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Occasionally, we may hear of a violent incident taking place at a local business establishment. If the story reached the media, chances are some sort of physical altercation occurred. It’s not everyday that we hear about such an event.Read more…
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Last week my newsletter included an article titled, "Never Give Up."I made a mistake by linking two baseball players to the Detroit Tigers, who actually played for another team.That newsletter was number 280.Read more…
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In a fast-paced, high-stressed society, such as our own, it is extremely necessary to reward individuals for their hard work and dedication. Due to the fragile state of our current economic standing, many Americans are finding it very difficult to maintain a positive morale when it comes to the workplace. This has been an ongoing issue for many companies within the past few years.Read more…
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In any organization, enterprise or work place there are two types of employees. One group tries to distance themselves from the powers that be, the boss. The employees in the other group try as much as they can to be recognized by the boss.Read more…
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Render more service than that for which you are paid and you will soon be paid for more than you render. The law of “Increasing Returns” takes care of this.
Napoleon HillIs America the only country in North America dealing with diversity?Read more…
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Does it turn you off when you’re introduced to someone by your given name and few seconds later that person addresses you by the wrong name? Tom rather than Tim? Or June instead of Jane?Read more…
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According to one estimate, there are over 700,000 forms of nonverbal communication which can be grouped into general categories: facial expressions and eye behavior, gestures and postures, vocal characteristics, personal appearance, touching behavior, and use of time and space.• Facial expressions and eye behavior.You face is the primary site for expressing your emotions; it reveals both the type and the intensity of your feelings.Read more…
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Elocution has been around for centuries as a means of helping people to speak with more clarity and finesse. But can some simple elocution lessons or voice coaching lessons actually help improve your impact when you speak today? And does it really have some place in business training?Read more…
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As I am no longer involved in Corporate Office affairs I am conscious in writing this article I am in danger of sounding like a grumpy old man. But in relation to corporate office politics I saw something this week that astounded me.In The Times of London on a management and business page there was a write up with photograph of a chap who coaches people in how to succeed at office politics.Read more…
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Occasional conflict is a fact of organizational life. There are a variety of reasons why it arises, many of which are normal and natural. However, left unaddressed and unmanaged, conflict will increase business risk and financial loss as well as reduce work performance quality.Read more…
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I recently found myself being burned out at work and so I decided to instill some much needed HUMOR into my personal and professional life. I had been a sales executive for the last 15 years, I was making a very comfortable living and everything looked great on the outside, but on the inside I was certainly doing more crying than laughing. I was on the rode traveling 4 days per week, my marriage was on the rocks and I believe I was suffering from a mild case of depression.Read more…
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Let’s say goodbye to why and try. I will try to tell you why.Why is pretty much a useless word, especially when it stands alone.Read more…
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Safe storage of materials is a critical component of any workplace safety plan. Proper storage will also increase productivity in the workplace.Certain chemicals such as flammable liquids have very specific storage requirements and require special safety cabinets to properly store these items.Read more…
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As more of our population reach retirement age, retirees are looking for something to keep them busy. People volunteer for various reasons, when we have children, we volunteer to work with our children in scouting, church work, school functions and sports. With more free time available as we retire, we volunteer at hospitals, churches, etc.Read more…
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Congratulations. You’ve made the commitment to improve communications around your corporate headquarters with digital signage. You’re convinced it can grab the attention of your fellow employees, inform workers of important announcements and even motivate them to attain higher levels of performance.Read more…
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Employee Development In Flat OrganizationsIn team-based organizations, opportunities for promotion come rarely. So how do you provide opportunities for team members to grow and develop? Follow these suggestions:>> Enrich the job.Read more…
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How to give feedback to employees is one of the most frequent issues that my coaching clients raise. Usually the situation is framed as dealing with a problem employee – someone who won’t listen, doesn’t follow instructions, isn’t careful with his or her work, or somehow isn’t working out. Sometimes the individual really isn’t the right match for the job.Read more…
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Teamwork is much more challenging task that doing an individual project. While doing teamwork one should proceed from one step to another keeping the whole flock together, managing the interchange of ideas, views and experiences, deploying individual tasks as well as dealing with different individual behaviours. At the same time, one has to concentrate on the real motive of the project report, not to mention the least.Read more…
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CultureCultures differ in how they communicate, how they use their time, and how they view themselves in terms of empowerment and decision making. These differences are likely to become apparent in business sessions with people from other countries. There has been considerable research done by anthropologists, psychologists and businesspeople on what these differences are and how we can learn to work effectively within other cultures, as will be described in this chapter.Read more…
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I once applied for a job as a Training Manager in a dynamic and rapidly developing organisation. My application was successful and I was delighted to find out that one of my colleagues whom I got on with very well from my previous organisation (we occasionally had barbecues at one another's homes) had also applied for a job with the new organisation and would be working alongside me. Apparently and unbeknown to one another, we had both applied for the same role as Training Manager.Read more…
