Archive for November, 2009
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Get ready to manage an upturn
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Many experts agree that the decision-making challenges facing corporate chief executives and their top strategists are in some ways more difficult in the second half of 2009 than they were during nearly two years of unmitigated recessionary times. That is because managers must make risky decisions on issues such as increasing production back to pre-recession [...]
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Presentation skills and how to develop them
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Presentations are one of the most important skills of the modern world. So, with so much advice on offer, how do we decide what is the best advice to take?
Presentation Skills Training
Good presenters are not born that way. Looking around the infant school playground, you do not see good or bad presenters. Sure there are [...] -
Daily Water Consumption Requirements
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Drinking water is one of the most important things you can do to maintain your health, even though chronic dehydration is shockingly overlooked as a cause of illness by mainstream doctors. Some conditions thought to be related to a water shortage in the body include acid reflux, arthritis, headaches, diabetes and asthma.
Significance of water
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Ready for Economic Up-Turn
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Today, there are many business commentators talking about the economic turmoil faced by developed countries, emerging economies and the rest of the world. Bankruptcy and bail out plans for many multi-national and transnational businesses are a common order of the day. Lay-offs, cutting and slimming unwanted fat or ‘right sizing’ of many companies are common [...]
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How to Eat Healthy at Work
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Whether you work in a cubicle or in a backhoe loader, a day on the job can make you hungry. In fact, depending on how much you like your job, lunch may be the highlight of your day. However, you may also be likely to appease your misery with sugar-coated snacks and fast-food feasts. Luckily, [...]
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Turn Crisis into Advantage by effective Crisis Management
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
When a company is in dire straits, they call in the “Spin Doctors” “Risk or Crisis Management Consultants” to conduct damage control. Therefore, companies need to ensure that they have appointed the best practitioners to handle the situation.
There is no industry or area of life, which is not susceptible to crisis. All industries have their [...] -
How to Avoid New Broom Syndrome as a New Leader
Monday, November 9th, 2009
“New broom syndrome” afflicts a lot of new leaders who suddenly find themselves in charge of things after years of being led by someone else. It refers to the desire to sweep out old practices, old ways, old methods, and even some of the old staff! Once you become a leader, it is really important [...]
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How to Handle a Negative Employee
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
You know the one: he comes in grumpy, and within minutes the atmosphere of the entire office has sunk like a brick. No one wants to work with him, no one likes to talk to him, and people go out of their way to avoid him in the halls.
Negative employees can wreak havoc on a [...] -
The Five Ps of Leadership
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
There are whole libraries full of things that tell you what to do about leadership and how to remember what’s important. Here’s another short edition to that library – the 5 P’s of leadership. They are:
Pay Attention to What’s Important
Praise What You Want to Continue
Punish What You Want to Stop
Pay for the Results You Want
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Challenge Or Problem - Which is It?
Friday, November 6th, 2009
In business, over the years, I have seen many common words and phrases become adapted to management for specific or altogether new meanings. Challenge and problem are two of them.
Anxious to rouse up their teams to motivation, leaders have brought their creative language, picked up from business academia, to rallies and conferences. Accountable is another [...]