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Author :: George F Franks III  |
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| Article Title :: The Five Worst Traits in a Boss |
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| Bosses, also called coaches, are a fact of life unless you are self employed. In that case, your clients and your potential clients are your bosses. But in business, non-profits and organizations, bosses are a reality whether you are a clerk in a mom and pop operation or the number two executive over a multi-billion dollar global corporation. In my twenty-five plus years working for five corporations of varying sizes, I had nearly as many bosses as I had years of employment. Some were great. Many were average. And some were just awful. It is this last category that is the topic of this article. The five worst boss characteristics follow. In each example I have also described the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Anna Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Why Managing Baby Boomers, Generation X And Generation Y Is Impossible |
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| You've probably heard about how, as a manager, you need to consider the varying needs and wants of Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and other "Generations."Well, I'm here to tell you to forget even trying!Because it's impossible to manage any of these Generations.Why?Because none of these Generations exist!That's right -- Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and whatever other Generations there are, are just a figment of the collective imagination of various social scientists, market researchers and self-proclaimed "gurus."Okay, maybe I'm being a bit harsh. Perhaps these social scientists, market researchers and gurus have a legitimate (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Martin Haworth |
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| Article Title :: Help Required - Apply Within |
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| When we lead and manage a team, whether we are business owners, run a department or just supervise a group of people in our business, we are on show.Part of our make up ensures that we 'lead from the front' and take all that the world throws at us - after all, that's what we are paid for - isn't it?This is where many managers struggle, with the pride factor. And pride can cause many pitfalls because we might feel obliged to battle on fending off every issue that comes our way, day after day.Or, we could ask for help sometimes.You see asking for help makes a difference to your people in a number of wonderful ways, makes your life a whole lot easier and sets the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Kenneth Wallace |
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| Article Title :: Getting People to Do What They Know |
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| Remember your first job?Mine was in a Pizza restaurant. One of my tasks was to wipe down the stainless steel oven doors and keep them gleaming because they were in customer view. The manager told me how he wanted it done, how to mix the cleaning solution and how to clean the doors. After a few days of doing this, I found that I could cut down on the amount of cleaning liquid with an increase of elbow grease and still accomplish the results he wanted: gleaming oven doors with no visible streaks – and I could save the store some money as well. I was excited! The next day he saw me doing it my way, came up to me and said, “I thought I told you how I wanted you to clean these (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Anna Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Managing Change In The Workplace |
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| Crash!Aaarrrgh!The scream of a manager scurrying to cope with yet another organizational, technological, competitive, market, industry, socio-political or other kind of momentous change.Yep. Managing in today's world is a bit like walking through a field of land-mines -- any moment now another big change is going to erupt and irrevocably alter the landscape.And you never quite know when or where it's going to explode... or what it's going to do to the environment.Let's face it...Whatever tools you're using today... next year they'll be different.Whatever your customers want today... next year they'll want something different.Whoever (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Heidi Mina |
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| Article Title :: Chaos Theory: The Uncontrollable Factor in the Development of Management Systems |
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| Failures in project management systems can be superficially explained by anything from a lack of project detail to managerial conflicts. However, this failure often has deeper roots. Until we begin to recognize this uncontrollable factor it will be difficult to master the implementation of any management system. This factor is known as the “Chaos Theory” or simply “chaos”. Chaos Theory could be considered a core management theory for the 21st century. According to Wheatley (1992) when management tries to control chaos by “shoehorning” it into a specific structure, an organization is bound to fail. Controlling chaos this rigidly is actually limiting information gathering (Stua (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: John Nilson |
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| Article Title :: Hotel management |
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| What is the future of hotel industry as it relates to the use of technology?Do you envision greater use of artificial intelligence in satisfying customer needs?Will there be fewer public contact careers?In the age of rapid dynamic changes especially since last three decades, when more and more technical innovations began to penetrate in our life and make it more comfortable, it would be incorrect to think that hotel management and other services won’t get any imposing changes.Not that many people believed not so long ago that they’ll use card looking keys in hotel to open their rooms, or that they’ll be able to book places in the hotel without even using (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Christiane Holbrook |
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| Article Title :: Simple Stress-Busting Secrets to Creating a First Class Support Team In Any Business |
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| Stress and an occasional sense of overwhelm is a normal by-product of a successful business. Yes, we are lucky to have all the opportunities that the business world presents to us. And yes, at times, it is impossible to make wise use of our time and resources. So, the result is inevitably: Stress!
We differentiate between primary, situational, short-lived stress and long-term, accumulated levels of stress. The purpose of this article is then to help you instantly with the first type of stress. To give you tools you already possess but we all don’t utilize enough. In addition, my High-Impact Business Coaching Formula allows you to grow thriving businesses while creating rich, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Rick Johnson |
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| Article Title :: How Do I Fire My Son Toby? My Wife Won't Allow It |
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| “I love Toby. He’s my oldest son, he’s Vice President of Sales but he just doesn’t get it. My daughter should be running this business as I transition into retirement, she’s brilliant but she’s married to a surgeon and doesn’t want anything to do with wholesale distribution. She’s quite happy with all the charity work she is involved in. My youngest son has potential but he’s only twenty two and just isn’t ready to take over a $200 million dollar distribution business. Two events have occurred recently that are wearing on me a little. First, I transferred 75% of my stock equally to my three kids, 25% each. All three receive a salary although my daughter rarely appears (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Robert Osborne |
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| Article Title :: The R(E)volution of Lean Manufacturing |
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| Lean Works! For some…Lean Manufacturing as a management tool has taken the manufacturing industry by storm, and companies around the globe have adopted Lean methods in many forms and by many names. Large enterprise companies like Toyota, Dell Computer, and Pratt & Whitney have achieved dramatic reductions in delivery time and lowered inventory levels, while increasing responsiveness to customer demand and improving cash flow.As evidenced in thousands of organizations, in many different industries, “Lean Enterprise” is one of the most promoted and competitive business models in use today. Published case studies provide one example after another of companies that have (read full article) |
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