Management
Tracking Employee Turnover - An Insufficient Metric - and Some Alternatives
By Gene Reese · 18 years ago
In our current climate of low unemployment, boomers leaving the job scene and the shift from labor-intensive to knowledge-intensive jobs, talent retention and hiring success based on job-fit practices has moved up on the corporate ...
Team Building Seminars – The Winning Corporate Trend
By Paul Tobey · 18 years ago
There has been a lot of focus in recent years on team building. But what is it exactly and why is it important? Well, to make it really simple; when you work as a team ...
Strategy
By Elizabeth Morgan · 18 years ago
Stated in simple terms, strategy is a complete plan designed specifically for attaining the objectives of the firm. The objectives indicate what the firm wants to achieve; the strategy provides the design for achieving them. ...
Creating An Injury-Free Workplace: How To Avoid Corporate Complacency -- the Silent Killer
By Deb Potter · 18 years ago
Every day in the United States on the average, 15 workers lose their lives as a result of injuries or illnesses related to their work – that’s over 5700 people. These people leave behind families, ...
How to support not sabotage employee performance.
By Tim Connor · 18 years ago
Many managers and executives sabotage employee performance systematically and regularly. Why would they consciously or unconsciously sabotage organization success with this destructive management style? Change can be either a curse or a blessing. Most people ...
How To Write A Business Plan And Make It Your Blueprint For Success
By Dee Reavis · 18 years ago
Why write a business plan? There are several reasons why you might want to write a business plan.
1. It is a tool for obtaining financing.
2. It will help unite venture partners in a ...
Interim Management - Questions Asked
By J Hadley · 19 years ago
‘Finding out more about the concept of Interim Management’
It is pleasing to know that the results of a survey found that 95% of respondents agreed with the definition of ‘Interim Management’ – as the ...
Don't Manage, Lead - How To Become a Top Manager
By Dennis Sommer · 19 years ago
Think of all the challenges you face on a daily basis: Motivating teams who are harder to mold and direct than those in the past. Introducing new services more swiftly to keep up with competitors. ...
Can you handle a few tough questions
By Tim Connor · 19 years ago
If I could ask you ten questions, the correct answers to which would ensure your growth, increased sales, and profits this year would you take the time to ask them of yourself?
Your answers to ...
The Interim Manager's / Executive's Role
By J Hadley · 19 years ago
Despite being an absolutely superb resource for many companies 'Interim Management' has an identity problem. In a 'Mori' pole survey in 2001, when U.K business leaders in large conmpanies were questioned, astonishingly, the majority maintained ...
BPM
By Seth Miller · 19 years ago
Business Process Management (BPM) is an e-business system software designed to integrate information technology in business operations through a simplified merger of both systems. The end goal is to maximize resources and streamline the procedures. ...
Things to Consider When Using a Family Limited Partnership
By Jeff Faust · 19 years ago
This FLP Alert is directed at clients and their advisors who have already established Family Limited Partnerships (“FLP’s”) and those clients who are considering a partnership as part of their estate plan.
With all the ...
When Teams Don't Work: 10 Major Reasons
By Colleen Kettenhofen · 19 years ago
"Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz
There are a number of reasons why teams fail, and why there is ...
Conventional Management vs. Out-of-the-box Style
By Mike La Penna · 19 years ago
You hear more and more reference these days to management syles. The Japanese made headlines back in the early 90's with their revolutionary management philosophy that was paying great dividends in the automotive industry as ...
Conflict Management Strategy Revealed
By Dennis Sommer · 19 years ago
Conflict is inevitable. No matter where you work, sooner or later you're going to find yourself in a disagreement with someone. We've all heard of disputes that erupt into expensive and divisive lawsuits. A simple ...
Ageism and Interim Management
By J Hadley · 19 years ago
There is a tendency to assume that employers veer towards people with less experience in the market place. Why is that? Do they consider the mature applicant to be less flexible, less driven and less ...
Meeting New Business Challenges - The Next Generation Project Manager
By Dennis Sommer · 19 years ago
Are you tired being an average project manager, working on average projects, being passed over for promotion, and getting an average performance review? You need to understand something right now. Being a certified Project Management ...
Bits and Pieces: How Project Management Developed
By Carol Meyer · 19 years ago
Could the Crusades have been launched and the soldiers armed and fed without effective project management? Could the Great Wall have been built with ingenious natural materials and a team of millions over a span ...
How to Choose the Right Project Management Software
By Jon Wuebben · 19 years ago
Project management software can help you in a number of ways. In fact, if you are looking for a simple way to organize a group on a particular project, this is definitely something you need ...
Transform Your Organization With Facilitative Leadership
By Glenn Brome · 19 years ago
So, facilitative leadership: is leading by committee ... not!
It is not about getting everyone together and asking, "what do you and you think?" Everything cannot be decided via committee! Especially if your work involves ...