Lessons From Innovative Companies
What do the companies 3M, Polaroid, and Walt Disney have in common? All have innovation in their blood. All encourage an innovative spirit at every level of their organization.For example, 3M has a goal to derive 30% of revenues from products less than 4 years old. Research staff spend 15%... Read More
Managing Creativity
Creativity Starts Here!The ability of an organisation to create new products/services and innovate new processes is an essential skill providing a sustainable form of competitive advantage.Given that organisations need to be creative, why are only a few really good at it and why are only a few individuals perceved as... Read More
Attract and Retain Positively Great Employees - An Action Plan for Employee Training
Everyday a business owner, CEO, or manager somewhere is complaining about the lack of good employees. On the same day, in a break room, employees are complaining about the lack of good jobs. Thinking that they can alleviate the problem with finding good employees, many employers have opted for lengthy... Read More
Delegation for Business Leaders - How Letting Go Works
A leader's role is to focus on those areas of operation where he or she can deliver the greatest value and this requires huge shifts in perspective of the role. Leaders differ from managers in terms of accountability.Whilst a leader is accountable for the strategic growth of the organisation and... Read More
Strategic Outsourcing: Testing the Outsourcing Waters and Staying Afloat
Before Gertrude Ederle began her historic swim off of Cape Griz-Nez, France, she underwent extensive training for endurance and technique-even though she was already an accomplished record-breaking swimmer with Olympic medals to her name. Outsourcing IT may not garner the same attention as being the first woman to swim the... Read More
What Every Manager Should Know About How to Conduct Successful Training Activities
Whether you are training preschoolers in the classroom or executives in the board room, here are 15 premises you might want to keep in mind the next time you're designing training activities.1. Everybody has the capacity to learn.2. Everybody learns at his own pace.3. The trainee learns only when he... Read More
Five Tips for Analyzing an Income Statement
In today's article, we'll be looking at the income statement, which is the most deceptively simple of the major financial statements. I say simple because it's just a list of all the revenue, minus all the expenses, to calculate what's left over in profit. It's no more difficult than putting... Read More
Lets Flourish and Prosper!
Some say that in business as in sex: if it is good, it's great and if it is bad it's still pretty good. This does not happen to be true. If business is bad, it can get very bad. There are personnel problems, production expenses, overhead, laws, taxes, fines. Faulty... Read More
Top Ten Tips About Communicating with Your Employees Effectively
Communication is the basis of who you are as a manager/leader in business. The rules are simple and the good news is that you can learn them and develop your skills...and it's quite easy! Here's the low-down on great Communication:-The best communicators... Keep It SimpleGreat Communication is about making what... Read More
Measuring Creativity, DIY style
Creativity measurement is often required in order to benchmark existing competencies, monitor improvement, increase output and generally provide tangible and useable processes and structures for clients.Individuals can measure their own creativity, the creativity levels of their group, department or organisation.However, a fundamental lack of understanding of creativity and innovation seems... Read More
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Best Practices Plan: Dissemination of a Great Idea
Good news spreads quickly News of the invention of the... Read More
Business Innovation ? Ignoring Content
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Seven Cs to Avoid Procedure Writing Errors
You do your best to make sure your organization is... Read More
How To Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity
All maintenance activities of the workforce must be documented, this... Read More
What Cross-cultural Training Can Do for You
International business is more complex than ever before. Success in... Read More
Let the Professionals Help You Out - Outsource
As your website grows in terms of attracting more footfalls,... Read More
Power of Pinpointing Accountability
I have always said that if I were to write... Read More
Is Your Business A Dysfunctional Family?
The other day I brought my mother into an appliance... Read More
Organizational Culture and Creative Blocks ? the Similarities
Few Decision makers see the link between between creativity and... Read More
What One Thing?
A few weeks ago I asked my readers what the... Read More
Work Priorities: Where Can You Spend Your Time Most Effectively?
Understanding where you can spend time most effectively requires concentration... Read More
6 Ways to Keep Things Simple
Six Ways to Keep Things Simple We can have greater... Read More
Minimising Conflict With Effective Communication
Did you know there are 5 types of... Read More
Lean Principles in Action
AbstractThe electrical products industry is one characterized by fierce competition,... Read More
Want to Manage Your Time? Get Real!
You know the drill - the ridiculous deadlines, the relentless... Read More
Getting Your Employees Attention Back to Work
It is 9:00 am on a Monday morning. Do you... Read More
Challenge of ERP Implementation: Q and A with Rick Maurer
Question: ERPs seem like a good idea, so why is... Read More
Get Meeting off To a Great Start
When asked what part of their job they find a... Read More
Business Innovation ? Improvisation
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money!
Faulty information costs you money! Which of these popular business... Read More
Working with Hearing Impaired Employees - Giving Them a Fair Go
Hearing impaired people often encounter difficulty at work because their... Read More
Getting Software Developed for Your Business
At some point, your business is going to need to... Read More
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
Meetings ? they are a fact of our business lives.... Read More
Commercial Collections Billing Practices Advice
Swiftness is the key to collecting past due commercial accounts... Read More
Guidelines For Conducting A Good Meeting
Okay, so you've figured out what kind of meeting is... Read More
Must Project Managers Be Technically Savvy?
"Must Project Managers be technically savvy?" This topic always seems... Read More
Avoiding The Sheep Dip
It is a sad fact that many employees are still... Read More
Bye-Bye Boring Meetings! Make Yours Remarkable!
It's the middle of the night. You've woken up with... Read More
Big Company Intelligence on a Small Company Budget
Information is the lifeblood of the economy. That's especially true... Read More
Training Managers and New Trainers
Training managers use many of the same interpersonal and analytical... Read More
Employee Surveys: a Strategic Tool for Positive Change
Do you want to measure your workers' level of satisfaction?... Read More
Negative Self-talk is Too Expensive
I'm always fascinated by the people who lift huge weights,... Read More
Romford Accountants: Accountancy Firm Roles and Responsibilities
If you own or operate a business in the UK,... Read More
How To Decrease Profits Without Really Trying
Hurting your sales efforts can be accomplished easily with the... Read More
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
Today's successful organizations are the ones which carry on open... Read More
Improved Communication to Improve Results
Facilitating good communication can make the difference between a well... Read More
How to Overcome Your Fear of Firing
OVERCOMING FEAR OF FIRING "It was obvious that this employee... 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
How Invisible Communication Barriers Kill Productivity
Many kinds of interferences or disturbances can confuse a message.... Read More
MANAGING CRISIS; when you?re too good at it
When you are acclaimed for excellence during times of crisis... Read More
Time for Change - Clearing the First Hurdle
"Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump... Read More
Getting Software Developed for Your Business
At some point, your business is going to need to... Read More
ISO 9001 What Records Does My Business Need To Keep?
Which documents must I keep for ISO 9001?In addition to... Read More
What Consultants Want You to Know (But You Never Ask)
I've been both a CEO and a consultant, so I've... Read More
Middle-Aged Managers, the Forgotten Digital Divide
The digital divide is defined by the role computers play... Read More
Five Steps to Successful Business Succession
The great majority of family businesses in North America are... Read More
Safety Policy Sample Outline
Writing a safety manual is a tough job and most... 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
Basic Management Skills
Recent studies have shown that industrial supervisors are working at... 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
Reflections in the Glass Ceiling
The recent news about one of America's most powerful woman... Read More
Managing Yo-Yo Style
Does being managed by others smack more of "Survivor" than... Read More
A Tricky Supervision Challenge
Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible... Read More
How to Create an Operations Manual
An operations manual can act as a tool for training... Read More
Comparing Ancient Programs from the East to Modern Programs like Stephen Covey.
Comparing Corporate and Personal goal attainment programs that have developed... Read More
Build Your Business (On A Shoestring): Hire a College Intern
Starting up a new venture or business can be one... Read More
When Code Freeze Turns To Code Slush
Time To Market (TTM) is a vital concept that every... Read More
Do Customers Like the Feel of Your Organization?
In two recent articles "Some Evidence of How We Are... Read More
A Checklist for Organized Executives
I could begin this article by providing a checklist of... Read More
Lawyers With 2 Hands And Everything Else
I heard this back a few years ago. The boss... Read More
Communicate To The Four Main Personality Types
You probably know this already, but there are generally held... Read More
People Literacy
Every Manager has experienced the frustration of not understanding why... Read More
Balancing Power in Outsource Contract Agreements
The practice of outsourcing business processes has long been subject... Read More
To Meet or Not to Meet - What are the Questions?
Meetings can be a total waste of time or a... Read More
Questions To Ask Employees You Want To Retain
Times of cost cutting and downsizing has dramatically impacted the... Read More
Climb out of the Box - How to Hold Effective Meetings
Out of the box thinking is a popular fad today.... Read More
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