Increasing Productivity and Efficiency in Modern Corporations

So how is your work ethic today? You know the Corporation is dead set on efficiency and productivity because this is directly related to profits and you and they both know it too. So how does the modern corporation help you do your best and improve your productivity these days.

The Stress of Success: Trapped in a Gilded Cage

One form of burnout is Trapped in a Gilded Cage: too successful and too obligated to quit but sick of it all and exhausted.

Stress Reduction - Quit Managing People!

Managers will experience less stress by imaging their work as managing the processes, scheduling, and communication involved with the work of the people he or she leads. In reality managers do not manage people but, like a coach, they coordinate and lead so that everyone can do their job effectively.

Cream Does Not Rise: Above It All

Getting promoted to escape a boring job function which has become unbearable is not good for the person or the company. The promotion is risky and the situation needs to be remedied in order to prevent the same thing from happening to whoever fills the lower position.

What Role Does Human Resource Management Play In A Business?

This article explains the role of the human resources function in the management of a business.

The Best Laid Strategic Plans

The goal of long - term planning is not to strategize but; to prepare key minds to make sound decisions. Most companies invest a significant amount of time and effort in a formal annual strategic planning process but, many executives see little benefit from the investment.

Time Management For Work From Home Executives

Are you dreading your next crisis? As a business owner you must know how to get the work out, even during a crisis. These suggestions will put you back in business, handling the crisis like the true professional you are.

My View - Leading by Team Management Approach

As I am writing a course module on project management leadership for the project management online courses recently, I retrieved one of the viewgraphs I used to present in a seminar back in 2003 and as I read along I found how these points are still relevant to leaders who wish to lead by Team Management Approach and hence this article.

10 Annoying Employee Work Behaviors and What to Do About Them

Regardless of the time of year, annoying co-worker behavior can become a problem for any business. Here we outline 10 common annoying behaviors and what you can do about them.

Managing From The Side - 7 Great Ways To Lead People Who Don't Report To You

How can you get results when managing a group of people over whom you have no authority? Manage from the side. While heading up a project group - by definition - involves directing individuals who do not report to you, in an increasingly competitive, rapidly changing business world, even in day-to-day management, the conventional approach of issuing orders and delegating down is giving way to a lateral style. where one leads by facilitating - rather than directing - the contributions of others. This how-to article gives 7 great tips for effectively leading non-reports.

Leadership Development

This article focuses on leadership in the workplace, for both aspiring leaders and those managers who are taking on leadership roles.

Employee Recognition and Service Awards - Showing Appreciation to a Company's Best Asset

What constitutes employee recognition? Are service awards and employee recognition synonymous? Learn what the current trends are for recognizing a company's most valuable asset - employees.

Accounts Receivable Collection Tips

The accounting gurus will tell you that you recognize your sales at the time your product or service changes hands. We all know it doesn't really happen until the cash changes hands and sometimes that can be a problem for many businesses. Here's how to change that.

MARS Model of Individual Behavior and Results

In order for organizations to reap the benefits of positive employee behavior, managers of all levels should implement a proven model of behavior analysis. The MARS model by McShane and Von Glinow identifies how a better understanding of Motivation, Ability, Role perception and Situational factors impact employee performance.

Just Live

Managing anyone beside your self can be challenging. First you have to be sure you are going into it for the right reasons. Don't do it to feel important, you're bound to be tripped up and shown how insignificant you really are in the general scheme of things. Don't do it to have control, nobody will let you control them if they have a choice, even if that choice is to quit. Do it because you want to serve. That's a great beginning.