Regaining Control - Nine Steps for New Managers
My client had faced the same challenge, which was frustrating as well as intimidating for him as well - yet he was determined to break the mould.With my background in a similar business, I have faced this several times.In fact there was almost always an underlying individual who seemed to... Read More
How To Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity
All maintenance activities of the workforce must be documented, this includes breakdown repairs, callouts, preventive maintenance, replacement maintenance, overhauls, and Testing & Inspection work. Maintenance work by production line employees must be included, whether or not the employee is listed as in maintenance. These activities can then be mined for... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management ? Motivation and Management Layers
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
Finding the Right Way to Motivate Your Employees
Fear, Incentives and GrowthZig Ziglar says that there are three main ways to motivate people in general and employees specifically. They are fear, incentives and growth. Let's take a look at each one.Fear. This is not good. Number one, it isn't right, and number two, it doesn't work well in... Read More
Procrastination and JDI!
In a management role procrastination can seriously hold back progress and demotivate individuals and teams who, full of innovation and drive to move forward, get frustrated and confused when action is held up. There are a number of steps that will help the procrastinating manager. Firstly, recognise it is a... Read More
Telephone Techniques: Boost Your Productivity With Effective Phoning
One of the things that most impacts people's productivity is not being able to focus on completing one task at a time ? we are so overloaded with tasks and interruptions that it requires great discipline to avoid spending the entire day responding to other people's agendas. Telephone calls, both... Read More
Riding the Waves to Success
Last week I was confused and frustrated about a few things related to one of my businesses, and a bit upset with myself and "The Universe." As a result, I went into a deep meditation to get some clarity and help.In response to my questions and requests for help, my... Read More
6 Ways to Keep Things Simple
Six Ways to Keep Things Simple We can have greater success with our Clients when we make our work processes and agreements simpler and more elegant. This article will give you ideas for making your contracts and commitments, projects and plans, reports and relationships with Clients simpler. Here then, are... Read More
Hiring Great People And How to Be One Yourself: Five Secrets
Bad news.Your senior vice-president, your marketing director or your accounting department head has decided to retire, move to Okinawa or start his own business??and you're left staring, horrified, at a polite letter of resignation. The timing couldn't be worse. You've now got a vacancy to fill, and you need to... Read More
Managing Yo-Yo Style
Does being managed by others smack more of "Survivor" than Stephen Covey for you? Could there BE any more management styles out there-have you gotten to experience all of them yet? And what kind of manager are you-or should you try to be?If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with... Read More
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Top 7 Methods to Empower Employees
How many times have you asked someone to do something... Read More
Managing People - No More Mr Tough Guy
I believe the media and our culture sends the wrong... Read More
The Leadership Imperative: Making Your Leadership Your Life
Nearly all leaders I've encountered are underachievers. They're getting a... Read More
Managing After Downsizing
So, you survived the downsizing. Your company did something that... Read More
Success at Work : People Skills : Dealing with New Ideas
Re-organizing, re-engineering, re-training, down-sizing, outsourcing, changing-changing-changing. Organizations today think they... Read More
Smart Staffing: Replacing a Key Manager
Have you been in this situation? One of your top... Read More
Performance Appraisals: Questions for Smarties and Dummies
In numerous programs I've conducted on performance appraisals, with Human... Read More
The Paradox of Job Enrichment
Ellen was a clerk working for a large insurance company.... Read More
The 6 Steps to Six Sigma
Step 1Get the proper level of Six Sigma expertise at... Read More
How to Get the Best from Outsourcing
There's a great little article ('Business Lifeforms') on... Read More
Todays Employees and Their New Needs: What You Need to Know
Today's employees are not only interested in security or in... Read More
People Skills: Eight Essential People Skills
Being able to communicate effectively with others requires people skills,... Read More
Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Have a Complete Agenda
Most agendas for a meeting look like this.* Budget* Payroll*... Read More
Assertiveness Helps Accomplish Everything
When trying to get something accomplished, assertive behavior is the... Read More
How To Get What You Really Want
As a small business owner, entrepreneur or independent professional, it's... Read More
Motor Vehicle Policy and Your Employee Risks
It is becoming more common for employers to require employees... Read More
Why People Resist Us
There's a one-word reason most ideas never see the light... 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
Creativity and Innovation Directors, Consultants and Managers
Creativity and Innovation is essential for competitive advantage, yet the... Read More
Operating on Perpetual Overload?
Check Out Your E-HabitsAnother week has ended. And, despite moving... Read More
Few Things Are More Destructive Than An Insecure Boss
Few things are more destructive to a career than a... Read More
Creating Advisory Boards
There is no substitute for soliciting the opinions of the... Read More
Resolving Needs - What Your Employees Wish For!
For your people, they want to do a great job... Read More
Reprimanding Marginal Employees
THE MARGINAL PERFORMER: Every manager must, from time to time,... Read More
The Email Trap
If you sit at a computer for most of the... Read More
Employee Motivation: Make Everyone A Cheerleader For Your Company
Do you manage by walking around? What do you see?... Read More
HRM: Contributing to Well-being or Ill-being at Work?
If you were to take the people out of an... 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
Poly Bags and Pallet Shrouds - Just Get it Right
For many companies, procuring the right packaging, such as Poly... Read More
Is Your Business Healthy?
Most business owners I work with want to grow their... Read More
Issue Management Methodology for Tracking Project Issues
1. What is an Issue?An issue is an incident, circumstance,... Read More
Driving of work trucks
Each time you or one of your work crews cruises... Read More
Shrinkage Control
What has been your store's shrinkage experience for the last... Read More
Downsizing in Organisations - The Real Truth
I've met and worked with many people in all sectors... Read More
In Leadership, The Critical Convergence Drives Great Results
The Leader's Fallacy lives! We subscribe to the Fallacy when... Read More
Organizational Structure, Creativity, Innovation
Organizational structure can inhibit or foster creativity and innovation. The... 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
The Compliance Officers Killer Application
It used to be that only the largest multi-nationals needed... Read More
Uncovering the Secrets to Effective Performance Management
In many ways there are no secrets to implementing effective... Read More
Increasing Employee Retention Through Employee Engagement
You've seen it happen many times. An organization that provides... Read More
Effective Meetings - Quick Survey
Here's an easy quiz to check the health of your... Read More
Why You Should Hold One More Meeting
If you are completely happy with where you and your... Read More
Virtual Assistance: A Money Saving Opportunity For Employers
What is a Virtual Assistant? A Virtual Assistant is a... Read More
Problems with Group Decision Making
DECISION BY AUTHORITY RULE: Many groups start out with-or quickly... Read More
The Narcissist in the Workplace
To a narcissist-employer, the members of his "staff" are Secondary... Read More
Punctuality in Business: What it Says About You
"Nothing inspires confidence in a business man sooner than punctuality,... Read More
Improve Operations by Restructuring
Transitioning from Vertical Hierarchies to Decentralized / Flatter OrganizationsThe need... Read More
Employee Retention: Its a Changing Game
As a management consultant, I have seen some poorly conceived... Read More
Identifying Candidates for Leadership
A critical task in the succession planning process of any... Read More
Are You in Control of Your Practice or Does it Control You?
One of the most common complaints that business owners have... Read More
Managing Group Meetings
MANAGING SMALL MEETINGS: Keep the size of the meeting as... Read More
New Job, New Culture: Do You Fit In?
It seemed like a good decision at the time. A... Read More
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Team Dynamics and Communication
This article relates to the Team Dynamics competency, which evaluates... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Generating Better Ideas
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Gossip And Rumors And Hearsay, Oh Why?
In the Wizard of Oz, it was "Lions and tigers... Read More
Character: Is It Necessary In Leadership? (Part Two)
In the first part of this two part article, I... Read More
Why Businesses Need to Start Nurturing Collective Wisdom
COLLECTIVE WISDOM CAN BE AN effective tool for solving the... Read More
Terrible Meetings - Ten Ways to Spot Them!
Sometimes, better than giving advice about how to run things... 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
Turnover is Not a Problem
"Ha!" you say. "For someone to make a statement like... Read More
25 Super-Practical Steps to Build Your Business!
For the past several weeks, we have focused on some... Read More
The New Five Truths of Employee Motivation
Motivation is a term that is so widely used, yet... Read More
Diversity in the Workplace: Benefits, Challenges and Solutions
Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people... Read More
Diversity in the Workplace
As you look around your office, is everyone just like... Read More
Getting to Consensus
The need to get people in an organization to pull... Read More
Real Costs in Distribution and What it Means To Your Company
Ever feel that all the lawyers in thh Country need... Read More
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