Management Pros And Cons Of Hiring Consultants I will admit that I have a visceral negative reaction to consultants. That is probably because I spent 26 years at Procter & Gamble and almost 10 years at Microsoft and both of those companies viewed consultants as a waste of money and time. Here was their rationale: Bob Herbold March 27, 2013 1,878 Reads share
Management 6 Ways Companies Can Motivate Smarter As you work to “motivate smarter” seek to diagnose, assess, and understand employee talents, values, and behaviors; and then develop your motivational structures as suggested above to assist your employees to become more authentic. Warren Rutherford March 28, 2012 1,251 Reads share
Management Unleash Your Inner Tiger Mum: She’s Fierce But Means Well As someone reared in South East Asia in a Eurasian household, the controversy over Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and the recent BBC documentary Meet Britain’s Tiger Mums, made me reflect on the cultural values I took for granted on both sides of my heritage Elish Bul-Godley February 27, 2012 1,400 Reads share
Management Managing To Get The Very Best From Your People Workforce alignment requires that you have the right types of people, in the right places at the right times, doing the right things right. We will discuss how to get your employees in the right places at the right times by managing them effectively. Warren Rutherford January 10, 2012 1,402 Reads share
Management Inertia: The Fear Factor For many a year (before I actually grew up) lots of things irked me – none more so than worriers – now we all worry over certain things but I am referring to those people that worry about everything... Julie Anne Lawler September 23, 2010 1,184 Reads share
Management Start Relaxing To Make Your Business Amazing The small business owner (or free-lancer) is often the sole person responsible for time management, tasks, projects, deadlines, paperwork and what seems like five million other responsibilities that can have a tendency... Catherine A Connors September 6, 2010 1,535 Reads share
Management Five Steps to Making Business Decisions As a business owner, you have to make decisions on a regular basis. Whether they are big decisions or small ones, every one has an impact on your business. It’s not uncommon to feel a bit overwhelmed. There is an excellent way to fine-tune your decision making process... Frederique Murphy August 30, 2010 1,154 Reads share
Management Don’t Wanna Be In Your Gang! "D'ya wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang? D'ya wanna be in my gang? Oh Yeah!" Gary Glitter used to sing that song when I was a child, and I used to love it... Mairéad Kelly August 9, 2010 1,131 Reads share
Management Mammy: How Come I Can Hear My Mind Talking To Me? “Errr… what does it say to you?”, “well you know, I just think about how great of a sister I would be to my friend Ellen, how funny I am and how much you and dad love me… Julie Anne Lawler July 21, 2010 1,221 Reads share