Oct
16
I see a PR firm has done a survey on the amount of time Canadian
CEOs spend on communication, and found they spend almost half of
their time on communication.
I think we're supposed to be impressed that CEOs spend that much
time on communication. But, quite frankly, what else does a CEO
do? And, if you consider both direct and indirect communication,
wouldn't that be more like 90%?
So, what do CEOs do, and how much of that involves communication
of one kind or another?
Well, they make ...Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
9
Article Title: Company/Employee Handbook as Organisational
Improvement Tool Author: Stephan Szugat Contact Email:
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Company/Employee Handbook as Organisational Improvement Tool
A business is only able to grow as fast as the internal
organisation is able to process higher ...Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
1
Management guru Tom Peters says white collar workers and
managers in functional departments need to protect their futures.
They have to learn "the difference between doing totally
acceptable work and creating very new value...." he notes, in an
Industry Week article. In other words, people in departments
like Human Resources and Finance need to become entrepreneurial.
With that in mind, let's look at three ways you can use
communication to add new value, whether you work in a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
30
For that special client or that special secretary, a corporate
gift basket is a great way to make someone feel important. From
making a good first impression, to thanking a client and letting
them know that their business matters, to rewarding your
employees for a job well done, gift giving is important in the
corporate world.
Corporate gift giving can be tricky, with some customers or
business associates having policies limiting the monetary value
of what they may accept, personal preference, ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
29
Discover The Coach Within You
One of the three basic roles of leadership is the coach or
mentor. The best boss is often the best coach. (See:
http://tlc-leadership.com/the_three_faces_of_leadership) In
sports the coach is very conscious of his role but in the
business world most coaching is unconscious or even accidental.
Just as many a dad learned to coach by jumping in with his son's
baseball or hockey team or his daughter's basketball team most
manager / coaches learned the art through a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
28
THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY
Since the beginning of the industrial era our world has been
facing what some historians call an ongoing "crisis of
modernity". As fast as we adjust to new circumstances, the
circumstances change again, and, the rate of change seems to be
multiplying exponentially. Of all the demands imposed by twenty
first century leadership, perhaps the toughest is the ability to
not only manage change but to instigate it, control it and to be
it's master. Dealing with the ever ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
20
Discover The Coach Within You
One of the three basic roles of leadership is the coach or
mentor. The best boss is often the best coach. (See:
http://tlc-leadership.com/the_three_faces_of_leadership) In
sports the coach is very conscious of his role but in the
business world most coaching is unconscious or even accidental.
Just as many a dad learned to coach by jumping in with his son's
baseball or hockey team or his daughter's basketball team most
manager / coaches learned the art through a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
18
"R.O.E.: Return On Employee -- A measure of corporate business
performance as determined by the gross revenue achieved per
staff employee."
by Phil McCutchen Marketing Manager, VCG, Inc.
As the definition above points out, ROE (Return On Employee)
focuses on your staff, the people who generate the revenue that
makes your operation profitable. For any business with
above-average employee turnover, ROE is a critical component of
success that is too often neglected by management. For the
purposes ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
16
What You Can't Ask a Job Candidate is as Important as What You
Can Ask By Stephen Spain mepatwork.com
As a human resources professional or business owner, you face
many challenges during the hiring process, from sorting through
stacks of job applicant résumés to making an attractive offer to
the one person you believe best matches the specifications of
your open position's job description. The whole procedure is
more than time-consuming; it can be stressful as well. None of
the demands of ...Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
13
Introduction Projects and Operations are quite distinct sets of
activities that, when mixed, can cause unnecessary havoc with
the management of each. They have different resourcing
requirements, require different management styles and have
different objectives. Projects are time-constrained and initiate
change. Operations are ongoing and suffer change, sometimes
unwillingly...
This short paper is a brief overview of the definitions,
descriptions and characteristics of each set of activities. ...Read the rest of this entry »