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  • Overcoming Defensiveness in Employee Performance Evaluation Discussions  By : dave4
    There sits Sally on the other side of the desk during her performance evaluation.
  • Get Your Performance Appraisal Discussions Off to a Good Start  By : dave4
    Here are four suggestions that will make the performance appraisal discussion more relaxed.
  • Teach Employees "Why" and not just How"  By : linchand
    In spite of their best efforts, errors can occur that create problems for the customer, and for the company. Ongoing training classes should be structured with dedicated resources to provide the training needed. Teach employees "why" and not just "how".
  • How to Say "No"  By : Steve Kaye
    We all wish we could say "yes" to everybody and everything. And yet sometimes we have to say "no."
  • How to Deal With "No"  By : Steve Kaye
    Sometimes the answer is "no." Here's what to do next.
  • Check Your Communication Skills  By : Steve Kaye
    How effectively do you communicate? Use this check list to rate your communication skills.
  • 6 Steps to Effective Communication  By : Steve Kaye
    Distinguish yourself as an effective leader by applying these six communication skill strategies. In fact, these strategies are so powerful, they even work at home.
  • Managing Upward - Working WITH Your Boss  By : Terence Traut
    Increase your effectiveness by working WITH your boss.
  • Employee Performance Management  By : Elizabeth Morgan
    Fixation of compensation or wage rates for different categories of employees in a company is an important task of management. The employees are not only concerned with the wages received but also concerned with the level wages received by same level of employees in similar organizations. Hence wage structure may be considered very important. The relative wage-rules must be fixed carefully, because they have implications for promotion, transfer, seniority and other important personnel matters.
  • Dealing with Your Difficult People  By : Terry Paulson, PhD
    Conflict is part of every organization. How leaders deal with that conflict can produce enemies or motivated teams who embrace change. Learn 8 practical strategies you can use starting today as a leader to turn your most difficult people into team players you value.
  • Motivating Others – What’s The Real Answer?  By : Bob Selden
    Whether you are an employer, manager, teacher or parent, we are all at some stage keen to get answers to the age old question of “How to motivate others?” Bob Selden of the National Learning Institute™ suggests some novel responses.
  • 5 Steps To Maximum Productivity  By : John Edmond
    In every business too much time is wasted by owners and senior management on non productive acivities. The result is lower productivity and a significant loss of profits. Here are 5 simple ways to get rid of non productive tasks and boost your productivity.
  • Effective Employee Internet Monitoring  By : Frank H.
    Many business owners find themselves in the position to confront employees about their Internet use. Non-work related activities including online games, Internet shopping, stock trading, Internet radio, streaming media and MP3 downloads represent the new temptations in the workplace.
  • Will You Be a Good Manager? Test Yourself  By : CD Mohatta
    Manager means to manage any work or an organization. To manage is not that easy. Imagine the size of some of the large organizations.
  • Mentoring Programs for Professional Service Firms: Creating Mentoring Relationships that Serve the Individual and the Firm  By : Gayle Lantz
    It seems almost everyone can use a little something extra to help them increase their effectiveness or give them a competitive edge. Those in professional service firms are no exception; however, they do face unique challenges.
  • Mismanagement At The New York Times  By : Geoff Gannon -
    The New York Times Company (NYT) isn’t just reporting the news – it’s making the news. At yesterday’s annual meeting, shareholders withheld 28% of their votes for the four directors elected by holders of the company’s common stock. Nine other directors are elected by holders of the Class B shares, effectively granting control of the company to a group holding less than a 1% economic interest in the business.

    Most of the large newspaper companies have not done a great job o...
  • Hiring the Best - Interviewing Strategies that WORK!  By : Terence Traut
    Hiring continues to be key to a company’s success. Hiring the right staff – with the skills AND characteristics required for success – requires behavioral event interviewing. This article provides insights into effective interviewing and hiring.
  • The Interim Management Lifestyle  By : JHadley
    Interim management isn’t the career for you if you don’t like challenge and change. But for those of us who love both, it brings a rich variety of enhancing and intensive experiences. Just what are the pros and cons of becoming an interim manager?
  • How Do I Build A Winning Business Plan? - Part 2  By : Neil Best -
    Competitor Analysis - Keep it Real

    Failure to identify competitors in your business plan is a warning sign to potential investors that either:- you've not done enough research; you haven't acknowledged the competition you face; or that actually the market is not large enough to support any competition. You're not going to find anyone to invest in your business if the latter is true.

    It is much better if you acknowledge realistic strengths and weaknesses of your closest ...
  • The Critical Components of Human Resources Training  By : Mary Murtha
    There are a few ways human resources training is conducted. For many large companies, a well-trained human resources department is key to running a successful business.
  • Getting Along with Critical People  By : Todd E. Linaman, Ph.D.
    We all have to deal with critical people at times. You know the type - the person who can spot a flaw from across the room, gives unsolicited advice, frequently complains and passes judgment, is negative and seems impossible to please. It can be quite challenging to get along with a critic, especially when we live, work or attend church with them. Learn practical strategies to help you get along better with critical people.
  • Embalming room floors must meet new health codes.  By : Harvey Chichester
    New health codes find ceramic tile grout a harbinger of bacteria and microorganisms in embalming rooms. As municipalities adopt more stringent health codes, ceramic tile still in good condition may not be good enough. Often health inspectors are requesting the ceramic tile be replaced with seamless epoxy coatings to assure clean room standards. Now you can coat right over that good ceramic tile to encapsulate it at a fraction of the cost of demolition.
  • The Modular Office  By : Daniel Roshard -
    Modular office is a great way of solving your office space problems, from construction sites to golf courses, a lot of businesses are using modular office solutions today.

    Modular offices can be found throughout the country, in all regions and areas, this is mainly due to the fact that modular office building has progressed significantly over the last decade or so, and modular offices today can be used as a multi functional moveable spacing solution, the modular office can...
  • Simple Stress-Busting Secrets to Creating a First Class Support Team In Any Business  By : Christiane Holbrook
    Want to work less and delegate but often feel that all work ends up on your desk anyway? That your staff is more concerned with their paycheck than with contribution to your company? You are not alone and yet there are some very simple, incredibly underutilized methods that take only 10 seconds of your time and no tools. This article describes how creating harmony in your business is essential for business success.
  • It's All About Speed  By : Stone Payton -
    (speed) n. 1. Mathematics & Physics. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel. 2. Business & Life. The ratio of results to time invested.

    Speed is distance (results) divided by time, period. Some leaders confuse this with the “fool’s gold” formula: action divided by time. This is a costly and destructive illusion that produces one of two fatal results: either attempting to avoid speed altogether by deferring action, and becoming stagnant—or “red-lining” the culture ...
  • Using Career Enhancement Tools To Become More Successful In Business  By : Joyce Jackson -
    Every career can use a boost from time to time. Salaries can increase and job outlooks look better when career enhancement tools are used to benefit the person who needs several things working in their favor in the workplace. Career enhancement tools vary but one thing is clear and that’s the success you can realize by using career enhancement tools.

    There are many career enhancement tools you can use to help you become more successful in your job or self guided business. ...
  • Psychological Training  By : Phoenix Training -
    Why Train?

    Simple really: training improves skills, techniques, knowledge and attitude whatever an individual's role within an organisation. Ongoing staff training and development is crucial if you want to improve business performance and meet your targets.

    Without a well-trained, skilled team your business won't grow and prosper. But there are a number of initiatives to ensure your staff have the right knowledge and experience required.

    When a company develops a lea...
  • Retooling The Hiring Process For Today's Market  By : Derrick Moe -
    As the Baby Boomer generation exits the workforce steadily over the next 10 years, sourcing new candidates will become a tenuous task. Companies that understand the impending scarcity of candidates and can retool their process will have a marked advantage in acquiring talent.

    One key to properly retooling will shift the current focus from experience to talent. This fundamental change will be precipitated by the need to develop talent as opposed to hiring experience. The ex...
  • Ten Simple Things That Helped Make Me Millions  By : Matt DeAngelis -
    I’ve had my own business since I was 9 years old. I’ve started, bought, sold and helped out in many different kinds of businesses over the thirty some odd years since then.

    I’ve done everything I’ve always wanted to do, and I’ve had a lot of fun. Some of the highlights: I worked on Wall Street, I helped take a company public and I threw one of the biggest VC names in the country out of my office. I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the online and offline space, a...
  • Gary Blum E-Learning: Effective Employee Training  By : Nic Haffner
    Gary Blum elearning is all about wirk training. Training an employee is essential for any business, whether it be a fast food establishment or a multi-million dollar software company.

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