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February 1, 2013
Complacency in the Workplace: Overcome Bad Attitudes With Accountable Leadership
4 Reasons Why Complacency Exists & What Management Can Do to Annihilate It
Those annoying words are like scratches on a chalkboard. “This is the way we always do it.” Can you image living life with that attitude? You would never grow, improve or try new things…what a boring life! In business, boring companies don’t grow their revenue, they don’t make continuous improvements to their products, processes, or services, and they are certainly NOT innovators. So how do you lead an organization that has an attitude problem, without...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on February 1, 2013
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January 29, 2013
Effective Time Management Strategies
A guide to making each and every day the best it can be.
By David Shaffer, Business Advisor & Executive Coach, David Shaffer Consulting LLC
The time management dilemma many of us face on a daily basis is that there is far too much to do and not enough time or resources to meet the demands. Having any form of personal life-not a subject for discussion. And with the economy in such turmoil and the expectation of performance equating 'do more with less'-there simply is not enough time to go around.
If this sounds all too familiar, then hopefully...Continue reading
By David ShafferPosted in Professional Development on January 29, 2013
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January 23, 2013
Lessons Learned Templates & Guide: A Managers Toolkit for Continuous Improvement
Create a cultural shift that will improve your bottom line & make you more competitive.
It happens to all of us. Our organization, employees or project teams make mistakes and change course, table good ideas for a “later” date, or receive unsolicited & undocumented feedback from customers. Unfortunately, we forget to address these lessons as actionable opportunities on how TO DO or how NOT TO DO whatever it is that we learned. Instead of capturing and maintain this knowledge, we put it on the back burner assuming we will get to it later, or that we will remember to...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on January 23, 2013
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January 20, 2013
Agile Methodology: A Creative Approach to Project Management
Learn the values and let them drive your actions.
By Ron Montgomery, Management Consultant & Owner, OnPoint, LLC
Agile Methodology was born as a lightweight framework for managing software development. It emphasizes business-driven prioritization, responding to change, self-organizing teams, face-to-face communications and quick delivery cycles. It de-emphasizes sequential processes and detailed project artifacts such as specification documents. Since it’s inception the benefits of the concept have been spread to other...Continue reading
By Ron MontgomeryPosted in Project & Process Management on January 20, 2013
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January 17, 2013
Skills Of A Good Manager - Putting Out Fires
Here Are 5 Ways to Put Out Fires As A New Manager
By Emilie Shoop, Creator and Leader of Shoop Training & Consulting
When you step into your role as manager, there is a lot to learn, a lot to do, and it is easy to get overwhelmed. Almost everyone will tell you that the skills required by managers to learn right away include how to delegate effectively, manage your time wisely, focus on strategic direction, and so on. So will I. No matter what else is going on, all of those skills are crucial to your...Continue reading
By Emilie ShoopPosted in Management on January 17, 2013
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January 16, 2013
3 Tips to Consider Before Taking International Assignments
Make working in a remote location a win-win, not your corporate downfall.
By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion'
Your current company has just offered you a most exciting corporate challenge indeed! It’s one that will certainly stretch you and move you one step closer to your ultimate goal. The opportunities that are likely to stem from this are beyond your wildest dreams! Yet, it IS in the newest and most remote corner of the globe! Here are three tips to ensure you make a well-informed decision about this employment...Continue reading
By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on January 16, 2013
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January 12, 2013
6 Actions That Define Great Senior Managers
Are you a bridge or a roadblock to your company’s success?
Executive Leaders set the strategy, Middle Managers execute the day-to-day, in between are Senior Managers..what do they need to do to be successful? Too often senior management creates a roadblock instead of a bridge to their organization’s success. That’s because filtering information from the top and molding it into a vision for the part of the organization they run, is a skill few people have any formal training in. Without the ability to properly filter, communicate and...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Management on January 12, 2013
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January 7, 2013
8 Simple Steps to Streamline Your Process, Increase Profits & Customer Loyalty
In order to reduce the chaos in your organization you need to know where it exists…so do you?
Within any organization there is constant movement: people come and go, management changes, ideas and work processes get updated. In addition to internal flows, external factors ‘poke’ at the organization forcing reactions that may or may not be streamlined into existing processes: technology advancements, increased customer expectations, supplier demands, market competition. Chaos is the reality of most organizations, but they don’t realize it until the bottom line suffers;...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on January 7, 2013
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January 5, 2013
3 Major Benefits of Cross-Functional Professional Development
Learn to build professional relationships that make you more valuable to your company.
Sometimes we enjoy working with others, sometimes…not so much. Typically, our enjoyment is based on our relationships; we rely on a personal exchange in order to get along & work cohesively. Simply put, personal exchanges are not enough. Here’s why: Business actions, simple or complex, can become personality struggles when a professional connection does not exist. The real goal is to build professional connections. Cross Functional Development allows you to create...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on January 5, 2013
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January 4, 2013
Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life - How Steve Jobs Shaped My Career Without Me Knowing
A Great Motivator to Start Your Year
Wow! Like everyone else, I’ve always been impressed with his work, but never really spent time studying Steve Jobs. That was until last night when I went online to see what kind of management videos are out there. What I found were a multitude of Steve Jobs interviews from the 1980’s through his recent death in 2011. I watched as many of them as I could find. He was amazing, both impressive and inspirational. I never realized how much of an impact he had on my...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on January 4, 2013
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