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Author :: Gerald Czarnecki  |
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| Article Title :: Sarbanes-Oxley and Section 404: Old Dog, New Teeth |
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| The failures we have seen in the quality and integrity of financial reporting in corporate America are clear evidence that something was awry. It is the responsibility of corporate boards, managements, public accounting firms and regulatory agencies to put confidence back into the financial statements issued by our society’s most significant entities. Although some would argue that Sarbanes Oxley went too far, it is also now evident that government action and the use of enforcement muscle was required, if for no other reason than to move toward rebuilding public trust. There is no doubt that Sarbanes Oxley, and in particular, Section 404, has increased the expense of doing business for (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Gerald Czarnecki |
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| Article Title :: Lead to Succeed: The Seven Essential Steps to Work Leader Success |
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| In my book "You’re In Charge…What Now?" I use a mnemonic to describe the seven essential steps to work leader success. The mnemonic is “L.E.A.D.E.R.S” and each of these letters represents an essential step. While I have simplified the elements of leadership into seven words, the essence of my message is that being an effective, peak-performance work leader is simple, but not easy.The responsibility of being an effective work leader is much more important than being an effective “manager”. Every effective manager leads first, and manages second. In my lexicon, there are two things the “person in charge of an organizational unit” does: the first is to lead the peopl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Wendy Maynard |
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| Article Title :: Bye-Bye Boring Meetings! Make Yours Remarkable! |
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| It’s the middle of the night. You’ve woken up with a brilliant idea on how to improve the way your business product is delivered to your customers. You scribble it down and can’t wait to share it with your co-workers during your morning meeting.The appointed hour arrives and you get your idea onto the agenda. Unfortunately the meeting proceeds without focus and at the speed of really good ketchup—slow. The person directing the meeting has gone over the same things you've already discussed ad nauseum, and your co-workers are mired down in dissecting ideas before anything tangible can be accomplished. By the time your agenda item is up for discussion, everyone is tired and fr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Chuck Yorke |
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| Article Title :: Allan Kempert Discovers That Truly All You Gotta Do Is Ask |
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| A year or so ago, I met Allan Kempert. Allan was the Quality Assurance Supervisor for a metal stamping company in Ontario, and just completed Norman Bodek’s book, The Idea Generator, Quick and Easy Kaizen. As Allan explains, he couldn’t put the book down because it was such a simple approach and he knew that it was going to empower the employees at his place of employment. In fact, Allan had tears in his eyes a few times while reading the book because he realized that he had come across a jewel. He spoke to the people in his department and explained how the program worked. He convinced them that it would be beneficial to the company to start a pilot program within their department. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Lorraine Cohen |
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| Article Title :: Focus On the Prize |
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| People talk to me about making personal and professional changes in their life. I hear comments about how hard they think it will be, concerns about their ability to be successful, pressure on themselves to produce results, etc. The anticipation (what you imagine or assume will happen) of the experience can be daunting enough to deter a person from taking the first step! How often does the anticipation match the reality of what happens? If your thoughts and emotions are getting in the way of what you want, read on for 10 tips to get going and stay moving.1. Describe (in detail) one change you want to make in your life. Consider the benefits to you, how your life will improve, wh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Edward Toupin |
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| Article Title :: The Fairness of Office Politics... Integrity and Political Motivation! |
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| I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics in corporate America. Employees say that their managers "lie" or issue "personal attacks" against them. Indeed, based on the pure ideals that we are taught as a child, this might appear to be the case. However, the corporate culture is not the "real world" in which we live out our personal lives. Each corporate culture is its own world with its own rules and reality. To understand this, one must understand the directions and desires of this world and learn how to best adapt to achieve the vision and mission of the corporation.--- Integrity and Politics ---I have to say that the words "integrity" and "politi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Susan Totman |
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| Article Title :: Cultural Differences: Making it Work Virtually |
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| Working virtually adds a whole new dimension to the phrase “cultural differences”. It immediately becomes apparent how different people around the world work, live and network.The barriers have been lifted. We can now work “real time” with people around the world, assisting and serving from thousands of miles away in a flash. What is commonly not considered is the fact that though we are working closely together, we may have vastly different views of the world, various business practices and languages. This can be a mixed blessing and can lead to disaster on many fronts.Language IssuesLearning to adapt to different cultures in a flash can be difficult. Yo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Guy Harris |
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| Article Title :: Encouraging Behavior That Gets Results |
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| You’re the boss, and you have every reason to feel good about your organization.You’ve built a great team.You’ve put strong players in every spot.You have clearly defined procedures for every part of the business.You have incentive, safety recognition, and bonus programs.But something doesn’t seem quite right.Somehow, there seems to be a sense of unease. You can’t put your finger on it exactly, but you know it’s there. It’s what you wake up at 2 a.m. worrying about.What are the symptoms?Well, it’s not that precise. It’s the little things. Like, well, you spend too much time monitoring your workers – checking t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steve Kaye |
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| Article Title :: Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Begin With Goals |
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| Goals are critically important for the success of a meeting. You must know what you
want so you can ask for it. And the participants need to know what you want so they
can help you get it. Without goals, a meeting becomes a journey without a
destination.Unfortunately, many meetings are called without goals. So, you hear people say,
“Well, what do you want to talk about?” This is similar to walking into a factory and
asking, “Well, what do you want to make?” You could end up with anything from ant
farms to xylophones.Thus, your first step is to write out a statement of the results that you want to have
by the end of the meeting. I want to emphasize that you mus (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kal Bishop |
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| Article Title :: Management Consultants, Creativity, Innovation |
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| Most firms have intelligent, capable, knowledgeable managers who are very good at day-to-day problem solving. So why do they need management consultants? There are occasions when consultants bring in specialist competencies, but if that is not the case then their value only really lies in their outside perspective - their ability to frame break from the “company way” and their ability to come up with and implement good ideas that would not otherwise have been thought of.From this it follows that management consultants should be:a) Good at creativity and innovation in general.b) Better than others at it.Following are some techniques that can be used to impro (read full article) |
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