Meetings: Don?t Just Show Up, Stand Out and Shine
Meetings, whether they're regularly scheduled routines in your company or now-and-then get-togethers, can be a place for you to gain positive visibility and to showcase your capabilities. Here are three strategies that will help you stand out and shine.Do your advance work. In order to make intelligent comments, offer helpful... Read More
How to Reduce Temporary Employee Turnover
The use of temporary services to stock a farm of employees is beneficial in a number of ways for an employer, and detrimental in others; but the one that will always be heard is that good labor is hard to find when using these services.This is a very real and... Read More
The Walmart Cult
The CultBecoming a part of the Cult, consists of being recruited a member of the cult, as a person that can be relied on to assume responsibilities and accomplish all or almost all things requested.Depending upon the position you hold and the person that you are attached to the most,... Read More
Great Employees = Passionate Consumers
Companies spend millions of dollars each year identifying their brand, and then communicating their brand promise through various media.Employees are the primary "media" in the majority of brand contacts. Raise your hand if you think a majority of your employees understand your brand promise well enough to live it and... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Coworkers Collaborate to Complete Successful Initiative
This short story, Coworkers Collaborate to Complete Successful Initiative, was part of EngagedMetrics's compilation, Tales From the Corporate Frontlines. It illustrates how important cooperation, collaboration, and communication are to achieving the common goals of a successful organization.Anonymous SubmissionThe company where I work specializes in resolving customer service issues. The results... Read More
Project Management - Its Just A Button
I once worked with a developer who showed up at every product demo and constantly suggested improvements for the product. Don't get me wrong. Feedback is important and you shouldn't discourage developers from providing it. But there is a time and place for everything.Besides the fact that this developer kept... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Workplace Ethics: Reaching the Highest Standard
This article relates to the Ethics in the Workplace competency, commonly evaluated in employee surveys. It gives examples of how employees and customers consider ethical behavior and sound values an integral part of your organization. This competency covers a variety of topics like customer treatment, employee professionalism, and expected/acceptable organizational... Read More
The Narcissist in the Workplace
To a narcissist-employer, the members of his "staff" are Secondary Sources of Narcissistic Supply. Their role is to accumulate the supply (in human speak, remember events that support the grandiose self-image of the narcissist) and to regulate the Narcissistic Supply of the narcissist during dry spells (simply put, to adulate,... Read More
The Challenges of Human Resource Management
IntroductionThe role of the Human Resource Manager is evolving with the change in competitive market environment and the realization that Human Resource Management must play a more strategic role in the success of an organization. Organizations that do not put their emphasis on attracting and retaining talents may find themselves... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Providing Career Opportunity
This article relates to the Career Opportunity competency, commonly evaluated in employee satisfaction surveys. It explores issues such as internal growth opportunities, potential for advancement, career development importance, and the relationship between job performance and career advancement. It examines whether your employees believe they have a chance to grow within... Read More
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Challenge of ERP Implementation: Q and A with Rick Maurer
Question: ERPs seem like a good idea, so why is... Read More
Problem Solving - Think Cleopatras Ass
Picture the scene. Anthony pops down to the guardhouse, partly... Read More
Crisis Management Essentials - How to Communicate Effectively During a Crisis, Emergency or Disaster
A crisis, emergency or disaster can happen at anytime and... Read More
Quality Staffing: Stop Placing the Wrong People in the Wrong Jobs
You can possibly teach a turkey to climb a tree... Read More
Management Consultants, Creativity, Innovation
Most firms have intelligent, capable, knowledgeable managers who are very... Read More
Meaningful Diversity: Creating Cultures of Inclusion
In the fitness room the other day, I caught a... Read More
Why and How to Work with a Consultant
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How to Coach Your Emplyees and Increase Motivation
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Which ITIL Process Should We Implement First?
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5 Awesome Actions of Highly Creative Leaders!
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Feedback - Make it Descriptive
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The Diamond Cutter
Geshe Michael Roach is a Princeton graduate and a Buddhist... Read More
Planning Your Recruiting Efforts Can Help You Find Great Employees
Today, companies have an ever-expanding list of options available to... Read More
Performance Management - By Assuming Nothing
Unhappy as Jenny undoubtedly was, she held on very tightly... Read More
Temporary Employees and Operational Problems; Your Use of Temps Might Reveal Warning Signs
A recent Washington Post article, described the life of temporary... Read More
A Tricky Supervision Challenge
Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible... Read More
The Narcissist in the Workplace
To a narcissist-employer, the members of his "staff" are Secondary... Read More
How to Reduce Temporary Employee Turnover
The use of temporary services to stock a farm of... Read More
Demise of the Lone Ranger Manager: A Lesson in Management Communication Style
When executives see themselves as solely responsible for the overall... Read More
Steps in Using the Critical Incident Technique
STEPS IN USING THE CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE:1) The incident. Read,... Read More
Performance Management Made Easy
Performance Management is a process that both employer and employee... Read More
Employers - Protect Yourself from Custody Battles that Hold Your Company Hostage
Child custody? How'd that get to be an employer's concern?When... Read More
The 5 Obsessions of a Passionate Employee
A recent report entitled "How Google Grows?and Grows?and Grows" stated... Read More
Delegation - The Basic Steps To Reducing Your Workload And Creating A Successful Team
If you have a task greater than you can handle... Read More
5 Ideas To Leverage The 3 Stages Of Career Development In Your Organization
In most industrialized nations, the average age a student graduates... Read More
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: The Role of Character in Leadership
This article relates to the Senior /Top Level Management competency,... Read More
30 Ways to be a Butt-Head Boss
1. Trust no one. Not your superiors and not your... Read More
Humor in Business
With the advancement of computer simulators, anybody can repeat all... Read More
Are You in AWE of Your Employees?
Employers have become so concerned about seeming "unfair" or worse... Read More
5 Steps to Identify Core Processes
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Employee Surveys: a Strategic Tool for Positive Change
Do you want to measure your workers' level of satisfaction?... Read More
Dont Let Your Measurements Mislead You
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Increasing the Return on Your Training Investment
Insightful leaders and organizations recognize that training is a valuable... Read More
Management & Leadership - Doing it right in the 21st Century
The Old Way ? Command and ControlAlthough workplaces and management... Read More
Passion for Profits
Business owners and managers are busier than ever. As their... Read More
Safety Policy Sample Outline
Writing a safety manual is a tough job and most... Read More
Selecting Top Talent: Improve Your Batting Average
I recently gave a presentation to a group of business... Read More
You Get the Behavior You Reward
On consulting assignments, here are some of the questions I... Read More
Radical Creativity from Incremental Creativity ? large movements from small changes
Positive radical movement is the holy grail of nearly every... Read More
Leadership Style: What Makes A Good Boss?
In today's competitive environment, companies realize that a good boss... Read More
Knowledge Management - Lessons Learned and How To Identify Them
Many organisations use the term "lessons learned" to describe the... Read More
3 Simple Things the Best Managers Do - And You Can Too!
If it's so simple, why don't managers all over the... Read More
Delegation - The Basic Steps To Reducing Your Workload And Creating A Successful Team
If you have a task greater than you can handle... Read More
Top 5 Services Your Company?s Accounting Department Should Outsource
Accounting is one area which every company has to maintain... Read More
The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - Conflict Becoming the Norm ? Part 1
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that... 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
How To Decrease Downtime and Increase Productivity
All maintenance activities of the workforce must be documented, this... Read More
Five Overlooked Ways To Hire Winners
Here is a true story. My dentist did a "clinical"... Read More
Outsourcing NOT Just for Big Business
Outsourcing has become a controversial issue and a hot topic... Read More
Help for the Meeting-Weary Manager
Most of us have found ourselves working on a team... Read More
Organizational Capital in Politics, War, Sports and Business
Intangible Corporate Assets such as Organizational Capital, Blue Sky and... Read More
The Myth of the Management Team
Every business has problems. That is why the average life... Read More
Meetings: Don?t Just Show Up, Stand Out and Shine
Meetings, whether they're regularly scheduled routines in your company or... Read More
Where Else in Your Business Do You Accept a 60% Failure Rate?
I recently surveyed CEOs and Business Leaders of large companies... Read More
The Dripping Faucet in Every Organization
Each day millions of workers spend 8 hours or more... Read More
Eliminate Performance Anxiety Forever
You've had many years of training in your craft as... Read More
People - You Cant Make Them What Theyre Not
Many business people and managers are spending too much time... Read More
You Cant Afford the Luxury of Disengaged Employees
In today's business environment with increases in staff reductions and... Read More
Communicating When A Crisis Strikes
How would you handle communication if your business or practice... Read More
Identifying Potential in Ourselves and Others
If there is someone nearby as you read this look... Read More
Smart Staffing Practices: Don?t Confuse Activity with Results
Does your hiring process consist of proven practices or just... Read More
Survival of the Fittest: The Road to Human Extinction
I was watching a TV program some months ago about... Read More
Real Costs in Distribution and What it Means To Your Company
Ever feel that all the lawyers in thh Country need... Read More
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
Meetings ? they are a fact of our business lives.... Read More
Managing the Human Resource Project
We obtain strategic results by aligning HR mission, vision and... Read More
Take Your Firm to the Next Level
So you did such a good job in 2003 at... Read More
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