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Author :: Megan Tough  |
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| Article Title :: Business Leadership Skills - Managing the Human Being Behind the Business |
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| Managing the Human Being Behind the Business
It’s a common problem and we’ve all seen it - business owners that are just ‘too busy’ all of the time, and as a result, do not enjoy the success in business they had hoped for. Let’s not kid ourselves, there is a lot to focus on: technology, employees, sales, marketing and so on. These functions are essential and need to be well organised and managed.
But there is a second aspect to business success that is often overlooked – the effectiveness of the person running the show. Businesses are a reflection of the people who run them. If those people are ‘too busy’, stressed, or poorly organised, then these characterist (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Megan Tough |
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| Article Title :: Plans & Goal Setting - Kicking winning Goals |
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| Kicking Winning Business Goals
The competition for business is hotting up. The advances in new technology, ease of communication, and increasing expectations from customers have combined to make the marketplace more competitive than ever. In this world it is critical for small and medium businesses to be proactive about creating their future. Without proactivity, things just seem to ‘happen’ without your control.
A management system that is centred around goals is one tool that the business can use to craft its future. This is a system of deciding what you are going to do everyday based on the goals you are working toward.
It sounds simple enough, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Marcia Zidle |
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| Article Title :: 50 Great Ways to Motivate and Not Break the Bank |
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| Quick, Easy, and Even Fun!
1. Smile, say “Hi! How are you doing today?”2. Regularly invite someone to join you for coffee.3. Send them flowers, chocolate, a bunch of balloons.4. Provide a group lunch---pizza, six-foot sub, barbecue.5. Write someone a thank-you note and put a copy in his/her file.6. Hand out coupons for an extra 30 minutes for lunch. 7. Make a donation to their favorite charity in their name.8. Give out tickets to a movie/play/cultural/sporting event.9. Celebrate achievements with bulletin boards, videos, E-mail.10. Catch and recognize someone doing something right, not wrong.11. Write a letter of appreci (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Marcia Zidle |
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| Article Title :: Performance Appraisals: Nightmares or Sweet Dreams |
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| Some managers think of performance appraisal meetings and recollections of torn Achilles' heels or root canals immediately surface. They're sort of "been there, don't want to go again" situations. The more it can be put off, the better.
Study after study shows that both managers and employees are very dissatisfied with performance appraisals and often view them as a necessary evil to get over with quickly. Here are seven strategies to turn performance management from a nightmare into a sweet, or at least tolerable, dream.
1. Prepare for the appraisal meeting. Give yourself adequate time to review an employee´s file, complete an evaluation of their per (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Gene Griessman, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Birds of a Feather May Be Turkeys |
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| Birds of a Feather May Be TurkeysBy Gene Griessman, PhD
Birds of a feather do flock together. It's true. Given a choice, most of us will seek out people who think like we do, people with whom we feel comfortable, those we won't quarrel with. Visit any company cafeteria and you will noticethat the people at the tables will be in groupings from the same discipline, department or ethnic group. As a general rule, relationships do not usually thrive when there are profound differences in values, abilities,temperaments or lifestyle. Differences attract, but -- more often -- they repel. Individuals sometimes get involved inrelationships with unlike individuals, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Marcia Zidle |
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| Article Title :: 10 Ways New Managers Become Great Leaders |
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| "It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead and find no one there." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Persons accepting promotion from individual contributor to leader often do not realize the extent of the change. All too often they assume that they will be doing basically the work as before except that they will now be ‘in charge’. In reality, a major change in responsibility is occurring. The new leader requires a different set of skills, attitude and behaviors. When we asked seasoned leaders what they wished they knew then that they know now, this is what they said:
1. Research your new job. Find out all you can about (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Monty J. Sharp, CPBA |
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| Article Title :: Are You Managing to Lead? |
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| For many people, the terms "manager" and "leader" are synonymous. In the business world, they are often used interchangeably, i.e. "team leader", "team manager", "project manager" - you get the idea. And why not? After all, leaders and managers do basically the same thing, right?
In some instances, there do seem to be commonalities between the two and management techniques are sometimes confused with leadership traits. However, there are, I believe, some key distinctions to be made that radically separate the two.
Here then, are what I consider to be some key differences between a leader and a manager:
1. A manager administers. A leader i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: Cold Water Comments - What They Are and How to Manage Them! |
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| Cold Water Comments - What They Are and How to Manage Them!
Cold Water Comments are those comments, phrases and ideas that are meant to discourage, disparage, discredit and generally douse your ideas! There are several things you can do to keep those comments in someone’s bucket or warm them up once they’ve been tossed.
Planning for the Cold Water - With Towels in Each Hand!
Step 1 - Identify the Possible Cold WaterMake a list of all the comments you have heard in the past and might expect to hear now. Once you have identified the list, determine how you will respond to each of them. (Remember that at t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: Great Groups! - Getting a Group to Think Like a Genius |
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| Great Groups! - Getting a Group to Think Like a Genius
Wouldn’t it be great to have an Edison or Einstein, or Mozart at your next meeting? If you had a genius at your meeting, do you think you might come up with better results? Let me be the first to tell you that those people won’t be at your next meeting. But there are some things you can do as a facilitator - some techniques and tactics that you can use with the group that will help them work better. In this article you will learn some of the strategies of geniuses (adapted from Thinking Like a Genius, by Michael Michalko in the May 1998 issue of The Futurist), and how to apply them within any group (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: Six Reasons to K.I.S.S. |
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| Six Reasons to K.I.S.S.
“Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.” - Clement Mok, Chief Creative Officer, Sapient
We’ve all heard THIS acronym, K.I.S.S. – Keep it Simple, Stupid! While I prefer, Keep it Splendidly Simple; the point is the same. Make it simple! All of us have heard the phrase. All of us nervously laugh and knowingly nod our heads when we hear it. All too often we don’t follow this sage advice.
We’ve all heard the joke that a consultant is someone who will tell you about how to design, build and sell a watch, when all you wanted to know was the time. We are ster (read full article) |
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