Three Motivation Mistakes Managers Make (13 Jun 2006) Smart companies know that as the competition for talent heats up, they can no longer afford the luxury of another bad manager.
Three Professional Services Resolutions for 2005 (13 Jun 2006) With client expectations higher than ever before, and the gradual industry recovery ahead, professional service providers will need to focus even more heavily on carefully identifying and serving the right clients.
Time Management - How to Have Productive Meetings (13 Jun 2006) One of the greatest time wasters of all are unnecessary or poorly run meetings. If you want to dramatically improve your time management skills, then learn how to have productive meetings. "Brian" is...
Time Management and Team Development - The Yes and No of It (13 Jun 2006) When to say 'Yes'; when to say 'No' - the dilemma! You see we human beings spend a lot of our time saying them at the wrong time - and it gets us into all sorts of trouble, expends our energies and wastes our time. In fact, if we said 'Yes' when we say 'No' and 'No', when we say 'Yes', it would make big, big difference in our lives.
Time Management Tip: Stop Micro-Managing Employees (13 Jun 2006) If I was a fly on the wall what would I hear your employees say? Would it something like this? "They won't allow me to make even the simplest decisions." A big time waster for managers is micro-managing - paying extreme attention to small details and not giving people the authority to do their job. Learn to focus your time, energy and resources on the important tasks of managing - getting work down by and through others.
Time Management Tips for Managers (13 Jun 2006) Late last year I was presenting a workshop for the senior managers of a major organisation. Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assess the challenges these managers were experiencing it became very...
Time to Quit the Rat Race? (13 Jun 2006) North American businesses are full of employees who are bored, frustrated, and looking to do something more rewarding both financially and mentally. In this article, Certified business coach John M McKee discusses some of the issues behind this and what is needed to change the situation.
Time Tracking: Software All Companies Need (13 Jun 2006) Time tracking is essential for al businesses. You need to be able to know just how productive your business is. In many cases, accurate tracking can lead to instances where you'll be able to see just what is holding your company back from reaching its goals. Time is valuable and you do not have much to throw away on useless products. Instead, you need high quality software to get the job done correctly.
Time-Wasting Problems - One Question to Move You Forward (13 Jun 2006) Standing back and assessing where your time goes helps to tell you where you
can make time, for the critcal things in the future of your business. But being able to stop wasting time is a starter. Yet sometimes time-wasters are so repetitive...
Tips for Performance Reviews (13 Jun 2006) If you employ people in your business, you're going to be faced with a number of tricky management issues - dealing with tardiness, sick leave, and keeping your staff motivated.
To Meet or Not to Meet - What are the Questions? (13 Jun 2006) Meetings can be a total waste of time or a powerful and productive communication tool that solve problems, stimulate ideas, promote team spirit and generate action. The results lie totally in how th...
To Outsource or Not to Outsource (13 Jun 2006) In these days of restricted head count and tight budgets, the question of whether to outsource or hire in-house staff is more critical than ever. The technical publications function, however vital...
Too Much Time Treating Symptoms (13 Jun 2006) Ok we've all been there...in that space where management announces the 7th reorganization in 4 years. The reasons are even more perplexing. You know what the real problems are, yet management continues spinning their wheels and your's reacting to the symptom de jour. Here's one for ya-
Top 10 Things Every Business Should Provide for Every Worker - Including the Boss! (13 Jun 2006) Doing business and meeting the needs of workers is increasingly complex. Employees and managers often prefer a cafeteria-list of fringe benefits (a "flexible spending account") so they can choose increased health care, child care or more time off as their individual preferences dictate. But underneath these specifics, there are central needs that most of us want from our work. Money can not buy happiness, and by itself it will rarely purchase a loyal, highly motivated staff (even in a one-person professional office or small family business).
Top 10 Things NOT To Tell Angel and VC Investors (13 Jun 2006) Most entrepreneurs greatly underestimate the difficultly and time required to succeed at raising outside capital. They also underestimate the opportunity cost to their business while they are "away" focusing on something else. You only want to raise outside capital, if you really NEED to have capital to grow. I am recommending to many CEOs I coach and mentor today that because it is so difficult to raise money today, and valuations are not great, it would be a far superior alternative to spend the same amount of time selling, or adding value to your business in other ways, than to spend six to twelve months chasing investors...
Top 7 Methods to Empower Employees (13 Jun 2006) If you find yourself having back and forth misunderstandings with your employees, then you might have a communication problem.
Top 7 Reasons New Hires Resign (13 Jun 2006) You spent time combing through hundreds of resumes. You selected the three best candidates and had a team of people interview them. After collecting their opinions and performing background checks and references, the employee started. One month later they quit. Oddly, there are ways to reduce this quick turnover once you understand what causes it.
