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14 Ways to De-Stress Employee Vacations
Employees truly deserve paid vacations. Theystruggle through stressful jobs most of the year,and productivity goes down if they don't get abreak. From a corporate perspective, investment ingood vacation programs reduces workplace stressabsenteeism, health care costs, and accidents.Many employees, however, come back from vacationwith the half-joking remark about having to returnto... Read More
MANAGING CRISIS; when you?re too good at it
When you are acclaimed for excellence during times of crisis you may not feel so good in a non-crisis environment. You may not shine so bright, perform so well, be quite so acclaimed. If crisis is how you satisfy your personal need to be needed, to feel accomplished, to be... Read More
Spirits in the Corporate Boardroom.......Oh, sure......
There is a growing movement in the spiritual and holistic fields to bring a more metaphysical and human potential approach to the business community. Holism has been intergrating into both the health and mental health professions for many years now. The men's , women's and environmental movements are... Read More
Seeking Help
Where does the time go? Billable time. As a consultant, your practice may be doing reasonably well; you're charging $100-150 an hour. As an independent consultant, you're probably also doing everything from grinding the coffee to editing the umpteenth draft of your brochure.To understand where you spend your time, list... Read More
Delegate or Die!
You Can't Do It All - Learning To DelegateThere is not a single management skill more critical to your personal and professional success as an entrepreneur than learning to delegate. But delegating successfully is much more than simply handing out assignments. It is more an exercise in understanding and accepting... Read More
Communicate To The Four Main Personality Types
You probably know this already, but there are generally held to be four main personality types, which I call: Extrovert, Amiable, Analytical and Pragmatic . Let's take a moment to consider each of them in the workplace. Extrovert: someone who probably has a messy desk; who leaves projects... Read More
Forget The Sandwich Technique
Do you remember being told to use the "sandwich" technique when you needed to reprimand someone? Let me give you an example:"Fred, I'm really pleased with how you've been progressing since you joined us and you're doing a great job. However you're not getting your reports in on time and... Read More
6 Simple Steps to Dealing with Difficult Managers
The challenge of managing difficult managers can be rather daunting, especially when you inherit them! If they are your own born and bred, then hopefully they would have evolved into great managers!Experience shows that difficult managers are difficult because they are angry and frustrated about something or somebody (even themselves... Read More
Is Your Company in Need of Family Therapy?
How Companies Are Like FamiliesLike a family, a company is a group of people who have an ongoing relationship with one another. Companies have several things in common with families:1. Families have distinct ways of communicating and degrees of togetherness. For example:? Communication may be overt or covert.? Relationships tend... Read More
How to Create a Positive Work Atmosphere
Positive versus Negative WorkplacesWe have all worked in places where we grew to dread getting up in the morning, and a few of us have had the pleasure of working for a boss who makes us feel like we can do anything. Let's take a look at the differences between... Read More
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Five Days to More Effective Inventory Management
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Minimising Conflict With Effective Communication
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Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: A New Managers Tale
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The Measurement of Manager Training
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11 Strategies on How to Work in An Open Plan Environment
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How to Manage Your Most Valuable Assets - People?
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Counseling Interviews for the Marginal Employee
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Making Meetings Work
We have all attended meetings that were boring, mindless and... Read More
The Dark Side of Help Desk SLAs
You just signed a Help Desk Service Level Agreement (SLA)... Read More
To Thine Own Self Be True--Its Better for Business: What Arthur Andersen Would Say to His Company
As a child, you probably heard, "to thine own self... Read More
Get Out Of The Stone Age: Give Leadership Talks
160 years ago, the newly invented electric telegraph carried the... Read More
Relationship Building - 5 Tips and 5 Questions
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Hire The Person, Not The Resume
"? [get] the right people on the bus, the right... Read More
Increase Productivity: Five Powerful Actions
How can you make the best use of your energy... Read More
5 Management Decision Making Lessons from a Long Shot. A Heartening Belmont Victory
Like many, I watched the 134th Belmont Stakes hoping to... Read More
10 Fool Proof Ways To Intensify Your Profits
1. Create benefit intensifiers for your list of ad copy... Read More
Internal Prisons: The Thief of Productivity and Quality in our Workforce
As a professional speaker, one of my biggest challenges is... Read More
The Key to Successful Performance Objectives
Have you ever tried to drive somewhere without proper directions?... Read More
One Bad Apple
One Bad Apple I know what... Read More
Take The Guesswork Out Of Problem Solving
In today's chaotic world and uncertain economic times too many... Read More
Strategic Outsourcing: Testing the Outsourcing Waters and Staying Afloat
Before Gertrude Ederle began her historic swim off of Cape... Read More
Lets Make Training More Interesting!
Many HR managers believe that by sending their workers to... Read More
Business Innovation ? Ignoring Content
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation... Read More
Communication in Business
Effective communication in business is not about creating the perfect... 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... Read More
Is Your Brain Getting the Memory Full Message? 5 Ways to Free Up Room on Your Brains Hard Drive
Lynn was tapped to head up the project team for... Read More
Nonprofit Performance: Outcome Measurement Can Be A Good Thing
Does the idea of program evaluation make your stomach churn?... Read More
Management - Mary Poppins Style!
Mary Poppins describes a style of management which has for... Read More
Performance Expectations - 5 Tips and 5 Questions
People want to understand their role - they want to... Read More
The Truth?
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never... Read More
Middle-Aged Managers, the Forgotten Digital Divide
The digital divide is defined by the role computers play... Read More
Budgets!
Budgets! There I've said it. For some the most hated... Read More
Holding Effective Meetings Can Be Easier than You Think!
I'm sure you've experienced those typical "headache" meetings! You know... Read More
Medical Malpractice: Three Myths That Cost Your Hospital Millions
What's the use?Nothing you do will hold down the cost... Read More
Workplace Violence - People are Dying Going to Work
Workplace violence has become a tragic reality today. From minor... Read More
Dont Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Credit Policy
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When Code Freeze Turns To Code Slush
Time To Market (TTM) is a vital concept that every... Read More
CEOs And Boards Are Locked In A Spiral Of Doom
American CEOs are dropping like flies. Boards, armed with new... Read More
Survival of the Fittest: The Road to Human Extinction
I was watching a TV program some months ago about... Read More
Dividing The Loot
It is when the going gets better, that the going... Read More
Using Outlook to Count Responses
Here's a productivity tip that will save you a lot... Read More
Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Begin With Goals
Goals are critically important for the success of a meeting.... Read More
Organizing The Information
Putting a piece of paper in a file folder is... Read More
The New Five Truths of Employee Motivation
Motivation is a term that is so widely used, yet... Read More
Follow Up: It Makes A Difference
A while back the headlight switch on our minivan quit... Read More
Group Decision Making : Are the Decisions Really Made by the Group?
GROUP DECISION-MAKING: Many managers feel they are well-versed in areas... Read More
Comparing Ancient Programs from the East to Modern Programs like Stephen Covey.
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Empowering Others - Giving Them Some Control
It's been a pretty good weekend around the place -... Read More
Why You Should Hold One More Meeting
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