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Author :: Steve Kaye  |
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| Article Title :: What You Don't Want to Know About Bad Meetings |
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Bad meetings are a cultural malady that senior executives pass
on to new employees.
Long pointless meetings are useful in that they keep incompetent
people from interfering with those who are working.
An employee who needs permission to buy a box of paperclips can
spend tens of thousands of dollars worth of employee time on bad
meetings.
Many people attempt to save time by Not planning. This false
short cut guarantees that everyone will spend more time later.
Unstructured spontaneity leads to serendipity, which (in
business) leads to bankruptcy.
Meetings are a magnetic opiate that keep people from the tasks
they were hired to perform.
The main activity in many meetings consists of sim (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steve Kaye |
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| Article Title :: Come Home Rich - How to Get the Most out of Your Next Conference |
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Success in your career depends upon how well you manage your
professional development. A prime source of this development
comes from being a member of a professional association that
relates to your career. As a member, you can attend conferences
where you advance your skills and meet people who can help you.
Some people, however, treat conferences as a paid vacation. They
party, they skip sessions, and they return home with little more
than a stack of receipts. That costs them (or their business)
money and contributes nothing to professional growth.
Here’s how to get the most out of your next conference.
Start With a Plan
First, make a list of your goals for attending the conference. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steve Kaye |
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| Article Title :: How to Save Money on Training |
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1) Use a live instructor. Adults learn best by doing,
practicing, and experiencing. Effective instructors customize
their programs to meet people’s needs, provide counsel on
individual challenges, and respond to questions. Videos, CDs,
and E-learning are seldom effective for primary learning. Since
the greatest cost of learning is the payroll cost of the
participants, you want to make sure the program delivers results.
2) Hire external experts. They can speak candidly about crucial
issues related to complex work skills. They are free of prior
encounters with your staff. And they bring a fresh, outside
perspective based on a worldwide view (instead of an internal
one). Those who specializ (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steve Kaye |
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| Article Title :: Unexpected Wisdom |
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If you have ever traveled across country by train, you know that
meals are served with community seating. That means you can meet
new people with every meal.
In late March I took the train home (to Southern California)
from an engagement in Massachusetts. One evening my meal
companions consisted of a very nice couple and a teenager. At
first, the teenager had little to say. (Parents, does this sound
familiar?) But through my questions he told us that he was 16,
wanted to be an attorney, and could bench press 325 pounds.
Then I asked him, "What three recommendations would you give to
someone in 8th grade about high school?" Without hesitation he
gave an answer that all of us can use. Here (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Anne Alexander |
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| Article Title :: Turnaround or Terminate? How to Deal with "Problem" |
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Do you struggle with a "problem" employee? If so, join the
crowd! Many of my coaching clients - businesses owners or
managers - tear their hair out over one or more toxic employees.
In our business environment, we tend to recreate the dynamics of
the family we grew up, so no wonder problems develop.
It's amazing often a business owner or manager will endure a
"problem" employee, unable to help the employee make positive
changes and unable to fire them when necessary. Tolerating a
problem employee is like walking around with a sliver in your
foot - highly irritating, but you can kind of get used to it.
Then, when you finally pull it out, you can't believe the
relief! That relief generally (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: CMOE Development Team |
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| Article Title :: TRANSITION TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING |
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Introduction: “Why the need for a transition”
Human beings generally thrive on personal achievements. True
leaders, on the other hand, thrive on the achievements of their
team members. Highly effective leaders guide, assist, and coach
team members rather than do the work themselves. Successful
leaders learn to trust others and spend time developing people.
They often do not possess these abilities when they first assume
a leadership position. These abilities develop over time. New
leaders can create a rift with employees because the leader may
become too “hands on,” thus frustrating employees with too many
controls and over supervision. The transition to leadersh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Brent Filson |
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| Article Title :: Make The Elephant Jump -- Leading With A Kind Heart |
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PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in
newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to
the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource
box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is
appreciated but not required. E-mail to:
brent@actionleadership.com
Word count: 567
Summary: A leader who wants to consistently motivate people to
meet tough challenges and achieve extraordinary results must
have a kind heart.
Make The Elephant Jump -- Leading With A Kind Heart by Brent
Filson
Leadership is not about getting people to do what they want. If
they did what they want, you wouldn't be needed as a leader.
Instead, leadership (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Phil McCutchen |
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| Article Title :: Improve Profitable "ROE" with Retention |
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"R.O.E.: Return On Employee -- A measure of corporate business
performance as determined by the gross revenue achieved per
staff employee."
by Phil McCutchen Marketing Manager, VCG, Inc.
As the definition above points out, ROE (Return On Employee)
focuses on your staff, the people who generate the revenue that
makes your operation profitable. For any business with
above-average employee turnover, ROE is a critical component of
success that is too often neglected by management. For the
purposes of this article, we'll focus on the staffing industry;
temporary employment and recruiting agencies that provide
important personnel-related services to the business community,
yet typically suffer (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kim Beardsmore |
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| Article Title :: Keys To Negotiating Well |
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Whether it's buying a car, asking for a pay rise, saying 'no'
to a friend or renting an apartment - at some stage in our lives
we all are going to need to know how to negotiate. Yet, so few
of us know the basic skills before embarking on life changing
purchases or decisions! These 8 keys will assist you negotiate
well.
1. Know the outcome you want. Do you want a win-win
outcome where both parties benefit? Or a win-lose outcome where
someone (presumably the other party) is not happy with the
result?
It is important you know what type of outcome you want because
that will affect the long term relationship you have with the
other party. Win-win outcomes are beneficial where you have (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Anthony Licate |
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| Article Title :: 5 surefire ways to bring your business objectives full circle
with technology |
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All small to mid-sized company owners want to know where their
dollar is being spent when it comes to computer technology in
their organization. The challenge is for them to get the
information they need to make the right purchasing decisions.
‘Tell me in English why you think we need this technology in our
company?’ That question goes through every company owner’s mind
and mouth. Getting the answer that makes sense to them is
another story. How can the people in charge of your company
understand what the value is of specific technology if their
computer support people cannot articulate why it is so
important?
This guide will assist every company owner in understanding how
to commun (read full article) |
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