Great Managers Lead Differently

Great managers get repeatable real time results by doing things differently than conventional wisdom. This article defines how great managers use what we know but refuse to practice. This select group of managers walks a different path that often defies the conventional wisdom of current business practices.

Interviewing Tips for Employers - Getting the Right People on the Bus

Employers and managers are often thrust into the spotlight when asked to lead an interview process for their organization, with little training or guidance. Getting the right person on board to your organization, in the right position, at the right time, is one of the most strategic business decisions today.

How Naive College Student Graduates Insult Your Potential Vendors

We have a problem with today's college students, when they graduate from college and go to work for large or medium sized companies; they think they know it all. They run off at the mouth with lots of big buzz-words and prove that they do not know what on Earth they are talking about. Then they insult the other party or vendor with some stupid question such as:

7 Steps To Planning A Great Presentation

Imagine you have just been asked to give a highly complex presentation to the Board of Directors. How might start the planning? Here is a simple but effective 7 step process.

Becoming Successful 21st Century Corporations

What makes a corporation successful? Can we learn from their success? Using the writings of Cascio as a reference, the article reviews the features of the management systems that are adopted by the successful corporations. Corporations that are successful in making profit through people, invariably demonstrates seven common dimensions in their management systems.

Implementing Total Quality Management In Small, Medium And Big Organizations - An Observation

It has been a challenge to implement Total Quality Management (TQM) in many organizations. What are some of the Critical Success Factors in implementing TQM? In this TQM article, the author shared his experience acquired from companies he has worked with as a consultant/Facilitator as well as implementer.

Micromanagement

Recently, I had some business friends complain to me how their employees cannot follow directions. But on the other hand, I also know a lot of people who wonder why management doesn't trust them to do their job properly. You see this not only in the corporate world but in nonprofit organizations as well. Today, managers are spending more time supervising the work of others as opposed to actually managing them.

Implementing Total Productive Management (TPM)

Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productive Management (TPM) can be effective management tools when applied correctly; however, when implemented haphazardly, they can be counterproductive. This article briefly discusses some areas of concern you should address prior to implementing TPM.

Project Scope Is Like a Box of Cracker Jack

Are your projects consistently missing estimated completion dates? Do project management stakeholders always seem to ask for and get more, more, more, while project sponsors won't change the project completion date?

Matter Management Reporting - A Business Objects Approach

A strong reporting implementation is vital to the overall success of any Matter Management system, in many cases driving the benefits that provide the ROI for the entire project. Experienced specialists can contribute dramatically to the success of the effort. The reporting design should be flexible enough to accommodate its ongoing success, as active users will constantly develop new questions for their reports to answer. Good reporting will improve the user experience and management utility of the system, raising both data quality and participation among the user population.

Managing Tqm Improvement Team Success - Who Play A Bigger Role Become A Delegation Cross Road

Managing TQM team success becoming an increasing tasks as an organization faced with day-to-day challenges. While a TQM Team has its own Team structure to manage its success, when the team is not progressing as it should, who has a bigger role to ensure its momentum?

Leadership and Tony Soprano

Television and movies, like history, can provide us with insights on leadership - both good and bad. The mob boss as a leader is not new. It has been explored in both movies and on television going back to the early days of both forms of entertainment. The latest television mob boss will soon be gone. Left to the world of reruns and DVDs. What was Tony Soprano taught us about leadership? Is he a leader to be emulated or to be avoided? In spite of the profession (crime), I say that many but not all of Tony’s traits are those of an effective leader regardless of the profession or field.

Performance Evaluations - Preparing for Difficult Conversations

Does the very thought of conducting a performance evalution cause your heart rate to elevate or give you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach? Understanding how employees might respond to you will help you prepare and make performance evaluation time stress free.