management Tutorials

1. Becoming An Effective Executive

By Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.com In his book, The Effective Executiveread more

2. CEOs And Boards Are Locked In A Spiral Of Doom

By Brent Filson PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required: mail to: brent@actionleadership.com Word count: 700 Summary: The relationship between... read more

3. How Leaders Create Trust

By Steve Kaye Trust is the key to success. Here's how to win trust from others. People buy from you, offer help, and grant rewards based on trust. Here are ways to increase your success by creating trust. While we do most of these things, missing even one of them can ruin it all. Be Dependable Deliver what you promise and promise only what you can deli... read more

4. Develop Your Managers and Keep Your Staff

By Lorraine Pirihi Following on from the last edition of The Organised Times where we spoke about developing the people in your business, this week we're focussing on the importance of the continual development of your managers. Leadership comes from the top down. Poor management skills is the cause of most employee dissatisfaction and results in their poor performance. The following ar... read more

5. What?s in your Electronic Medical Record?

By Mike Nielsen In the age of the internet and rapid developments of information technology, the way we view, edit, and exchange documents is changing and becoming more and more advanced. The medical world is no exception to this as medical records are now becoming known as electronic medical records or EMRs. If you are one who is somewhat unfamiliar with electronic medical records, then this ... read more

6. What You Can't Ask a Job Candidate is as Important as What You Can Ask

By Stephen Spain mepatwork.com 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 rsums to making an attractive offer to the one person you believe best matches the specifications of your open posi... read more

7. Planning Special Events - Part One

By Heidi Richards, MS If you are in the Event Planning Business the strategies needed to make an event memorable and profitable are extremely important. They require a certain amount of planning and a whole lot of commitment to achieve the ultimate goal: Having a Great Event with just the right number of attendees! An event, which leads to even more success, referrals, more business, and most likely... read more

8. Reducing the High Cost of Absenteeism

By Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer Employers pay a high price for absenteeism, often more than they may realize, in terms of both financial and production losses and employee morale. Managers may view the tasks of finding a substitute employee as a short-term inconvenience; however, absenteeism frequently has more serious long-term effects. Employers can, nevertheless, ensure that employees report in regularly and ... read more

9. Is Your Workplace Suffering from Contagious Stress?

By Graham Yemm We wonder how many of you might recognise this scenario? Although it happened with a male manager, it could apply to men or women. The manager we worked with had been promoted to a more senior role and was experiencing demands from all sides. He became increasingly tired, was working long hours and spending less time with his family. His overall energy dropped, anxiety levels i... read more

10. Quick Quiz - Measure Your Meeting Mastery

By Steve Kaye How effective are your meetings? Take this quiz to find out. Heres an easy quiz to check the health of your meetings. 1) Who leads your meetings?  a) No one, b) Whoever has the loudest voice, c) A facilitator 2) What happens to the ideas in your meetings?  ... read more

11. How to Deal With Salespeople

By Steve Kaye Sales people can be relentless. Here's how to protect your time and your sanity. If you're an executive, you may sometimes feel like a open jelly sandwich at a picnic. Every crazy critter in the world wants to bite into your budget. Here's how to protect your time and preserve your sanity. Ask questions Many salespeople work from a script. Rathe... read more

12. How a Computer Consulting Business Can Help Your Company

By Joshua Feinberg While many small companies only call in a local computer consulting business when something computer-related breaks, theres a lot to be gained by forging a proactive, long-term relationship with a local computer consulting business in your area. Consider Getting Advice from a Computer Consulting Business If you need to get advice once-in-a-while ... read more

13. Blueprint for Leadership - How to Be a Better Leader

By Steve Kaye Here is a description of what people want in a leader. How do you compare? If you were to build a house, you would begin with a blueprint. This blueprint proves useful because it contains more than directions on how to build a house. It also describes the finished house. So, what does this have to do with leadership? Last month I asked an audience of le... read more

14. Leadership For Deep Results: Without Them Are You Wasting Your Leadership And Your Life? (Part One)

By Brent Filson The author asserts there are two kinds of results leaders achieve, standard results and deep results. All leaders know what standard results are, but few leaders know what deep results are. In the long run, standard results, though necessary, are far less important than deep results. I've challenged all leaders I have worked with during the past two dec... read more

15. The Magic And Mystery Of Teams

By Len McNally 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... read more

16. Dynamic Interviewing Practices

By Charlon Bobo The pre-hiring process can be a challenge. If youre reading this article, you are finished with the pre-hiring process and are looking for tips that will guide you through the interview. Much time and energy can be invested and in the end, wasted, if your approach is not focused, deliberate, and specific. The following approaches have resulted in engagi... read more

17. Maximizing the Two People in Us

By Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.com Everyone of us, in reality, has two people inside... read more

18. Character: Is It Necessary In Leadership? (Part Two)

By Brent Filson One element of leadership that many leaders ignore or neglect is character. Is it a necessary ingredient in leadership? The author answers the question with the challenging observation that character can actually drive leadership results. In the first part of this two part article, I talked about the importance of character in leadership. After all, the... read more

19. Workplace Violence: The Bullying Factor

By Felix P. Nater A lot has been written about the workplace bully and so my approach will deal with the assessment and analytical process of workplace violence. During my years as a Postal Inspector on a Workplace Violence Interdiction Team in New York, I quickly gained an appreciation for the value of determining the "root causes" or "contributing factors" of incidents of Bullying and Bully Tacti... read more

20. Your Ultimate Leadership Feedback Loop: Their Leadership

By Brent Filson Leaders need feedback to thrive. If they don't constantly evaluate how they are doing as leaders, they face repeated failure. Here is one important feedback mechanism that most leaders ignore. Life on our planet flourishes through feedback. If life forms don't develop feedback loops and get good information about how well they are interacting with their... read more

21. Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 2, Multiple Conversations

By Steve Kaye A simple side conversation can eat holes in a meeting. Here's how to stop them and bring your meeting back on track. (This is the second of a seven part article on Managing Monsters in Meetings.) Side conversations ruin meetings by destroying focus and fragmenting participation. Approach 1: Ask for cooperation Start by asking everyone to coopera... read more

22. Using PMS ? The Productivity Management System? to Discover What You Want in Business and in Life

By Heidi Richards, MS When I dream big, I see the possible, I discover potential, and realize that almost anything is within my reach. Heidi Richards "The purpose of setting goals is to help us to focus our attention. The mind will not reach toward achievement until it has clear objectives. The magic begins when we set goals. It is then that the switch is turned on, the cur... read more

23. What You Can't Ask a Job Candidate is as Important as What You Can Ask

By Stephen Spain mepatwork.com 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 rsums to making an attractive offer to the one person you believe best matches the specifications of your open posi... read more

24. Evaluating Your Event

By Heidi Richards, MS Evaluate Immediately! It is important to do your evaluation/assessment of the event while the details are fresh in your mind. Include anyone in the evaluation process that had a stake in the event. Stakeholders would include vendors, hired staff, volunteers and employers. You could host a debriefing session or a wrap up meeting to accomplish this task. Make this a pleasant expe... read more