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Author :: Don Midgett  |
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| Article Title :: Mission and Vision Statements - Foundational to Successful
Change |
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Successful leaders and organizations are vision driven rather
than problem driven. Some management tools fail to affect any
change; but here is one that will, if properly implemented.
Mission and Vision Statements have been crafted by organizations
for years. The attention to mission and vision is warranted, as
studies indicate that organizations that have Mission and Vision
Statements quite simply outperform those that do not.
Here are a few varied snapshots from the e-book Mission and
Vision Statements: Your Path To A Successful Business Future to
show the difference these statements can make in your business
and life: •A family-owned inn had operated for three generations
without tur (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Steve Wright |
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| Article Title :: Be Proactive - Covey Habit #1 -part a |
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The first Covey Habit is to "be proactive".
Now when I first heard this I thought this basically meant "do
stuff". Proactive people to me were people who simply did things
rather than sit and watch, they took the initiative. So to me
this was going to be an easy one, and being the first I thought
it should be. WRONG!
Proactivity here is about choice. It's about taking the
initiative to stop - think - choose. The biggest hurdle for most
of us is realising we have choice. Covey separates what happens
around us from how we react to it. I'll say that again another
way, as it is extremely core to the chapter and the rest of the
book: Covey separates what happens to us from how we decide to
re (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: The Cost of Stress - the Need to Monitor and Manage the Risks! |
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How much attention is paid to one of the biggest underlying risk
factors within an organisation - the effects of stress? Not only
are there a lot of potential risks arising from the spread of
stress within an organisation, it costs them a great deal of
money!!
Let us start with looking at some hard-nosed numbers (based on
the UK.).
The CBI estimate that there is a cost of £4bn per annum to
industry as a direct result of stress related absence.
This figure can rise to over £7bn when you consider the loss of
productivity!
A recent survey by the HSE indicated over 550,000 cases of
absence as a result of stress, depression and anxiety.
A further 66,000 were absent with heart problems (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: Presentation Paranoia |
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"The human brain starts working the moment you are born and
never stops until you stand up to speak in public." (Sir George
Jessel)
Have you had this feeling before? Rest assured you are not
alone. You might be one of the many who would rate your fear of
public speaking alongside or ahead of death! Your fear may
translate itself to "FEAR" - Forget
Everything And Run!!
Having the ability to present yourself and your message to an
audience, whether internal or external, is a necessary skill for
a good manager and leader. By following some simple steps you
can improve your skills in this area, reduce your fear and build
your confidence. As you have (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Erich Heintz |
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| Article Title :: Tips For Maintaining Client Relationships |
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You may reprint or publish this article free of charge as long
as the bylines are included.
Original URL (The Web version of the article)
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http://www.defendingthenet.com/NewsLetters/TipsForMaintaini
ngClientRelationships.htm
Title ----- Tips For Maintaining Client Relationships Customer
Relations Is Not Just A "Sales" Function
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Consulting is a service business and engineers, administrators
and technicians are the heart of it. Sadly, too many of us see
customer relations as a “sales” function. While the sales
department can be very effective at generating leads and
performing a lot of the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: Is Your Workplace Suffering from Contagious Stress? |
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We wonder how many of you might recognise this scenario?
Although it happened with a male manager, it could apply to men
or women. The manager we worked with had been promoted to a more
senior role and was experiencing demands from all sides. He
became increasingly tired, was working long hours and spending
less time with his family. His overall energy dropped, anxiety
levels increased, sleep was disrupted and concentration and
focus diminished. He no longer took time to exercise, found
himself snatching meals of dubious quality and kept himself
going with constant fixes of coffee and Red Bull. Apart from the
impact on him - what do you think were the effects on his family
and the people w (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: Getting the most from appraisals - from both sides |
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Does your organisation have one of those annual 'occasions' that
few look forward to: the annual appraisal or performance review?
How do you look forward to it? I wonder how people talk about it
before and after?
Are appraisals worth doing? If done properly - yes. If done
poorly - no!!!
Why have appraisals? When carried out properly they can achieve
a number of benefits for all parties. The organisation, the
manager and the appraisee can:
establish current levels of performance, and the organisation
benchmark across departments or functions
identify ways of improving performance, individually and
collectively
set clear goals for the future
assess potential and desire for development
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: Coaching can get the boss in shape |
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Who tells the boss that they can improve their management or
leadership? How do they look at themselves objectively and
identify what areas they can improve and the benefits of doing
so?
These days many people have become more aware of the need to
look after their bodies and their health. Not only do many join
gyms or start participating in sports regularly – a number are
using personal trainers. Why do they choose to do this? Consider
top performers in the sports world, or areas such as drama and
classical music. What do they have in common? The majority have
the equivalent of the personal trainer (or more than one!).
These are the people at the top of their field and yet they
choose t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Graham Yemm |
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| Article Title :: Who do you talk to? |
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Many of you reading this will be running businesses, or parts
of, whether they are your own or not. This means that you have
many things to deal with on a day to day basis plus trying to do
the long-term thinking needed to lead and run the business. You
probably find yourself being very busy, possibly working long
hours and, if you are honest, being reactive most of the time.
When do you get (or make!) time to really think about your
business or the way you are operating personally? (Working on
the business rather than in it!) Among the dilemmas you face
are; making time to tune out and relax, time think about the
business, and finding time talk to about the issues and
frustrations.
When y (read full article) |
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| Category :: Management Articles |
Author :: Alex Polonski |
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| Article Title :: Ukraine: a Prospective Player on the World Software Outsourcing
Market |
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The destruction of the Soviet Union about 15 years ago, made a
huge country with a great level of IT science divided into small
bricks. Nowadays, despite Russia's expansion into the world
software development market, Ukraine keeps playing an important
role here too. There are several prerequisites for this.
Prerequisites
Traditionally, Ukraine always was a technical region of the
USSR. No wonder, the IT education was and still is one of the
most popular and respective education in the region. Such
well-known Ukrainian universities as Kyiv National
Technical University, (read full article) |
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