Communicate To The Four Main Personality Types
You probably know this already, but there are generally held to be four main personality types, which I call: Extrovert, Amiable, Analytical and Pragmatic . Let's take a moment to consider each of them in the workplace. Extrovert: someone who probably has a messy desk; who leaves projects... Read More
Selective Job Cuts Often Benefits Firm More Than Broad Layoffs Over Long Term
It is difficult to pick up a newspaper or listen to a business news broadcast without being greeted with the announcement of another massive corporate layoff or cutback. The economy catches a chill and, as a result, the corporate world catches a profits "cold." Before long the pink slips begin... Read More
How to Create Trust
People buy from you, offer help, and grant rewards based on trust. Here are ways to increase your success by creating trust. While we do most of these things, missing even one of them can ruin it all.Be Dependable* Deliver what you promise and promise only what you can deliver.... Read More
Your Blueprint For Business Success
Before you start your own business one of the first things you need to do is draw up your business plan. This is your blueprint for success. Your business plan states the purpose of your business. It never ceases to amaze me that so few businesses have any type of... Read More
Inspiring Loyalty and Contentment in Your Workforce
One of the first things I look at when I take over a new department or division is the attitudes of the managers and /or supervisors.I ask myself the following questions;Do they inspire loyalty in their staff?If not, why not?If they do, how do they do it?The workforce of any... Read More
Dont Hire Squirrels to be Your Top Dogs
Bad hiring decisions cost organizations, both in dollars and lost opportunities. But getting the right people in the right places doing the right thing is not easy. It requires painstaking efforts and objective information. Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and growth all require an unprecedented need for information about how to hire... Read More
A Checklist for Organized Executives
I could begin this article by providing a checklist of organizing techniques for you to incorporate into your daily work routine. The goal would be to become and remain organized, improve your time management and reduce your stress while increasing your productivity. This checklist could include items such as managing... Read More
Team Motivation - Tough Enough to Care
Sir Alex Ferguson has just celebrated his 1000 game in charge of Manchester United, probably the world's most successful soccer team.I have a great deal of respect for Sir Alex as a man manager. However, I always feel that he's misrepresented in the media. The press portrays him as this... Read More
Cheat Sheet; Understanding The MSDS and Your Obligations In The Workplace To Employees
MSDS SHEETSMSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheets. MSDS sheets contain nine sections. These sections are:I. General InformationII. IngredientsIII. Physical DataIV. Fire and Explosion Hazard DataV. Health Hazard InformationVI. Reactivity DataVII. Spill, Leak and Disposal Procedures VIII. Special Handling InformationIX. User's ResponsibilityAt the top of each sheet is a square... Read More
Make Change Easy - Get Involved!
There are wild variances in how much involvement organisations are brave enough to offer their people in change. From those organisations where they just 'tell' (sometimes by text message even!), to the most enlightened extreme, where they enable wholesale contribution to the change process.Such organisations actually create the time and... Read More
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Does Your State Like To Keep Your Workers Compensation Secrets Hidden?
Workers compensation secrets are hidden deep within piles and piles... Read More
10 Ways To Maintain Profits In A Slow Economy
1. Sell more back end products to your existing customer... Read More
Choices in Appointing International Managers
Globalization is requiring companies to make important choices about how... Read More
Saying ?No? Gracefully to Customers and Colleagues
Envision the scenario: You've just been asked at the last... Read More
Knowledge Management - Lessons Learned and How To Identify Them
Many organisations use the term "lessons learned" to describe the... Read More
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Diversity in the Workplace: Ethnic Considerations
This article relates to the Diversity in the Workplace Competency,... Read More
10 Ways New Managers Become Great Leaders
"It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder... Read More
Top Ten Tips About People Management
To get the best results you have to be very... Read More
Human Resources: The Misidentified Subject
Interest in the field of human resources has exploded in... Read More
MANAGING CRISIS; when you?re too good at it
When you are acclaimed for excellence during times of crisis... Read More
Performance Appraisal Checklist: Raise Not Just Appraise Performance
It's that time again! Perhaps the most dreaded management practice... Read More
Business Fit
I have been an entrepreneur for over twenty years and... Read More
Enable Continuous Improvement of IT Services through ITIL
One of the major benefits, if not THE benefit of... Read More
How To Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity
All maintenance activities of the workforce must be documented, this... Read More
Business Innovation ? Organizational Culture
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
How to Delegate More Effectively
Do this simple excercise, and transform your life.First, Make a... Read More
Preventative Maintenance of Company Delivery Vehicles
If you have company delivery vehicles at your small or... Read More
Million Dollar Support System For You and For Your Business
Whether you are a consultant, coach, business owner, doctor, professional,... Read More
The Red Phone - Management Consulting in 30 Seconds or Less
Modern business faces complex problems; management often calls upon highly-specialized... Read More
Why Businesses Need to Start Nurturing Collective Wisdom
COLLECTIVE WISDOM CAN BE AN effective tool for solving the... Read More
The 5 Things Great Managers Sense about their People, Every Day
Using all of your senses, to help you test how... Read More
The New Five Truths of Employee Motivation
Motivation is a term that is so widely used, yet... Read More
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines:The Importance of a Competitive Wage and Benefit Package
This article relates to the Compensation and Benefits competency, commonly... Read More
The Three-category Approach to Performance Management: Effort, Ability, or Environment
Performance Management is the act of managing personal or organizational... Read More
Before You Head Off, Make Sure You Know Where You Are Going - The Importance of Clear Objectives.
The title of this article sounds like simple advice, but... Read More
Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Have SMART Goals
The first step in planning an agenda is to identify... Read More
9 Strategies for Writing Accounts Payable Procedures
The Cash to Cash Cycle Part Four of SeriesNext: Complete... Read More
Why Do Managers Create Low Morale? Or Does My Bum Look Big In This?
Why do managers create low morale as a product of... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: The Role of Character in Leadership
This article relates to the Senior /Top Level Management competency,... Read More
Leadership Style: What Makes A Good Boss?
In today's competitive environment, companies realize that a good boss... Read More
Innovation Management ? Producing Great Products, Motivation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
The Key to Successful Performance Objectives
Have you ever tried to drive somewhere without proper directions?... Read More
Building Trust in Your Business Relationships - 10 Steps
There are some simple things you can do with your... Read More
Knowledge Management - Capturing And Structuring Knowledge Into Reusable Assets
Many organizations have an approach for identifying and recording lessons... Read More
Why Saying Well Done Works
Encouraged by the recognition, Sarah Lewsiton went home from work... Read More
Overcoming Resistance
Virtually any type of organizational change involves role transitions of... Read More
The Significance of the Mundane
This article begins with a tip of the hat to... Read More
How to Overcome Your Fear of Firing
OVERCOMING FEAR OF FIRING "It was obvious that this employee... Read More
Sending Documents Through Email? Dont Get Burned by Metadata!
During a recent seminar I gave located in the suburbs... Read More
Why You Need a Business Plan
This article was originally called "Do You Need a Business... Read More
1000 Managers Turned Their Plans Into Energy!
I bet you can't tell me how leadership training and... Read More
The New Economy
This technological revolution has organization, efficiency and productivity requirements well... Read More
3 Simple Things the Best Managers Do - And You Can Too!
If it's so simple, why don't managers all over the... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Reduce the High Cost of Employee Absenteeism
Employers pay a high price for absenteeism, often more than... Read More
Its a Training Issue!
There's a common phrase used by Organizational Development and Human... Read More
Transparency: A Key To Your Effectiveness
Last month I talked about the Skilled Facilitator principle of... Read More
Do You Need a Personal Assistant?
It's great to be multi-skilled?be able to type your own... Read More
CEO: The Key To Fix ingThe Marketing/Sales Collaboration Problem
We all know that achieving better alignment, synergy and cooperation... Read More
Why Training Fails
Sometimes when I conduct my workshop on Effective Meetings, one... Read More
Getting Information From Prospects
You're at a networking function and you've made that all-important... Read More
Leadership Skills
Recent studies have shown that industrial supervisors are working at... Read More
Employee Discipline: How to Nip Problems in the Bud
Are you uncomfortable with delivering disciplinary action, even involving employees... Read More
Five Key Strategies for Making Your Nonprofit Business More Effective
I love tennis both as a spectator and... Read More
Quality Improvement is Free
The point of a quality improvement program should not only... Read More
Seeking Help
Where does the time go? Billable time. As a consultant,... Read More
Oasis in a Cash Flow Desert - Four Resources That Increase Small Business Capital Streams
For small business owners, an enthusiastic vision for smooth, steady... Read More
Once Upon a Conflict
Once upon a time there lived an innocent, hardworking manager.... Read More
How to Dodge Distribution Difficulties
It happened again. I ran into an old friend while... Read More
Demise of the Lone Ranger Manager: A Lesson in Management Communication Style
When executives see themselves as solely responsible for the overall... Read More
Tales From The Corporate Frontlines: Job Security in Todays Workplace
This article, Job Security in Today's Workplace, was part of... Read More
Hire Winners: Ask the Right Questions
How do you as a manager, supervisor or team leader... Read More
Executives and Emotional Self Awareness
A major problem impairing an executive's performance is his Emotional... Read More
Knowledge Management - Learning Whilst Doing - Facilitating an After Action Review
Introducing a learning culture into organisations can be difficult at... Read More
Survival of the Fittest: The Road to Human Extinction
I was watching a TV program some months ago about... Read More
Can A Business Still Be Profitable When People Skills Are Absent?
In our current world of rapid and amazing technological advances,... Read More
Giving a Good Appraisal Interview
Although this performance discussion is an opportunity for you to... Read More
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