Think Twice Before Selling ROI
When we're selling to business people, our value proposition has to show a good return. Solid, credible Return On Investment (ROI) calculations are supposed to prove this for us. But if we don't think twice, calculating ROI can sabotage our sale.Lots has been written about various ROI methods -- return... Read More
Humor in Business
With the advancement of computer simulators, anybody can repeat all the business routines before he goes to the field, and have the opportunity of relaxing from the tedious work with numbers. The businessman can concentrate more on the human factors: The Customer Service, the relationships among fellow workers, and self... Read More
Choices in Appointing International Managers
Globalization is requiring companies to make important choices about how to deploy international managers. The costs of making the wrong choice are heavy both economically and in the emotional and physical toll it can take on employees and the impact it can have on the overseas branch.Traditionally companies have required... Read More
The 5 Things Great Managers Sense about their People, Every Day
Using all of your senses, to help you test how your people are feeling in your business, is a learned skill. Once you start to use it, your abilities to notice become refined and you have a background sensor working for you, day after day.As a precursor to having the... Read More
The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - Communication Breakdown
An ongoing series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble.COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNThe "Seven Cs" are the danger signs that indicate your business partnership, or any partnership for that matter, is in trouble.First, and most important, in my view, is the issue of Communication... Read More
Manufacturing Capacity as a Commodity
Excess capacity in an automobile plant at Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, GM, and Honda is a commodity and those who study finite capacity scheduling modules can readily see the possibilities for increased production and that means profit. Einstein said time is relative, that is true, time is relative, manipulating commodity theoretical... Read More
Four Steps to Better Performance Reviews
Direct reports-people who need direction and leadership-rely on their leaders to give them feedback and mentoring, not just management and evaluations. However, these people who most need their boss's help frequently lack the guidance that would enable them move to the next levels of success-theirs, their team's and the company's.... Read More
Leadership Skill: How to Handle Difficult Conversations
A good leader has the ability to empower others. It is important that a leader develop people who want to share and help in carrying out the goals of the organization. If it is your intention to develop a company where employees feel valued and appreciated, then how you handle... Read More
7 Strategies for Sustained Innovation
The need for constant reinvention is a given in today's business environment. And while a breakthrough product or concept can catapult an organization ahead of its competitors, in these fast-paced times, that advantage is often short-lived.While major product or service breakthroughs make headlines, it's the steady incremental innovations made by... Read More
Data Delivers Credibility
Over the past couple of days I've been setting up visitor counters, so people in another organization can accurately count the number of people who visit their event.They got the idea (and the counters) from an association I belong to, and they, too, are learning how data delivers credibility.I'm always... Read More
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Treat Employees Fairly, Car Wash Entrepreneur sets Industry Standards
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Minimising Conflict With Effective Communication
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Problem-Solving Success Tip: Measure
Measure.The first key question to answer in starting a problem-solving... Read More
Five Reasons Why Leaders Fail to Create Successful Change
A bold title, don't you think? I mean, change is... Read More
Dialogue: the Four Dialogic Principles For Successful Communication
"But you don't understand!" exclaimed the manager, "this new initiative... Read More
Budgets that Damage - The Downsides of Making the Numbers
In my organisational career, I had budgets from the age... Read More
Integrity... Should It Matter?
In our fast paced work culture, manned by technology savvy... Read More
Keys to Feeling Powerfull In An Uncertain World
Life has always been full of uncertainties. Over the last... Read More
Knowledge Management - Learning Whilst Doing - Facilitating an After Action Review
Introducing a learning culture into organisations can be difficult at... 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
So, You Want to be in Management? Five Essential Factors that Will Determine Your Chances
The following information is based upon over 500 interviews with... Read More
If You Build It, Investors Will Come
When you begin to write your business plan or a... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management ? Hierarchies
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
You Get the Behavior You Reward
On consulting assignments, here are some of the questions I... Read More
Communicate To The Four Main Personality Types
You probably know this already, but there are generally held... Read More
4 Tips on How to Avoid Communication Lines Breakdown
For example, in a small, two-person company, there is often... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management ? Money Doesnt Do It
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
The Power of Positive Communication
Communication is the key to your success at work, at... Read More
Time Management and Team Development - The Yes and No of It
Sometimes.In fact making some small changes to the circumstances when... Read More
Quality Improvement is Free
The point of a quality improvement program should not only... Read More
Get Meeting off To a Great Start
When asked what part of their job they find a... Read More
Terrible Meetings - Ten Ways to Spot Them!
Sometimes, better than giving advice about how to run things... Read More
Diversity in the Workplace
As you look around your office, is everyone just like... Read More
Keeping Meetings On Track
We all have been in meetings with certain people who... Read More
Use QA As Your First Step To Outsourcing
Quality Assurance, or QA, is often given short shrift in... Read More
Protect Your Computer System with a Comprehensive Security Policy
The most difficult part of creating a Security Policy for... Read More
Give Yourself a Boss? Day Gift
Become a better boss and reap the benefitsAnother interesting study... Read More
Online Business Peace of Mind
Is your online business disaster-proof? Online businesses face a unique... Read More
Factoring Financing: How to Grow Your Business Without Debt or Loans
What is factoring?Accounts receivable financing, also known as factoring, is... Read More
Five Steps to Successful Business Succession
The great majority of family businesses in North America are... Read More
Understanding Every Aspect of Your Organization
GET TO KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION: If you don't understand an... Read More
5 Tips For Creating Great Jobs
1) Create A Powerful "Mission Statement"-When your business mission is... Read More
Narcissism in the Boardroom
The perpetrators of the recent spate of financial frauds in... Read More
The ?Better People? Fallacy
It's easy enough to convince your own staff that better... Read More
Its All In The Systems
Have you ever noticed french fries taste the same at... Read More
The Business Shaman: Exploring the Mystery of Success!
Note: This article was written for a internet business site.... Read More
10 Critical Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Consultant
Talk to as many consultants as you can before hiring... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Conduct Successful Meetings
Do you announce a meeting and find either no one... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: The Creative State
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Déjà Vu MCI to Qwest International Inc: Can this Corporate Marriage Survive?
Current Situation:As of this writing, the MCI Board of Governors... Read More
Dealing with Difficult People
You know, this would be a great business if it... Read More
Managing Meetings
Plan/prepare - lack of purpose causes aimless meetings. Know why... Read More
Smart Staffing Practices: Don?t Confuse Activity with Results
Does your hiring process consist of proven practices or just... Read More
Employee Orientation: The 90 Day Difference
Why do some new managers succeed while others fail? It... Read More
Great Hires: Avoid Costly Mistakes
Picking people for a job is like going... 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
Understand What Flows Through Your Business to Find Improvement
I remember once seeing a cartoon which showed two people... Read More
Change Management: Getting Everyone on Board the Change Train
How do you get everyone on board the change train... Read More
Improving Your Inter-Company Communications At No Cost
It's all very well having a flashy (and expensive) advertising... Read More
Business Opportunity - Leverage Your Employees!
As a business asset, they don't sit well on 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
You?re Hired, Now Go Home: Managing Workers at a Distance
Telecommuting or virtual work opens up a wider net of... Read More
Getting Your Employees Attention Back to Work
It is 9:00 am on a Monday morning. Do you... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Providing Career Opportunity
This article relates to the Career Opportunity competency, commonly evaluated... Read More
Stomp Out Leeches In Your Company
Recently, I felt appalled to see a political candidate running... Read More
Manage Communication to Add Value
Management guru Tom Peters says white collar workers and managers... Read More
Think it Over
You can't solve a problem with the... Read More
Strategies for Planning and Conducting Effective Meetings
Did you know that business executives spend about half their... Read More
Effective Meetings: Why Most Meetings are a Waste of Time
Whether your company holds one meeting a week or dozens... Read More
When Change Is In the Wind...Heads Up!
In these days of takeovers and mergers, of downsizings and... Read More
HRM: Contributing to Well-being or Ill-being at Work?
If you were to take the people out of an... Read More
Medical Collection. How Organized is Your Office?
At one time or another, all of us have experienced... 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
Quick Tips On Bringing Out The Best In People
Want to bring out the best in people?Edward W. Smith,... Read More
Whadda Jerk!
If one does not understand a person, one tends to... Read More
Work Environment Tidbits
Color is a big factor effecting all indoor... Read More
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