Posts Tagged ‘Management’

Top 5 Hiring Lessons From the Nation’s Best Execs

I’ve collected a number of articles and interviews with some of the country’s most innovative and successful executives to discern exactly how they attract highly talented and energized employees to their organizations that continually fuel their success. There was a lot of overlap and similarity...

July 28th, 2010 | Featured, Hiring, Management | Read More

Manufacturing Skills in Short Supply

A recent article in the New York Times captured the current employment turmoil that defines our domestic manufacturing sector. Although a number of companies do have staff openings, they’re discovering it’s very difficult to find candidates with the advanced technical skills that the company...

July 7th, 2010 | Featured, Hiring, Management, Strategy, Training | Read More

5 Ways to Make a Shorter Work Week Work

Sounds like a dream doesn’t it? Every weekend a three day weekend. No hump day. Two Saturday nights! It actually turns out that the dream of a shorter work week isn’t such a dream so much as a debate we are having with ourselves. Experts tell us that the average worker would have...

July 2nd, 2010 | Communications, Employee Satisfaction, Management, Strategy | Read More

Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips

Safe workplaces don’t happen by accident. They happen when safety is a primary concern and motivator for management and staff alike and when active steps are taken to plan a safe work environment. Want to make your workplace as safe as it can be? Follow these Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips: Design...

February 16th, 2010 | Featured, Management, Safety | Read More

How to Win The Coming War For Talent

Current economic problems and high unemployment numbers are distorting many employers’ perception of the overall happiness and satisfaction of their employees. When unemployment is high and uncertainty in the job market reigns supreme, people with jobs tend to hold onto those jobs, even if they’re...

January 28th, 2010 | Employee Satisfaction, Featured, Leadership, Management | Read More

5 Steps to Conducting a Successful Job Interview

Years ago I had an interesting interview experience. It was very early in my career and the guy who was going to hire me asked, “What’s two plus two?” I hesitated, trying to figure out why he had asked. Then, almost in a what kind of idiot do you think I am tone I replied “Four”....

December 15th, 2009 | Employee Satisfaction, Hiring, Management | Read More

Lead Like the Great Conductors

An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, former conductor Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders. After a decade-long conducting...

December 2nd, 2009 | Communications, Featured, Leadership, Management, Video | Read More

The Art of Saying ‘No’

In her post ‘Staying with No‘, Holly Weeks outlines some essential advice on saying no and sticking with it. She’s got some good advice, like staying neutral, not backing down, and not giving false hope. There is an element here that could be expanded on and that’s putting...

November 11th, 2009 | Communications, Employee Satisfaction, Management | Read More

Ask Three Questions to Clarify Expectations

John Baldoni lays out the three questions managers should ask in order to measure if their leadership is effective. Managing expectations is often the art of good management. Clarifying and communicating are often stated as goals of management, but these three question get to the heart of the matter....

October 15th, 2009 | Communications, Management, Strategy, Training | Read More