Rapid Culture Change is Possible
Purpose: Show how immersion leadership training makes strategic initiative success possible.Adults learn through experience. We learn behaviors through experience. This is the flagpole fact of the educational world. This flag is visible for everyone to see, and it's where educators know they need to be whether they are training hard... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Finding The Perfect Balance
This article relates to the Work/Life Balance competency, which investigates how your staff feels with regard to the balance between work and personal life. It explores issues such as priority of family and hours on the job, also covered in this competency. Organizations that enjoy a high satisfaction level in... Read More
The Punitive Approach to Marginal Performers
MANAGING A MARGINAL PERFORMER: Often a marginal performer, even after therapeutic counseling, may not understand that his or her work is seen as substandard. The manager will have to ask the employee directly how the performance could be improved. If the manager still meets with resistance or avoidance, as a... Read More
Accountability Equals Meeting Success
Leslie was the new manager of the group. She was replacing Tom, a well respected manager who was retiring. Once she arrived, she made it one of her first priorities to sit down with everyone on the team and get to know them.Beyond pleasantries though she wanted to get to... Read More
Ten Relationship Traits And Skills For Good Leadership
An important aspect of good leadership is the ability to work and relate with others. When creating and building your unique leadership style consistently developing relational skills is a priority. There are ten qualities that characterize successful leadership in the area of relating and communicating with other people.1. AvailabilityA good... Read More
Interviewing Candidates: 3 Ways to Avoid Snap Judgments
Have you ever hired the wrong person? If so, perhaps you are an emotional interviewer?An emotional interviewer tends to make judgments on first impressions. In a matter of minutes, an emotional interviewer may decide if someone is competent or not. Not surprisingly, they often make poor hiring decisions.All hiring managers... Read More
Print Buying Consultant
Ten Money Saving Tips for Print ManagersDespite their stated desire to realize savings from streamlining the various components associated with the print buying process, it's been my experience over the years, that many print managers neglect to do some of the easy things that can add up to significant cost... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Become An Effective Executive
In his book, The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker pointed out that the effective executive is the person who focuses on making a contribution.This focus on the making of a contribution is the key. And the key to effectiveness comes in three areas:1. in a person's work, its content, its level,... Read More
The 10 Realities of Change
I've seen several articles that begin with lines like "the only constant today is change." I assert that change that is constant can't really be called change. It's simply a new reality. It's time that we accept that things simply don't stay the same and speed to change is the... Read More
Ten Steps to Take the Work out of Work ? Replicate Yourself!
They say that management can be a lonely place. A manager has to lead from the front, make challenging demands of their people and if part of an organisation, pass on the dictats of the more senior and remote bosses up at the top.Yet, a manager has the accountability to... Read More
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A Leadership Screw Driver: The 90 Day Improvement Plan
I was talking with first-line supervisors in a utility company... Read More
Managing Client Relationships
Managing Client Relationships: Even the best run organizations occasionally run... Read More
Effective Multi Cultural International Business Meetings
Of the many areas in international business where cultural differences... Read More
Can Your Business Run Without You?
If you are a business owner or a business owner... Read More
Strategies for Planning and Conducting Effective Meetings
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Delegate, Dont Abdicate
One of the key skills for the leaders of growing... Read More
Communication in Business
Effective communication in business is not about creating the perfect... Read More
Accountability Equals Meeting Success
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Top 10 Things NOT To Tell Angel and VC Investors
I am not writing this to create a list of... Read More
How to Set Up a Conference Call
The methods in which you set up a conference call... Read More
One Simple Idea to Grow Your Business
Perhaps the most common theme I've heard in working with... Read More
Quality Improvement is Free
The point of a quality improvement program should not only... Read More
Outsourced Learning: Are You Ready for Learning BPO?
As the business world enters a period of hyper-competitiveness, every... Read More
It?s Not All About Cheese: The Missing Component in Employee Development (Part 2)
In part one of this article I told you about... Read More
The Communications Myth
Living in the 21st Century is truly marvelous, isn't it?... Read More
5 Creative Evolutionary Leadership Niche Strategies!
I have a short story to share with you about... Read More
Is It Worth To Outsource? How One Can Outsource Wisely
Recent trends in software development market show that it is... Read More
Train Me -- But Follow Through
My mechanic has me trained. When I take my car... Read More
How To Own A Business... Instead Of A Job
Every business is run by someone who took on a... Read More
Coaching Employees in the Workplace
After a full week of training, you are still a... Read More
How to Make a Difference Every Day
Every day, everyone can make the world a better place.... Read More
Important Communication Tips For Managers
The following tips will help you communicate more effectively with... Read More
Performance Appraisal Scenarios: Improve Your Communication
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION DURING THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: If the employee has... Read More
Indiscretion Can Kill Your Business
The quickest way to cancel out all the thought, work,... Read More
Turnaround or Terminate? How to Deal with Problem Employees
Do you struggle with a "problem" employee? If so, join... Read More
The Survey Feedback Process for Organizational Development and Change
THE PURPOSE OF SURVEY FEEDBACK:In globally competitive environments, organizations are... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Generating Better Ideas
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Proven Secrets to Keeping Your People and Increasing Your Profits
Why are people changing jobs so quickly these days?Here are... Read More
Business & Family Safety and Health Rating
For good reason, practically every endeavor in life is rated.... Read More
The Power in Praising People
One of the keys to success is to have successful... Read More
Involving People Gave Us the Improvements We Needed
We had a problem with handling materials in a production... Read More
Auditing Improves Effective Planning
Speak of operations assessment, and we'll hear its significant value.... Read More
How to Attract and Retain the Right People
If you're one of the many executives struggling with finding... Read More
How To Learn Great Management from Our Kids
Learning comes from many places. And one of the most... Read More
Executives and Emotional Self Awareness
A major problem impairing an executive's performance is his Emotional... Read More
How To Conduct Effective Meetings
Before you call your next meeting, the FIRST step is... Read More
Leading Meetings: The Top Three Challenges
What do people really find challenging about leading meetings? Here... Read More
Getting the Most from Appraisals
Does your organisation have one of those annual 'occasions' that... Read More
Gossip And Rumors And Hearsay, Oh Why?
In the Wizard of Oz, it was "Lions and tigers... Read More
Forecasting Support Costs
Did you know that maintenance accounts for 50% to 80%... Read More
Measure for Measure
Can you imagine playing hockey without a goal? Basketball without... Read More
Managing Meetings
Plan/prepare - lack of purpose causes aimless meetings. Know why... 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 use NLP for Business?
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?Neuro-Linguistic programme is nothing but the study... Read More
Five Overlooked Ways To Hire Winners
Here is a true story. My dentist did a "clinical"... Read More
Meeting Your Meeting Expectations
"To get something done a meeting should consist of no... Read More
One Crazy Cookie
In order to survive, you have to be happier than... Read More
Work Environment Tidbits
Color is a big factor effecting all indoor... Read More
Catch Your Staff Doing Something Right
A long time ago, I learned something about being a... Read More
Why Soft Skills?
The industrial age is over. Organizations still stuck in the... Read More
Collections Management
How long does it take your customers, clients or patients... Read More
Is this A Good Time To Sell Your Body Shop Business?
Have you ever asked yourself the question? "Is this a... Read More
Management Development - Micromanagement Works!
Getting into the detail of everything each of your people... Read More
5 Awesome Actions of Highly Creative Leaders!
How many times have you wondered why you are unable... Read More
Leadership Skills Means Turnover is Not a Problem
"Ha!" you say. "For someone to make a statement like... Read More
Coaching Champions at Work
I saw Brian Kerr (the Irish national football coach) on... Read More
Preparing a Budget
Ok, you say, I know I need a budget, but... Read More
Making Meetings Work
We have all attended meetings that were boring, mindless and... Read More
Keeping Team Meetings Vibrant
Meetings can be the life-blood of an organisation or the... Read More
Group Discussion Guidelines
DISCUSSION METHODS: There are two basic types of discussion methods;... Read More
Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Have a Complete Agenda
Most agendas for a meeting look like this.* Budget* Payroll*... Read More
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The term crisis management has different connotations. In this article,... Read More
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
Meetings ? they are a fact of our business lives.... Read More
Develop Your Managers and Keep Your Staff
Following on from the last edition of The Organised Times... Read More
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Does being managed by others smack more of "Survivor" than... Read More
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