Your Managerial Life
We have only one life, but we live in three... Read More
The 6 Steps to Six Sigma
Step 1Get the proper level of Six Sigma expertise at... Read More
25 Great Ways to Find the Right People and Not Break the Bank
Are you trying to hire dozens of hourly workers or... Read More
Give Yourself a Boss? Day Gift
Become a better boss and reap the benefitsAnother interesting study... Read More
Strategic Outsourcing: Testing the Outsourcing Waters and Staying Afloat
Before Gertrude Ederle began her historic swim off of Cape... Read More
Phone Sex is Bad for Business
On August 3rd/2005, Reuters reported that a German man had... Read More
6 Shared Factors of Successful Executives
These factors where determined by interviews with and books from... Read More
Leading Bad Actors To Be Good Performers
A successful leader told me, "The biggest challenge I've had... Read More
The Idol-Makers
The end of the television season in May included the... Read More
Business Innovation ? Organizational Culture
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Difficult Staff - It Pays To Get To Know Them Better
It's very easy for a business owner or manager to... Read More
Does My Bum Look Big in This?
If a good manager asks his workforce for their opinion... Read More
Delegation Obstructions
OBSTRUCTIONS: 1. Staff deficiencies. Lack of confidence in employees quite... Read More
Plans & Goal Setting - Kicking winning Goals
Kicking Winning Business Goals The competition for business... Read More
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