- Are Management Roles Changing Today?
There are a number of conditions that are impacting the roles of managers today. A few of them are: - Are You A Planner Or A Crisis Management Expert?
One of the biggest shortcomings of many managers and business owners is the lack of ability, willingness or time required to plan. Planning involves a variety of issues, steps, agendas, requirements and time. In the long run, my experience tells me that managers who spend adequate quality time planning an activity, project, strategy, campaign or any business event will save money, time, energy and will contribute greatly to their bottom line, competitive position and overall reputation and success. - Are You Managing By Example?
In today's fast-paced and rapidly changing business climate, it is critical that organizations maintain flexibility, fast response time, customer focus and agility. The vital ingredient necessary to accomplish all of these is creative, imaginative, loyal, productive, motivated and well-trained employees. - Are You Managing Top-Down or Bottom-Up Or Both?
There are only three ways to manage your organization, department or branch – Top-down, Bottom-up or a combination. - Budgets, Forcasts and Sales Quotas
Over the years, I have observed any number of approaches to getting employees to work more effectively, smarter and harder. You would be amazed at how naïve many managers are today when it comes to understanding human nature, motivation and emotional needs and drives. - Can You Handle Bad News?
One of the common errors poor managers make today is to shoot the messenger who brings them bad news. These managers typically want nothing but good news. They often see the bearer of bad news as negative, not a team player or a troublemaker. Their attitude is often: - Can You Think Outside The Box Or Are You Stuck In Old Thinking?
Today, more than at any time in history, I believe being a successful manager, executive, business owner or supervisor requires an active imagination, creative vision, problem solving and, to quote the popular phrase, thinking out of the box. - Common Hiring Mistakes
If you have ever made a hiring mistake, read on. One of the difficult challenges facing managers is finding good talent among the seemingly limited number of available manpower resources today. - Do You Have A Morale Problem?
You would be amazed at how many organizations today, both small and large, have a serious moral issue lurking beneath the surface of all the smiles, happy faces, agreement and apparent cooperation between employees, employees and managers, and employees and customers. - Do You Have A Strategic Planning Process That Works
I'll bet 50% of the companies who are trying to successfully compete in the marketplace and who are trying to grow profitably do not have a strategic planning process that works or they don't even have one at all. - Does Your Management Style Need An Overhaul?
During a period of uncertain economic times, mergers, acquisitions, re-structuring, increased influence of technology, increased foreign competition or any number of other market and consumer shifts, attitudes, trends and expectations, it is vital that management be aware of the impact of their management style on the performance and productivity of their employees. - Don't Go Out Of Business Slowly From The Inside Out
Are you going out of business in slow motion and you don't even know it?There are forces at work both inside and outside every organization that, if not dealt with in a positive and pro-active way, can contribute to a lack of customer retention, poor productivity, shrinking profits and a loss of competitive position in the marketplace. - Don't Shoot The Messenger
One of the common errors poor managers make today is to shoot the messenger who brings bad news. Their attitude is often - Eight Leadership Myths
It is unfortunate that many managers today fail to understand the role that leadership plays in the execution of their roles and responsibilities. Over the years I have read over 300 definitions of leadership. There are hundreds of books available on leadership and numerous seminars are held each year professing to teach people how to lead. And yet, many managers fail to grasp the importance of this critical attitude. - Empowered Employees Are Up To You And Your Management Style
One of best ways to determine how empowered your employees are is to observe their behavior. Do they behave the same when - Ever Made A Hiring Mistake? They Can Be Very Costly Both Short And Long Term
Finding and keeping good employees today can be an on-going challenge for many managers and organizations. There are a number of reasons for this. - Got Any Sacred Cows?
I have not yet worked with or seen an organization that didn't have some policies, procedures or philosophies that were sabotaging their success. I'll bet if you look closely you can find a few in your organization. The questions you need to ask are: - Have Some Fun Today
Most people take life far too seriously. You and I are not going to get out of this life alive so why not enjoy the gift of life today as if it was your last. - Have You Looked In The Mirror Lately?
Hindsight is 20/20 or so the experts have been telling us for years.There is only one place you can change the future and that is in the present. Yes, history can be a relevant teacher and the future can only look either dim or bright but at the end of a day or a year or your career all you have is memories. - How Are You Handling The Five Biggest Challenges Facing Managers and Business Owners Today?
With all of the changes, challenges and uncertainty facing managers and business leaders today do you think the roles of managers, supervisors, executives and business owners are changing and if so how? Here are just a few that I have observed during the past few years coaching and consulting with many of my clients in a variety of industries worldwide. - Is Crisis Management Your Standard
Crisis mis-management is the result of a management style that fails to consider a variety of forces at work in organizations today. Many executives and managers that I have interviewed during may career seem to have had a romantic love affair with this style of decision making, delegation, policy making and utilization of corporate resources. They seem almost proud, that this is the way they run their organizations. - Is Your Ego Killing Your Business Or Career
Ego has cost corporate America more money than any other single factor. This is caused by poor decisions, thwarted initiatives, products that have out lived their life cycle, acquisitions gone bad etc. - Maintaining Culture Integrity After A Merger Or Aquisition
It is a puzzle to me why so many organizations do such a poor job of blending the cultures of the two merged organizations into an effective, focused, and successful new corporate entity with a clear direction, culture and personality. - Making Top-Down Decisions Without Bottom-up Feedback Is A Sure-fire Way To De-motivate Employees.
I am not suggesting that every decision made in an organization, department, division or group should involve every employee’s concerns, attitudes, problems, wants, issues or needs. I am, however, suggesting that - So - Are We Having Fun Yet
People who work in a fun environment are more productive and loyal. - The Most Frequent Management / Leadership Mistakes
Over the years I have observed and worked with numerous managers, business owners and executives in a variety of industries worldwide and I have made a number of observations. There tend to be common consistent management mistakes and errors that are made routinely. - Vision And Mission Statements - Are They Worth The Trouble?
In a highly competitive and rapidly changing world, organizations need focus, clarity and clear direction. One of the tools that can contribute to this outcome is a mission - vision, defining statement and/or statement of purpose. In my opinion, it doesn't matter what you call it as long as you have some way of determining what you are, what you are becoming and why you want to get there. - Want To Run Better Meetings?
Most meetings generally take too long, cover too little, end without specific plans, objectives or outcomes and waste time, money and resources. - When Was The Last Time You Just Walked Around Your Organization?
When was the last time you got out from behind your desk and just wandered around your department or organization with no particular agenda in mind other than to just talk with the members of your department or organization? It is called MBWA. - Who Are We And Where Are We Going?
After 34 years of consulting with clients and speaking to groups of managers, executives and salespeople, I have discovered that there is a common problem among many businesses today. It is a sense of identity, or, in the words of one manager I interviewed last year, "I don't know who we are or where we are heading, and yet I am supposed to help us get there." These feelings are common among many workers today whether expressed or kept to themselves. - Why Not Take This Management Quiz Now?
Why not give the following quiz to your management staff. It will give you an idea of their understanding and application of some of the critical issues, concepts and techniques that have an impact on their performance and success as managers. If you feel your team could benefit from an in-depth custom in-house management training program, please give me a call. I will be happy to discuss a custom curriculum for your staff with you. Please call me if you would like the answers to this quiz. - Without Effective Feedback Employees Will Continue To Perform Poorly
It is amazing to me, after working with hundreds of organizations over the past 30 years and observing or coaching thousands of managers, executives or business owners, as to how many just don’t get this very simple management principle: you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior repeated, reward it. Let people know you appreciate their effort, dedication, energy, time, etc. If you are getting negative behavior and you ignore it; it, too, will be repeated. - You Get The Behavior You Reward Not The Behavior You Want
Don't like the behavior you are getting from an employee or group of employees? Stop looking at the behavior and start evaluating the reward system that is in place that is causing the behavior. - Your "R" Quotient Will Determine Your Success As A Manager
Do you know what your "R" quotient is?
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