Effective Meetings - Quick Survey
Here's an easy quiz to check the health of your meetings.1) Who leads your meetings? a) No one, b) Everyone, c) A facilitator2) What happens to the ideas in your meetings? a) If we had to think of ideas, it would be work, b) We make fun of them, c)... Read More
Effective Meetings: Why Most Meetings are a Waste of Time
Whether your company holds one meeting a week or dozens of meetings a day it is essential that this time is used efficiently and effectively. Most meetings are less effective than they could be not because they are poorly managed, but because meeting managers spend all of their time focusing... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: The Best Incentives are Free
This article relates to the Recognition competency, commonly evaluated in employee satisfaction surveys. It tells the story of how the performance of one team was affected when the powerful motivator of daily praise and recognition disappeared. This competency also explores what type of behavior is appreciated and rewarded within your... Read More
Christmas Carol Coaching - Help to Get Ahead at Holiday Time!
I've always been fascinated by situations where art imitates real life and right here is a perfect example, which links Christmas and business & personal development.If you want to read about a serious piece of dodgy people management (bordering on potential litigation); a man all adrift with the world and... Read More
Toxic Bosses
What's everyone's favorite topic around the water cooler? Bad bosses! You know, the ones who make life in the office unbearable? Here are some of the more common varieties you'll find.1. The Screamer. You can't miss this guy. He never stops to consider his audience or who might be listening... Read More
Business Innovation ? Improvisation
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
Turbo Charge Your Career With The Most Powerful Leadership Tool Of All: The Leadership Talk Part 3
To develop and deliver a great Leadership Talk, you must understand that every Talk has three important parts. (1) Audience Needs. (2) Strong Belief. (3) Action.(1) Audience needs: The first step in putting together a Leadership Talk is to understand the needs of your audience. As I explained in Part... Read More
Sarbanes-Oxley and Section 404: Old Dog, New Teeth
The failures we have seen in the quality and integrity of financial reporting in corporate America are clear evidence that something was awry. It is the responsibility of corporate boards, managements, public accounting firms and regulatory agencies to put confidence back into the financial statements issued by our society's most... Read More
Performance Management Made Easy
Performance Management is a process that both employer and employee often fear!Why is this so!There is much misinformation about the performance management process and performance appraisals in management circles today. We often think that best practice demands that we must performance appraise 'no matter what'. This is not true. Best... Read More
Productivity Through Positive Reinforcement
Most people just want to be appreciated. If you're a manager, that's something to seriously think about as you set the tone for maximum productivity.Ever work for someone who preferred a 'bullying and intimidation' managerial style? This type of bullying doesn't involve spitballs and shiners in the schoolyard, but it... Read More
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The Myth of the Management Team
Every business has problems. That is why the average life... Read More
Align The Enterprise & Make Beautiful Music Together
Q: Why is a great business like a great marching... Read More
Influencing Change - A Guide for Sellers, Coaches, and Supervisors
When people or groups make a decision to purchase something,... Read More
Project Managment: Land the Plane Stop Doing and Start Succeeding
We all spend time on planning vacations. If it's not... Read More
Five Principles of Effective Communication
The problem with communication is the illusion that it has... Read More
Assertive Communication - 6 Tips For Effective Use
What IS assertive communication? Assertive communication is the... Read More
How to Make a Difference Every Day
Every day, everyone can make the world a better place.... Read More
The Narcissist in the Workplace
To a narcissist-employer, the members of his "staff" are Secondary... Read More
Dont Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Credit Policy
Do you know how many customers you have that are... Read More
Project Management 101
Project management is a very important business concept because it... Read More
Outsourcing NOT Just for Big Business
Outsourcing has become a controversial issue and a hot topic... Read More
Appraisal Interviews: What To Say & How To Say It
STEPS TOWARDS A GOOD APPRAISAL INTERVIEW:Don't say: "You just don't... Read More
Counseling Interviews for the Marginal Employee
ACTIVE LISTENING: The most frequent cause of failure in therapeutic... Read More
Innovation Management: The Time Factor
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
How to Enhance Quality in Your Business
Every business must strive to provide quality products and services... Read More
Dont Wait for Tax Time to Look at the Bottom Line
A curious thing happens to entrepreneurs in the spring of... Read More
3 Ingredients of Highly Profitable Organizational Change
As waves of organizational change sweep across the business landscape,... Read More
Towards Intercultural Understanding
An individual's ability to forge effective relationships across cultures is... Read More
Success: A Wholistic Perspective
The world has always been mixed with the... Read More
Dialogue vs. Discussion
Have you ever sat in a meeting where everyone is... Read More
Building Shareholder Value Through Your People
Increasing shareholder value is the most important driver for organisations... Read More
How Invisible Communication Barriers Kill Productivity
Many kinds of interferences or disturbances can confuse a message.... Read More
Employee Retention: Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business
The retention of highly skilled knowledge workers is one of... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Providing Career Opportunity
This article relates to the Career Opportunity competency, commonly evaluated... Read More
13 Comments on Bad Meetings
Bad meetings are a cultural malady that senior executives pass... Read More
How To Use W Edwards Deming
Human beings and the way they interact are extraordinarily Complex.... Read More
Employees Commit Corporate Fraud
Imagine the following scenario; Ten years ago you decided to... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Goal Setting
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Conflict Resolution Training- When Personal Safety is an Issue
Conflict generally arises by having your needs, desires, perceptions and... Read More
Turning a Negative Employee Into a Positive Asset
Several years ago, I took over the supervision of a... Read More
Does Your State Like To Keep Your Workers Compensation Secrets Hidden?
Workers compensation secrets are hidden deep within piles and piles... Read More
Sarbanes Oxley 404 Compliance - How Nov. 15, 2004 Deadline Affects You
Fast Relief for Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 ComplianceSection 404 of... Read More
Business Innovation ? the Value of Structure
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Three Business Lessons From The US Postal Service
There was a buzz in the air recently about the... Read More
10 Resolutions For The New Year!!
Each year many people create a list of resolutions designed... Read More
Getting Software Developed for Your Business
At some point, your business is going to need to... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management ? Idea Progression
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Why Management Kills Creativity
Ten or so years ago, an international consultant, specializing in... Read More
Performance Management Made Easy
Performance Management is a process that both employer and employee... Read More
Firing Someone Without Resentment
Firing, sacking, letting go or terminating people is unpleasant. There... Read More
Getting Information From Prospects
You're at a networking function and you've made that all-important... Read More
The Ivory Tower Syndrome
"His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself, and allows... Read More
Organisation Tips For The Mobile Executive
Despite the fact that everyone sighs "How glamorous!", the life... Read More
A Facilitators Guide to Running a Stakeholder Analysis Workshop
This facilitator's guide to running a stakeholder analysis workshop is... Read More
Are You Using the Right Form of Energy?
As we near the end of summer, here is a... Read More
Employee Retention: Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business
The retention of highly skilled knowledge workers is one of... Read More
Creativity and Innovation Management: Generating Better Ideas
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
How to Overcome Your Fear of Firing
OVERCOMING FEAR OF FIRING "It was obvious that this employee... Read More
Top 10 Things NOT To Tell Angel and VC Investors
I am not writing this to create a list of... Read More
Why Businesses Fail - And What You Can Do About It!
Have you unintentionally set your business up for failure?No one... Read More
Understanding How Change Has Changed
There seems to be an assumption that change is a... Read More
The 6 Steps to Six Sigma
Step 1Get the proper level of Six Sigma expertise at... Read More
Know Your Business! - 7 Key Questions You Must Ask
You need to know all that is going on around... Read More
You Get the Behavior You Reward
On consulting assignments, here are some of the questions I... Read More
ISO 9001 and Total Quality Management
Total Quality ManagementTotal Quality Management, or TQM, has become one... Read More
The Power of the Contract in Performance Management
An essential step in managing the performance of salespeople is... Read More
The Truth About Performance Reviews
Now that it is January, many of you are putting... Read More
Project Managment: Land the Plane Stop Doing and Start Succeeding
We all spend time on planning vacations. If it's not... Read More
How To Jump Start Your Profits and Keep Your Profits Rolling
There are so many ways to jump start your prifits... Read More
You Didnt Use Brainstorming to Select Your Measures, Did You?
IntroductionWhen Alex Osborn invented the creativity technique called brainstorming, I... Read More
How to Manage Your Most Valuable Assets - People?
People management and leadership has become a major topic of... Read More
Quality Improvement is Free
The point of a quality improvement program should not only... Read More
How to Meet Quality Standards with ISO 9001
In today's hectic business environment, it is vital that we... Read More
Look Good on Voice Mail
Your use of voice mail tells others a lot about... Read More
6 Shared Factors of Successful Executives
These factors where determined by interviews with and books from... Read More
Quality Hiring: Are You Doing It Right?
Quality hiring is more than running ads, screening, interviewing and... Read More
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