A Corporate Facelift With Sound Bytes (13 Jun 2006) If Baby Boomers can get botox and tummy tucks, then why don't companies receive facelifts to improve their image as well? The telephone is the lifeblood of any business. Use it respectfully. Don't ...
A Fast and Simple Way to Update Your Business (13 Jun 2006) You open your computer, the flashing button says, "We have a new update for your software program. Do you wish to update now or later?" You choose the Update Now button and immediately your compute...
A Guide To Performance Management (13 Jun 2006) Nowadays, great significance is being given to Performance Management, as companies incorporate them in their effective management strategies. However, a lot of people find this process a complicated one, mostly because of the many options that it offers - on the organization, a specific department/branch, a product or service, and employees, among others.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles (13 Jun 2006) That's right; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Too bad a lot of us never get around to taking that first step. Henry Ford helps put it in perspective.
A Leadership Lesson: Two Guys With Guns (13 Jun 2006) Summary: All leaders get to a point where they feel blocked in their jobs and careers. They feel they can't go on, or even if they can go on, are progressing much too slowly. The author gives a surprisingly effective pointer he learned from a crime novelist on how to become unblocked.
A Leadership Screw Driver: The 90 Day Improvement Plan (13 Jun 2006) All leaders must eventually deal with poor performers. The author describes a method to help poor performers become good performers. It is based on developing and executing a 90-Day Improvement Plan.
A Man and His Razor (13 Jun 2006) Ockham's Razor is the cornerstone of modern scientific inquiry. It's also an essential tool for leaders and managers in any organization. Kinda scary that some of the best advice for leaders today comes straight from the 14th century...
A Management Strategy (13 Jun 2006) When managers get their management so wrong, do they think it is wrong, or do they think they are doing a good job?
A Rare Leadership Skill: Dealing With People Who Want Out By Offering Crowns For Convoy (13 Jun 2006) Most leaders eventually have to contend with people who want to leave their team or organization. How you deal with such situations can be one of the most important things you do as a leader. Here is a simple but powerful process, taught by Shakespeare's Henry V, that will help insure you do the right thing.
A Real Business Coach (13 Jun 2006) There is some confusion as to what makes a good business coach. A good "Business Coach" should have a well rounded background in all areas of the business process.
A Renewed View of the Modern Business Culture (13 Jun 2006) Life can sometimes be unexciting if not refreshed by the will to create according to one's own conscience and freedom. Often, the power of passion fuses into unexciting or appealing activities. One s...
A Sense of Humor in the Workplace ... Is it Me? Or, was that not funny? (13 Jun 2006) When I was first initiated into Corporate America, I had a sense of humor that went unmatched by any mortal soul. I was quick-witted, smart, sharp, and knew every gag and joke available to humanity....
A Tricky Supervision Challenge (13 Jun 2006) Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible adults will assure excellent results. The truth is that while this usually is effective, some people need much firmer limits than...
A Winning Way to Handle New Ideas (13 Jun 2006) How do you motivate employees who already have everything? And how do you evaluate suggestions for improvement?
A Word or Three About Delegation (13 Jun 2006) One of the hardest things for a small business owner to do is to delegate. Properly identifying tasks that can be delegated is easy with this 3 step process.
Accountability and Mega Projects (13 Jun 2006) Record oil prices have given rise to increasingly ambitious and complex international alliances in the energy industry. These large, long term and capital intensive projects carry a great deal of cost and schedule risk which is very challenging to mitigate. We have found that some of this risk can be managed through an emphasis on accountability at all levels of the project organization. Results-based accountability strategies create clarity throughout these complex projects; they ensure that everyone from the senior managers to casual labourers are working together for the same organizational goals.
Accountability Equals Meeting Success (13 Jun 2006) Teams face this situation all the time. Who is accountable for actions once the meeting has ended? Below are four simple steps to solve the accountability problem in your meetings.
Across The Interview Table! (13 Jun 2006) Job interviews are easier for the interviewer or the interviewee if you plan and prepare and use proper interviewing techniques. On this page are job interview questions and purpose of each interview question, because there is a purpose behind each and everything that we do and similarly there should be a purpose behind each and every question that we ask in interview. Good job interviews processes and methods increase the quality of people in an organization. Poor job interviews methods result in poor selection, which undermines organizational capabilities, wastes management time, and increases staff turnover.
Active Inquiry in Organizational Change (13 Jun 2006) Dr. Mike Beitler reveals an essential part of the process consulting model, Active Inquiry. He explains how change consultants can use this system to approach clients in a helpful and constructive way. This article is based on excerpts from Chapter 3 of "Strategic Organizational Change."
