by Dave Jennings | Management
Some people define leadership as the process of being thrown in over your head…and surviving. In some respects, that’s very true. After all, when you’re in a leadership role you’re in an ambiguous place that doesn’t have answers, yet you...
by Dianne Shaddock | Management
“You are fired.” On Donald Trump’s reality show, he simply utters the words and the contestant says a polite “Thank you, Mr. Trump” before leaving. But if you are a supervisor, you know that real-life terminations do not often work like...
by Craig Nathanson | Management
Managing and coaching is different Think of the best coach you ever had, either at work or outside of work. What did the coach do that was effective? How did the coach interact with you? What kinds of things did the coach help you to achieve? Now think of the best...
by Healthy Wealthy n Wise | Management
“What do the simple folk do, to help them escape when they’re blue”, sang the King in the Broadway musical, Camelot. He felt someone had the secret, but he did not. It’s difficult to force yourself to laugh, and annoying if someone else urges...
by Greg Gillespie | Management
Do wake up each day and ask yourself, “Is there a better way to live my life that doesn’t involve so much stress”? Do you look around your home and see chaos and mess in every room you look? Are your children leaving a mess wherever they roam and you...
by Greg Gillespie | Management
Do wake up each day and ask yourself, “Is there a better way to live my life that doesn’t involve so much stress”? Do you look around your home and see chaos and mess in every room you look? Are your children leaving a mess wherever they roam and you...
by John Eric Jacobsen | Management
My first job after graduating from college was for the Federal Home Loan Bank in New York City. I worked there for two years on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center. Six months into my employment at the bank, I received my first review. Despite the fact that my...
by Lou Scatigna | Management
When the big ball dropped at midnight New Year’s Eve, the calendar changed, but will you? After two years of recession and recovery that is moving slower than molasses going uphill in January, Certified Financial Planner Louis Scatigna, author of The Financial...
by Jill Bromund | Management
If you have any hope for sanity in running your business or department, read this article and implement it. If you want to continue to be overworked, underpaid and resentful of those who work for you who sneak out the door at 5:01 pm while you burn the midnight oil,...
by Dr. Jim Sellner Ph.D. | Management
Must Do: Focus on results, not coaching. Or, as Lance Armstrong said, “Its not about the bike.” It’s about the body, mind, spirit that is riding the bike to the winners’ circle. Executive coaching is alive and well. There’s no doubt that...
by Simma Lieberman | Management
Do Your Employees Know Your Name? Do your employees know your name? Do they even know why your organization exists? If the answer to one or both of these questions is “no,” you cannot possibly have an inclusive culture in your organization. And if...
