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Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: A New Manager's Tale
The old adage that "people leave their managers, not organizations" is often true. Of all the workplace stressors, a bad immediate manager is one of the worst and will directly impact the emotional health, productivity, and retention of an employee. This article tells the story of a new manager's search for wise advice that will lead him to a successful career with a new company.
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Employee Ideas Achieve Work Life Balance
Employee Ideas Achieve Work Life Balance
Organizations that enjoy a high satisfaction level in the area of Work/Life Balance will normally exhibit a low rate of absenteeism and experience higher employee retention. This article illustrates how one group of employees worked together to find new ways to achieve a healthy balance between the demands of work and personal or family life.
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Finding The Perfect Balance
Organizations that enjoy a high satisfaction level in the area of Work/Life Balance will normally exhibit a low rate of absenteeism and experience higher employee retention. This article illustrates how one employee's evolving life circumstances required him to make some career changes in order to achieve a healthy balance between the demands of work and personal or family life.
Using, Choosing, and Using an educational consultant
Getting the most out an educational consultant requires planning at all stages, says Terry Freedman, in this update of advice previously disseminated.
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
Today's successful organizations are the ones which carry on open and honest communications with their employees. If employees know and understand the mission, they will help communicate it to customers.
1000 Managers Turned Their Plans Into Energy!
This article shows leaders how to train, advise and
encourage people using their strategic plans as a guide for
making improvements in skills, behaviors, performance and...
Appraisal Systems - Not Living Up to Their Objectives
Almost every organisation has them and for many they are an unnecessary evil which appears to add little benefit. This article covers the how and why of poor appraisal systems and gives a few simple tips that can transform perfomance appraisals within a business.
Burger on a Bun Decision Making
Have you ever had the experience of work through a problem to everyone's satisfaction only to discover a few days later that one of the team members, "still isn't quite sure..." about the agreed upon course of action? Instead of being moved to violence, checkout this article. You'll learn how to make decisons that stick!
Business & Family Safety and Health Rating
For good reason, practically every endeavor in life is rated. I've seen ratings on who or what's #1 in business, industry, NFL, NBA, MLB, person of the century, athlete of the century, technology, restaurants, university, neighborhoods, travel destination, best looking, best movie, best book, etc. It doesn't stop. In fact, there are multiple ratings for the same #1 spot because of varying value systems. Of course, each of us has our independent rating to see if it's in agreement with the masses, the experts, or promotional efforts.
Here's a rating I haven't seen that applies to business and family.
Business Fails When We Do Not Talk
Businesses fail when managers do not talk to
employees or employees do not talk to customers.
Everyone mistakenly believes telepathy is working.
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