Every serious company traces its performance in some or other way. Performance management is a mechanism to control business activities. With the introduction of the Balanced Score Card, performance management became more interesting, because it widened the scope of performance management with non-financial figures.
Yet, the easiest part of performance management is still finance. Any (stock […]
Managers and leaders who are overly negative and critical in the name of facing reality alienate their employees and customers, close down honest and open dialogue in their organizations and foster cynical, hopeless and lifeless cultures. Ignoring the positive while focusing only on the negative can be a form of management malpractice. But management malpractice […]
While writing an article recently on effective ways to bridge the IT/Management communication gap, I realized that few of us are eager to take responsibility in our business lives to make something different happen and be part of the solution.
Indeed, we have a culture based on blaming: sellers would obviously close more sales if it […]
It’s surprisingly simple to get started posting your very first
auction on eBay. Here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Open an eBay seller’s account.
If you’ve bought things on eBay, then you already have an
account - just log in with it and click ‘Sell’ in the toolbar at
the top of the page, then click ‘Create a […]
There’s an old joke about the New York City blackout. Power was out everywhere, and the electric company couldn’t figure out what was wrong or how to fix it. Finally, they decided that the only one who could solve the problem was a long-retired worker who knew the system inside and out. He came out […]
Having effective time management skills means that you are able to utilize your time and get a list of things done in an established time frame. When you are able to accomplish all tasks on a list in the given time, you know you have good time management skills. You can see the problems it […]
A number of years back I was in a meeting with two HR representatives at my company. They were explaining to me how the HR organization wanted to be more “strategic” with its clients and how they wanted to help us with annual resource planning. At the time, our biggest problem was […]
People respond to good leadership! Period! It is in all aspects of our lives, not just business. A mother is a leader in her home; a son may be leader of a team sport or a daughter the leader of the debate team. A group relies on the person in charge […]
“A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
Lao Tzu
Have you ever wondered if your organization could improve if you just along with your staff? It can, Leader! The leader-follower connection has a direct impact on the mentoring/discipling process. Let’s analyze a volatile situation. You are […]