5 Ways to Avoid Employee Burnout

Burnout in employees and managers continues to be a major and costly issue affecting businesses today. Major inroads have been made in maintaining employee health through the use of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and improved employee counseling but days of work lost to depression and a host of other psychological problems continues to cost American employers millions per year.

How Policies Begin – 5 Apes Story

Does your business suffer from policies that just are with no understanding or questioing as to why or what purpose they might now serve? This is an interesting story about behaviours based on an actual experiment that demonstrates why we soemtimes do things without understanding why.

Job Made Easy With Practice Management Software

A unique story outlining the importance of having a medical practice management system and electronic medical record (emr) software installed in every medical practice. Read to find out why the healthcare industry needs to do more to implement medical practice management software into the industry.

Influence Management - Your Fast Track to Greater Impact - Part 2

In part 2 of this 3-part article series, we’ll continue to examine points of influence, the social science research that supports their efficacy, and what you can do as a business leader to use them to your advantage.

Can Businesses Afford To Think Like Consumers?

It should be no secret that successful business people do not think like consumers. We instinctively know that return on investment is more important than price. In spite of our instincts, there are those who would treat us like consumers, and we must avoid the folly they would otherwise plunge us into.

How to Design Effective Employee Incentive Programs

When designed and implemented effectively, employee incentive programs can be an excellent strategic human resources tool to promote employee confidence and boost measurable performance. In fact, employee incentive programs have become an integral part of any company's competitiveness and desirability.

Confined Space Safety Policy - The 9 Policy Headings

The confined space safety policy is needed in many industrial and manufacturing settings. Being comprehensive and efficient is key. This article outlines one such policy.

Employee Incentives You Can Use to Reward Performance

Employee incentives are an important tool not only for the Human Resources department but also as a strategy for companies to maintain the support and loyalty of their employees. Depending on how they are implemented, employee incentives can be quite effective in motivating and driving employee productivity. Here are some examples of employee incentives you might want to consider.

Don't Let Your Sales Management Slip - In Good Times Or Bad

If your business is to both grow and be resilient in the face of whatever might come around the corner in the future continual prospecting for new customers is simply essential. The conventional wisdom is that every business needs to have its sales force spent 20% of their time prospecting that's one day a week!

What's A Salesman Daddy?

Don't have an inferiority complex if you are in sales, be proud. Here is what selling truly means

Small Business Stress Management - Worry Creatively About Money

Financial worries can plague a business manager unless the manager organizes the concerns and schedules those tasks relating to money management. With proper attention to the tasks in a timely manner the financial side of business management becomes nearly worry free. When managers still feel anxiety coming on they are well-advised to vent it out and get it over with, a better approach than fighting their worries.

Do You Know That You Don't Know? (For Business Owners And Managers)

In the 9 countries so far it has surprised me to find that the highly intelligent, well-qualified people in 'techie' companies are ignorant about an issue which has a direct bearing on how well their organization does. 'Do you know that you don't know?'

PM Quick Tips - 5 Ways For PM's to Succeed

A few months back I wrote an article about a list which I had started some 10 years ago when I began managing projects. This list is a hodge-podge of things which worked and things which didn't. I've added items as years have years passed, sometimes subtracted and also updated statements to be more relative as I've grown personally and professionally.

Hire Teamwork-Oriented Employees

You can use pre-employment tests, specific interview questions, realistic job previews, and role-modeling to hire employees who crave to use teamwork and collaboration. This article teaches some terrific ways to help you hire teamwork-oriented employees.

Leadership Matters Change - Ready Managers And The Law of Business

In and of itself, change is prevalent in your organization. Compounding this are the changing demographics of the workforce on top of issues such as management of strategies for new revenue growth, planned culture shifts and initiatives to contain costs.