Performance Management

Systematize your life for success. Expect more and execute better every time with process improvement. Seek out a business coach to guide you through your steps to success.

The Ultimate Survival Guide 101, For Expat Managers, Major Domos And Local Talent

Whether you just arrived at your new overseas posting, or are a long time seasoned expatriate manager with years of experience, understanding the prevailing economic, political, cultural and social settings is a critical success factor in your quest for overseas business success.

Leadership - Motivation Magic

Everybody talks about motivation, but hardly anybody tells you how to do it. Here are some things you can do to get the results you want from the people who work for you.

Safety in the Workplace - It is Everybody's Concern

While safety is a high priority in manufacturing and industrial companies, office safety is also a serious issue that needs the same attention. Accidents and injuries can happen everywhere and the resulting pain and trauma it causes are the same, whether it occurs in a factory or an office. Adequate safety planning needs every employer's attention.

Leadership in Social Care - Do You Care?

Following a recent government report highlighting a leadership crisis in the business world, we now have a parliamentary review in Social Care which highlights a similar lack of leadership with in the social care sector. What's it about and how can we ensure leadership skills are developed for the future?

Leadership and the Harry Potter Syndrome

Most companies use the Harry Potter Syndrome for leadership development. This methodology creates undue stresses on the organization leading to losses in productivity, employee loyalty and bottom line results.

Outstanding Examples of Quality Guest Service For Restaurant Managers

Here, I'd like to offer a more personal piece. We're going to learn about how to give quality guest service by examining customers-eye views of outstanding examples. these are various incidents encountered in all varieties of establishments, from both sides of the counter, over the years. they're incidents that stick in the mind.

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.

Effective and Responsible Employee Termination Interviews

It is the occasion that every manager has faced-terminating an employee. Few managers can say that this is an easy part of their job. Terminating an employee is always a difficult and stressful task. In today's volatile workplace environment this task is even more difficult.

Dealing with Difficult Employees

Conflict can also be a catalyst that sets the stage for needed changes. Although there is no such this as dealing with conflicts perfectly, but there are ways that you can utilize in solving conflicts.

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.

Effective Meetings Increase Productivity and Teamwork

When negativity, drama, and office politics get you down, the solution might be regular meetings. Most managers don't know how to engage their staff and develop the problem-solving skills of their staff. The weekly meeting if facilitated correctly can raise your people and performance to the next level.

Effective Problem Solving with Creativity

The traditional linear approach in solving problem has limited use, especially when you are under pressure to generate innovative solutions. Using creative thinking technique such SCAMPER, you will be able to adopt a new approach in managing your next problem solving session.

Leadership Development

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