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- Work-Life Balance - What Does It Really Mean?
Sep 21, 2009
How to balance work life and personal life - this is a question and issue that many people face However, the first question that should be asked is...
Category: Self Improvement
- Cues that Influence Employee Behavior
Sep 16, 2009
When asked to sum up his fifty years of work in the field, notable psychologist William James said, "people tend to become what they think about...
Category: Management
- Three Choices For Time and Money
Sep 16, 2009
In the kickoff session to my leadership development engagements, I ask participants to identify five goals, either personal or professional, that...
Category: Leadership
- Protecting Supervisor Credibility
Sep 16, 2009
Employee loyalty depends primarily on the relationship between the employee and his or her immediate supervisor While the supervisor's skills and...
Category: Leadership
- Keeping the Troops Focused
Sep 16, 2009
Most managers are faced with the problem of keeping everyone in the organization focused when there are so many distractions, especially in today's...
Category: Management
- Email - Are You Managing It or Is It Managing You?
Sep 16, 2009
I wonder sometimes whether we are managing all of the technology that is at our disposal in today's world, or whether in fact it is managing us...
Category: Internet
- Finding and Retaining Talent
Sep 13, 2009
A recently published study by the Achilles Group highlights a key issue faced by many businesses When top level executives at small to medium sized...
Category: Management
- Succession Planning
Sep 11, 2009
Succession planning is a vital activity that every business, from a small, family-owned enterprise to a large corporation must do in order to...
Category: Management
- The Value of Experience
Sep 11, 2009
The work force, particularly professional and staff employees, are becoming more mobile In the 1970's, the average person had seven employers...
Category: Management
- Effective Use of Executive Time
Sep 11, 2009
Most executives that I work with have a common complaint--they don't seem to have enough time to do everything that they want to do My answer is...
Category: Management
- Cultivating Employee Loyalty
Sep 11, 2009
Recent statistics show that workers in their twenties change jobs every two years The percentage of people now working as "free agents" is over 28...
Category: Management
- Performance and Compensation
Sep 11, 2009
One of the most complicated and frustrating issues that most senior leaders face is how to use pay practices as a way to improve company...
Category: Leadership
- Gaining Employee Trust
Sep 7, 2009
It is very difficult to get anything done in any relationship if there is a lack of trust This applies to employer--employee relationships as well
Category: Management
- Ethics in the Work Place
Sep 7, 2009
Ethics is defined as "the principles of conduct governing an individual or group" Our personal ethics guide decisions that we make each day
Category: Management
- Performance Appraisals and Performance Management
Sep 7, 2009
I am currently involved with a client in facilitating the development of a new performance appraisal system for the company It has given me the...
Category: Leadership
- Leading Through Values
Sep 7, 2009
One of the biggest barriers that senior leaders face in delegating and taking work off their plates is having the confidence that people below them...
Category: Leadership
- Right Sizing Vs. Down Sizing
Aug 24, 2009
My wife and I have been exploring the idea of downsizing to a smaller home With our children grown and gone, we only use about a third of our house...
Category: Management
- Building a High Performance Leadership Team
Aug 24, 2009
The ultimate success of any organization--whether it is a business, a non-profit organization, or even a social club--is determined by the...
Category: Management
- The Cure for Management Overload
Aug 17, 2009
It is not easy being a leader today Most organizations have eliminated layers of management and the average span of control for managers has...
Category: Leadership
- The Impressive Captain Demetrious
Aug 17, 2009
Last month my wife and I took a cruise to Alaska Being a student of leadership and management, I could not help but be impressed the first time I...
Category: Self Improvement
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