Management has never really been accepted as an exciting or thrilling activity. However, this is mostly due to ignorance. Only a small amount of people have direct experience of what’s involved in management, what managers are like, ...READ»
In these days of pessimism and gloom, anybody can be forgiven for looking back nostalgically at the days when venture capitalists, for example, would sound a far more bullish note, ringing the bell for opportunity. For example: ...READ»
We could all use some good news, especially as it relates to our work+life fit. I’ve spent the last few weeks traveling the country delivering one simple message to a diverse group of business leaders, employees, academics and ...READ»
Whatever the causes, there can be no doubting the result. The world is going through a period of acute economic anxiety and falling economic performance, both in large matters and small. In a sense, everybody has been here before. ...READ»
Every manager knows that appearances should match the realities of the business or other organisation. What do users of your products and services think about these offerings and the experience of using them, and, how do these real ...READ»
Believe it or not: investors are human.
They want you well. They want you to shine. They want to be able to invest in a great business.
Keep that in mind when pitching.
Why would they not? Since they have decided to spend time ...READ»
Plans, projections, decisions, debates, results – all these and many more depend on the provision and calculation of outcomes (forecast or achieved) measured in monetary terms.
However, very few managers have paused to consider ...READ»
Whether it’s finance, marketing, production, strategy, human relations or any other discipline, managers accept that the subject is teachable and that, once taught, the lessons will bring value to managers and the organisations ...READ»
Now is your time.
Will you take it?
The bad news... The economy is in a tailspin.
"Smart" businesses are cutting costs wherever they can - including employees who are deemed unnecessary. ...READ»
Today’s super-bosses get salaries, of course, and very large ones at that; but they also receive ‘performance-related’ bonuses of great size, plus even more magnificent stock options and other wonderful rewards, from massive ...READ»
Sir John Harvey-Jones, who died back in January at the age of 83, was a company man, a hired hand whose promotion to chairman of ICI was the final stage in his rise through the executive ranks.
Thanks to inertia, ICI, as a ...READ»
How, why and by how much should people be incentivised? Are incentives and motivation identical partners? Why do gross errors occur, and how do you guard against them? And how exactly do you use error as a springboard for ...READ»
Effective decision making skills have a direct relationship to prioritizing. As a business leader you have many decisions that you have to make every day. Some are easy, but others are challenging. How do we make sure that our ...READ»
A familiar gibe against the over-managed company is that it has ‘too many chiefs, and not enough Indians’. Whether or not that’s generally true, management certainly has more Chiefs than it did.
There’s the Chief ...READ»
“Don’t worry things are great. Our revenues are at historic highs. Our client list contains the who’s who of the fortune 500. If we just buckle down and increase efficiencies, become the best at what we do and provide ...READ»
Management has always been hard to define. Gurus and managers both differ about whether the activity is art or science or craft or discipline – or if it is inspirational or mathematical. The source of this uncertainty is the fact ...READ»
Social media - everything from Facebook to Digg to Twitter to Flickr - has been quickly snagging the attention of small business owners and employees of big companies across the world. The business applications for these tools are ...READ»
