Archive for the 'Management Stuff' Category

Strategic Planning: What is your Businesses Reason for Existence?

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

As business owners and managers we are quite often caught up in the day to day work of running our businesses, dealing with clients, managing staff, developing new products and more often than not putting out fires. After all of this “work” is done there is no time left (or more importantly no energy left) […]

Choosing a Presentation Remote Control

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

If you deliver electronic presentations using PowerPoint or other programs, you can manually move forward to the next slide with the keyboard or the mouse. One way, however, to deliver more effective presentations that improve your connection to your audience is to add a remote control to your presentation tools. What features should you look […]

The Dripping Faucet in Every Organization

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Each day millions of workers spend 8 hours or more at their respective jobs with many contributing to the dripping faucet within every organization. This faucet much like the leaking kitchen or bathroom faucet’s steadily waste drops of a previous resource - water - every minute of every day until fixed. Yet, the dripping […]

Practical Policies and Procedures Can Save You Money

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Warren had a beer at lunchtime, came back to his job as a
forklift driver, abused the female stores clerk and carried on
with his job.
The warehouse manager, who was never very impressed by Warren,
heard about it, accused him of being under the influence of
alcohol and dismissed him. Warren claimed unfair dismissal and,
after a day at the […]

Get Out of Your Easy Chair and Do Something!

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Many businesses are comfortable. Ahhhh… it is so nice being in the comfort zone - the metaphorical easy chair in front of a warm fireplace, feet up, and relaxed. The company is doing fine, business is good; management, customers and staff are happy… and complacent.
Complacency breeds a slowdown in the production of adrenaline […]

Overcoming Adversities and Becoming a Leader: The Zig Ziglar Story

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

This groundbreaking leadership research by has received extensive endorsements and enthusiastic reviews from well-known prominent business, political, and academic leaders who either participated in the study or reviewed the research findings. You will discover the proven success habits and secrets of people who, in spite of difficult or life threatening challenges shaped their own destiny […]