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How Much Money is Poor Morale Costing Your Company? (Popularity:  )
http://www.measurable-solutions.com
As a business owner I've had staff come and go over the years. Some have done extremely well and others not so well. During the time I was directly involved in running my business I found some weaknesses in myself that tremendously affected things that were going on. It was not uncommon for me, whenever something was not going well, to ignore it. Sometimes I would hope it would go ...
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Setting up Successful Performance Improvement Initiatives (Popularity: )
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Most initiatives start to fail because they fail to start!
One of the hardest things to do in many organisations is to set up a successful change initiative. This is because creating change is not seen as integral to the future success of the organisation. It is also because people often don't know how to do it.
There are seven essentials to setting up a successful initiative:
1. Assign an accountable Sponsor
2. Identify ...
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How to Effectively Deal with Staff (Popularity: )
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Business owners I have met commonly know what they should do but most of the time they lack the courage to make the decision and act. I see this so often - an owner knows exactly what he needs to do to expand his organization or handle a particular staff member, but chooses to do something else; something easier to face, something easier to confront. This choice, in essence, makes ...
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Alignment of People is essential for High Productivity (Popularity: )
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In today's workplaces, characterized by more work, less people, faster changes, greater complexity, greater connectivity, and separated people; the alignment of work through people is essential for high productivity. In most cases, complexity and change make it almost impossible for managers to maintain high quality alignment to keep work flowing. So there is an urgent need for a better solution to managing alignment.
Work alignment is ensuring that the work being ...
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Spend Money to Make Money (Popularity: )
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We have all heard the phrase you have to spend money to make money at some point. This is very true in the business world. The goal of every business is to reduce expenses while increasing revenue. While doing this can be difficult at times, there are some great ideas businesses can implement to do just that.
Advertising and marketing strategies can be time consuming and expensive. However, they get the ...
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Know what is happening - Know what to do (Popularity: )
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In today's fast moving, distributed workplaces it is becoming more and more difficult to know what is actually happening. Without knowing what is actually happening, it is very hard to work out what needs to be done by who and when.
There are many methods that provide information on some of the things that are happening, but they are not connected. For example, different methods are used to manage and provide ...
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Management Diets Don't Deliver (Popularity: )
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Just as most of us know what it really takes to lose weight, most are also aware of what is necessary to manage well. Both things are simple, but they are by no means easy. Much as being healthy requires a lifestyle change and a return to the basics, so does being a good manager.
The way to lose weight, of course is to burn off more calories than are consumed. ...
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The Seven Success Factors for Your Business Continuity Plan (Popularity: )
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In 1993 a bomb in the Bishopgate district of the City of London caused £350 million worth of damage. A SafetyNet study revealed that of the companies without a contingency plan and affected directly by the incident:
-Only eight percent survived in the long term.
-The remaining 92 percent:
40 percent failed in the first 18 months.
12 percent failed within five years.
40 percent never re-opened.
You may be thinking that ...
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Cutting Costs while increasing Productivity (Popularity: )
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The current economic crisis is causing managers to revisit how they do business. In most cases, minimizing costs is high on the agenda.
When costs are cut, there is usually a negative effect on productivity. If resources are cut, people may not have all the resources they need to work productively. If people are cut and there are insufficient people left to do the work, reductions in output usually follow.
Solutions where ...
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Improve Technology ROI: Focus on People (Popularity: )
Buzzwords are great. They give us an excuse to nod our heads, act like we are paying attention, and then completely ignore issues without giving them a second thought. As long as we use buzzwords we appear (if only to ourselves) to know what's going on and we are on top of the challenge at hand. Perhaps the greatest part of working in technology is that we are never at ...
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