What About The Old Guys?
Wednesday March 30, 2005
Lathom1 says "My team is made up of young and old, male and female, black and white...The senior folks show up, punch the timeclock, under perform, and go home for ... Read More
The Art of Project Management
Monday March 28, 2005
Right now, Project Management skill is very much on my mind for a couple of personal reasons. So let me share with you the four keys to succesfully managing ... Read More
The Toxic Boss Syndrome
Friday March 25, 2005
We all know them. The supervisor who constantly berates their people. The team leader who creates division within the group instead of harmony. The manager who condescends to talk to ... Read More
Employee Motivation Is Key
Wednesday March 23, 2005
Today I had a very interesting conversation. One of the senior employees working for my client announced his resignation effective at the end of the month. I took him aside ... Read More
Lunch With The CEO
Monday March 21, 2005
Although the article Lunch with the CEO is written to describe a way to improve two-way communication between a CEO and his or her employees, the same principles apply to ... Read More
Annual Performance Reviews Are A Waste Of Time
Thursday March 17, 2005
Annual performance reviews usually are a waste of time. They are too infrequent and too formal to be of any value for the person being reviewed. They are something managers ... Read More
Justice in American Business?
Tuesday March 15, 2005
Today, ex-WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers was convicted on multiple counts in his fraud trial and faces as much as 85 years in prison for masterminding the $11 Billion (USD) securities ... Read More
Are Your Top People Ready To Leave You?
Tuesday March 15, 2005
It costs a lot to find, hire, and train a new employee. Smart companies work hard to keep the ones they have. Read Are Your Top People Ready To Leave ... Read More
Incompetent Managers Cost Businesses Too Much
Monday March 14, 2005
The cost to business of leaving an incompetent manager in place is high. It costs the company in errors, lost productivity, high turnover, and low morale. There also is harm ... Read More
Snooping on Management
Friday March 11, 2005
One interesting sidelight of Boeing's decision to fire CEO Harry Stonecipher is how he was "caught". Boeing's decision to terminate Stonecipher was attributed to his poor judgement in having an ... Read More
Boeing Fires CEO Stonecipher
Wednesday March 9, 2005
The Boeing Company brought former Vice Chairman Harry Stonecipher out of retirement to run the company when CEO Phil Condit was forced to resign/retire because of an ethics violation that ... Read More
Required Math for Managers
Monday March 7, 2005
An HR Manager recently told me that her job didn't require math skills. As I pointed out why she was wrong, I started thinking about how important math skills are ... Read More
Key Driver Analysis
Thursday March 3, 2005
There are many things you would like to improve about your organization aren't there? The problem is that you don't have the resources to tackle all of them right now, ... Read More
What Do You Know?
Wednesday March 2, 2005
Many managers have been out of school a long time so it doesn't hurt every once in awhile to remind ourselves what we don't know. I found this eight grade ... Read More