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
Organizational Culture and Creative Blocks ? the Similarities
Few Decision makers see the link between between creativity and innovation management, as performed by MBA's in firms, and creative endeavours such as screenwriting. In fact, there are very strong linkages.The problems that prevent individuals coming up with ideas, writing and then commercialising their screenplays are the very same as... Read More
Creative and Innovative Culture, Change Management ? Three Easy Tests
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation and innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. From this simple definition, it is clear that certain cultural characteristics ought to be prevalent if creativity and innovation are to be maximised. And maximisation of these ought to... Read More
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Team Dynamics and Communication
This article relates to the Team Dynamics competency, which evaluates interpersonal communication, cooperation, and productivity between members of a single team, group, or department within your organization. In today's marketplace, in order for organizations to operate efficiently, it is essential that they understand how to create and utilize effective work... Read More
Weaknesses of Wishing
When you're starting a business, you might wish for a lot of things, like having more than enough customers or not having to do marketing. But wishing is weak willed, having no momentum behind it. When you wish for something, you're not coming from a place of having a strong... Read More
Internal Prisons: The Thief of Productivity and Quality in our Workforce
As a professional speaker, one of my biggest challenges is to grab the attention of my audience within the first few minutes of the presentation- grab them by the throat if you will. I do this by coming out in a suite and tie, following an introduction in which I... Read More
Selecting a Business Broker or Intermediary to Help You Sell Your Business
As crazy as it seems, some people spend more time choosing a coffee machine than they do selecting the business broker or intermediary that will sell their business. This can be a fatal mistake that can cost time, money, and sometimes the ability to sell the business at all.How do... 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
The Cheapest, Forget It !
Wouldn't it be great if we got get the cheapest price on everything. I know I wouldn't want it. Would you? Do you strive to get the cheapest automoblie? The cheapest mobile home to live in? The cheapest place to eat? Rather than look for the cheapest we tend to... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Coworker and Caretaker
This article relates to the Coworkers competency, commonly evaluated in employee satisfaction surveys. It tells the story of a coworker whose performance consistently facilitated effective cooperation, collaboration, and communication between the employees within one organization. While the Team Dynamics competency focuses on relationships within a single group, this competency targets... Read More
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Productive Meetings: How to Make Your Meetings More Productive
There's one simple secret to effective meetings: set an agenda... Read More
The Significance of the Mundane
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Goodwill is an Intangible Asset
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Avoiding The Sheep Dip
It is a sad fact that many employees are still... Read More
The 10 Realities of Change
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Prioritise Your Day - Keep Focus - Win!
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Ten Business Reasons Why Asking for Help Works
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Conflict at 36,000 ft
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Five Tips for Analyzing an Income Statement
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Recently a client told me a wonderful story about how... Read More
Effective Meetings Begin With a Real Agenda
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Designing Your Healthy Administration - A Management Overview
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How To Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity
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Learn About Commercial Collections Agencies Fees
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How to Set Up a Conference Call
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The Changing Boss-Secretary Relationship
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Picture yourself standing on the bank of a river watching... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Incubation and Insight
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One Crazy Cookie
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Structure Your Payment Offers to Sell More Products
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Your Biggest Problem in Business? Work Ethic
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Managing People - Why Is It So Difficult?
Managing, supervising, being a team leader is the hardest job... Read More
How to Approach Group Decision Making
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Diversity Training: The Worst Possible Reasons to Request Executive Funding
You're on your organization's diversity committee. You have the best... Read More
Cross Cultural Solutions for International Business
Globalisation, the expansion of intercontinental trade, technological advances and the... Read More
The Leadership Imperative: Making Your Leadership Your Life
Nearly all leaders I've encountered are underachievers. They're getting a... Read More
The Diamond Cutter
Geshe Michael Roach is a Princeton graduate and a Buddhist... Read More
The Inferno of the Finance Director
Sometimes, I harbour a suspicion that Dante was a Financial... Read More
Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money!
Faulty information costs you money! Which of these popular business... Read More
Make Change Easy - Get Involved!
There are wild variances in how much involvement organisations are... Read More
Can What Someone Does Off-hours Affect Your Business?
Q: How much do I have to worry about what... Read More
Talent Recruitment Challenges of High Technology Companies
As a result of the dot com meltdown and the... Read More
Executives and Emotional Self Awareness
A major problem impairing an executive's performance is his Emotional... Read More
Get More Impact From Your Annual Conference
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Whadda Jerk!
If one does not understand a person, one tends to... Read More
Parenting Your Employees to Better Performance
Have you ever worked for someone who was such a... Read More
Innovation Management ? how will we make the go or kill decisions?
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25 Super-Practical Steps to Build Your Business!
For the past several weeks, we have focused on some... Read More
Budgets that Damage - The Downsides of Making the Numbers
In my organisational career, I had budgets from the age... Read More
Thoughts on Empowerment
People are empowered when they are given the authority and... Read More
Focus Leads To Nonprofit Success: Is Your Organization Rowing or Drifting
Picture yourself standing on the bank of a river watching... Read More
Turn Your Speech Into A Leadership Talk
My experience working with thousands of leaders world wide for... Read More
Project Management - I Want It ALL
The knee-jerk response to prioritizing requirements is to mark everything... Read More
Creative People, Innovative People
The title implies that some people are and others not.This... Read More
Hire The Person, Not The Resume
"? [get] the right people on the bus, the right... Read More
Power of Pinpointing Accountability
I have always said that if I were to write... Read More
Mantra for Managers
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Employee Success! - 7 Ways Feedback Works
By sharing how well you are doing and how well... Read More
Industry Analysis Section of Your business plan
Writing a Business Plan for your next entrepreneurial endeavor is... Read More
Whatever it Takes!
I have a sign on my office door. It pretty... Read More
Lack of Operations Manuals Stunting Your Growth?
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Measure for Measure
Can you imagine playing hockey without a goal? Basketball without... Read More
Leadership Styles - the Ten Top Qualities the Best Leaders Show
Top leaders...Are Visionary Top leaders have a very clear understanding... Read More
The How-Tos of Firing Incompetent Employees
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A Man and His Razor
It is vain to do with more what can be... Read More
Are You Using the Right Form of Energy?
As we near the end of summer, here is a... Read More
Shrinkage Control
What has been your store's shrinkage experience for the last... Read More
Year 2010: Permanent Employees No Longer Required
Jack Welch joined a conference that was held in Duke... Read More
Getting Information From Prospects
You're at a networking function and you've made that all-important... Read More
Give Yourself a Boss Day Gift, Part 2: Are You the Position or the Person?
Are you the position or the person?Bosses can lose their... Read More
Innovation Management ? Rigorous data analysis
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Delegate, Dont Abdicate
One of the key skills for the leaders of growing... Read More
Performance Appraisal Checklist: Raise Not Just Appraise Performance
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Why Employee Satisfaction Surveys And Employee Exit Surveys Make Good Sense
In a competitive world with the need for businesses to... Read More
Personnel Access Poses a Continued Risk
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