Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
Want to hear a fascinating story? Let's sit in at a meeting of the human resources department of a large corporation.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
I bet you can't tell me how leadership training andstrategic planning work together to boost business resultsand energize performance improvements.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
A 'dirt-world' retail business I used to manage had a large turnover, a very high profit, and less than 100 lines. Early in 2001, I was contracted to manage another business. This one carried over 800 different lines, yet had a turnover of only about a sixth of the other business, and a lower profit margin. They both had a comparable amount of traffic and credibility in the market, so how can it be that the results were so different?
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
A lone ranger is someone who prefers working in solitude or isolation. Sometimes life circumstances can call for us to adopt this attitude. When it comes to marketing our business, however, adopting this mentality can prevent you from achieving the success that you desire.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
Why risk the embarassment when with a little basic PRtraining, you as a business, non-profit or associationmanager can always be ready for battle?
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
If you're old enough and were living in America about 30 years ago, you may remember the scandal in the motion picture industry known as "the Begelman affair" or "Hollywoodgate."
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
There's a great little article ('Business Lifeforms') on the back pages of the UK's leading management magazine, Management Today each month. It's a spoof (at least I think it is) about some fictitious key player in a fictitious organisation. For January, it's about Ken, who's a 'Facilities Manager'.Now Ken has seen it all and truly worked his way up from th
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
If you think ahead and plan, many nightmare panic and chaos situations can be overcome.By ensuring that you have a great group of people around you, there will be moreto fall back on when the going gets tough - because that, as they say, when thetough really do get going. Big challenges can be very difficult to face -and they can be fascinating and exhilarating. So here's some thoughts on how tomake the best of these times, by getting ready in advance and making it work.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
You may have the MBA but if an internal critic constantly berates you, or you have feelings of self-doubt, low self-confidence, fears of rejection or other negative emotions your chances of success may be quite limited.
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
In the bestseller, Good to Great, Jim Collins discovered that, "the good-to-great companies continually refined the path to greatness with the brutal facts of reality."
Published 26.05.2006 18:45:00 | Management
Every small to mid-sized business owner would love to know how to effectively keep a pulse on their marketing and customer service efforts. The common barrier that all companies run into is how to cost effectively measure and control this process.
Published 26.05.2006 18:44:00 | Management
Talk to as many consultants as you can before hiring one. Even if you have one person or firm in mind, interview at least a few others as a sort of due diligence. You'll probably find that each interview helps you focus on the issues you're hiring a consult to help resolve.
Published 26.05.2006 18:44:00 | Management
"It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change". -Charles Darwin
Published 26.05.2006 18:44:00 | Management
Marketing gurus are always coming up with new lingo but oftentimes they are restating the old tried and true concepts in new terms. Marketing students from the 70's and 80's will be familiar with the acronym USP. USP stands for your "Unique Selling Position" and it should be the cornerstone of your marketing.
Published 26.05.2006 18:44:00 | Management
Today's employees are not only interested in security or in pay and fringe benefits. They are often placing increased value on being recognized and involved in reaching personal growth goals. As a supervisor you must be aware of these new values. Keeping your employees' interests and priorities will help you better motivate them to work well.
Published 26.05.2006 18:44:00 | Management
There was a buzz in the air recently about the US Postal Service. Seems as though they were running into a budget deficit in the billions.
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