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10 Management Tips for Managing Difficult People By : Colleen Kettenhofen 10 easy management tips on managing difficult people. Everything from documentation, coaching and training to how to handle conflict when managing difficult people. Beneficial for managers, supervisors, team leaders, executives, business owners. 100% Ownership Equals 100% Freedom By : Ann Golden Egle The key to the right level of ownership in and for your life is to be conscious of all that entails - when to be responsible individually and when to delegate it. Agitators In The Office By : Gary Crow Understanding the motivations of agitators is not too difficult if you look at their behavior and then ask yourself why they are behaving that way. More to the point, what do they get out of it? This article helps you understand their motivations and, more importantly, how to effectively manage their disruptive behavior. Being the Bad Boss Could be a Good Thing By : Ann Golden Egle Have you been inserted into a leadership position and asked to do a tough task without tools. These six keys to successfully communicating hard news in a manner that will inspire will give you the help they forgot to give you. Can Becoming a "Thoughtleader" Give You an Edge? Attempts to Quantify Its ROI Say YES By : Ken Lizotte Positioning yourself as a "thoughtleader" can help any professional or company establish and maintain credibility with clients, prospects and peers. Using research data, this article explains how to MEASURE thoughtleading benefits and calculate a bona fide return on investment. Career Choice Seeks Career Challenge By : Don Monteith Nothing kills the spirit of your associates quicker than a boss or supervisor looking over every move that needs to be made each day with each project. Give some space - back off!! Everyone needs some breathing room. Don't spend your day trying to see who you can catch goofing off at the water cooler. Distinguishing Portfolio Management, Program Management, and Project Management By : John Reiling There is often a misunderstanding, and hence a mixed and overlapping use of terms, when it comes to program management. Sometimes a program is called a project. Sometimes a project is called a program. In addition, sometimes project portfolio and program are mistakenly used interchangeably. This article is intended to clarify the main differences and to distinguish the unique aspects of project portfolios, programs, and projects. Document Management Software - A Short Guide By : Vincent Woodall Document management software is an essential investment for any business handling large numbers of documents in a networked system. Learn more about how using it could save your company time and money Don't ask for feedback if you don't want it By : Helen Wilkie Making a final decision is a managerial function. Asking for feedback or input on that decision is optional. But if you don't really want feedback, don't send false messages by asking for it. That can sow the seeds of resentment on your team. Don’t Let your Business FALL Through the Cracks: 3 Tips to Get your Legal Affairs in Order This Fall By : Juli Walsh With fall just around the corner, it is time to think about your business documentation and make sure you don’t let your business fall through the cracks. Ensuring solid legal documentation for your business and your business decisions doesn’t have to be the chore you think it is. Keep your focus this fall on these three areas, and your business will be safely and accurately documented. Enjoy Owning Your Own Business Again! Break the Death Grip of Delegation Dysfunction. By : Bill Zipp Delegation dysfunction plagues most small businesses. Here’s how it works: You give something to someone else to do. They put it on the bottom of their pile. You check on it and discover that it’s not done. You press them on it, and it finally gets done. But it’s not done right and you end up doing it yourself. That is the definition of dysfunction! A real nightmare, NOT the dream you had when you started your own business. Fix Your Customer's Problems Utilizing Construction Estimating Software By : Phillip Gilliam Phillip P Gilliam is the President and CEO of Discover Software Inc. Phil 58, currently lives in Florida with his wife and youngest daughter, is a native of Ohio. He went to Wright State University and has over 37 years experience in marketing, construction estimating software, business management, construction and finance. http://www.easyestimating.com Get Your Business On Track And Plan For Success By : Tracey Lawton As a solopreneur there is always an endless list of projects that we want to work on or need to complete. Setting aside time in our schedule to work on our business is essential if we are to grow our businesses. Read on as I share five top tips with you so that you can plan for success. Help! I’m Overwhelmed with Paperwork: Options That Can Get You Back to the Business of Your Business By : Kelly Sims The majority of small business owners simply spend too much valuable time on administrative tasks. This article serves to help entrepreneurs make an informed decision about whether or not it’s time to get help, and if so, what kind of help. How to Turn "Lessons Learned" into "Best Practices" By : Adele Sommers By incrementally capturing 20:20 hindsight (lessons learned) and turning that hindsight into 20:20 foresight (best practices), you will achieve far greater long-term success than if you simply ignore or forget what occurred once a project ends. This approach can greatly reduce the negative effects of attrition on a company's intellectual assets when people leave because they quit, retire, are laid off, or were temporary workers to begin with. Its A New Age Requiring Background Checks By : Mark Reardon It's becoming more and more common for potential employers to check public criminal records before hiring anyone, although this isn't always a hard and fast rule. Some employers will do it for every employee, while others have yet to jump on this bandwagon. Keeping Your Business Alive During a Recession By : Virginia Ginsburg How to keep your business afloat during a recession. Leadership as a Talent Retention Tool By : Gayla Hodges Talent retention is critical in today's rapidly shrinking work force. Keeping your best people is of paramount importance. Leading organizational change expert Gayla Hodges outlines how leadership can be a positive or a negative force in retaining talent in the corporation. Managing Under Performance of Bad Attitude: How To Avoid The First Five Traps Managers Can Fall Into By : Shona Garner Shona Garner reveals the reasons why the first action you should take when you are facing an underperformance issue is to examine your own approach to performance management. Learn the 5 mistakes every manager should avoid if they want to turn round a disengaged individual or team. NLP: 3 Qualities and Traits Every Business Leader Should Have. By : Emmanuel Segui There are several definitions NLP or other philosophy would give to the word "leader", Following are 3 qualities that you need to have to create win-win situations, lead from the heart and influence people with integrity. Overcome Traditions That Delay Improvements By : Donald Mitchell Age-old traditions cause us to develop the most deeply ingrained habits. Even when conditions change so that these traditions are harmful, most people will keep following the traditions anyway. In this article, you find out how to identify where traditions are harmful and how to establish helpful new traditions that reinforce helpful directions. Rewarding Advertising Through Corporate Gifts By : Steven Cancel Details on how and why corporates and businesses purchase branded items. Should You Send a Thank You Note? By : Don Goodman In today's electronic age, there is often some confusion as to whether you should send a thank you note after an interview. Some people believe it is not necessary and others think it is a nice touch. I will go beyond that and say it is a must! Shredders - A Great Buyer's Guide By : Vincent Woodall The rapid rise of identity theft and fraud means that it is even more important that your confidential waste is shredded. But with so many shredders on the market where do you begin? This article will help you make a more informed buying decision. Start a Business by Riding the Solar Energy Revolution By : Daniel Stouffer We are at the dawn of a solar revolution in the United States. Every aspect of the solar industry is experiencing explosive growth. Triple digit expansion in solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing, to the need for solar sales associates, to the huge demand for solar system installers. Opportunities abound everywhere. Taking the Sting Out of Employee Evaluations By : Joan Schramm Employee evaluation time is often a time of hang-wringing, worry and dread. Done right, however, employee evaluations can be a valuable tool for both managers and workers. Here are some ways to improve the experience for both sides. Ten Steps To Hiring The Right Person For The Right Job By : Andrew Cox Hiring the right persoin for the right job is one of the biggest challenges and opportunities any organization faces. Here are Ten Steps to take to improve success in hiring and selection. The missing ingredient: Remember who you're dealing with By : Michael Watson Want to have a great time in your work, play and make more money too? Then get this: Remember who you're dealing with! How your interaction with people can make or break your business. The Power of Internal Buy-In By : Linda Finkle Your department isn’t the sales department of the company, but you frequently have to use sales skills. To get your department producing efficiently and effectively, you might have to sell your ideas to create buy-in. The Power of Surprise - How New Leaders Can Connect Their Team with the Need for Change By : Mark Walztoni One of the key challenges for a newly hired or promoted leader is to demonstrate two to three "small enough to win, big enough to matter" successes during their first 100 days in their role. Many times, however, the existing team doesn't understand or embrace the need to make deep, systemic change. This article suggests that "The Power of Surprise" offers an effective way to connect a new team with the need to embrace change. The Secret of Making Your Customers Like You By : Robert Greenshields If you want to create successful business relationships, you need to find a fast way to help people feel that they can trust you. Having that atmosphere between two or more individuals is called 'rapport’. It's a powerful state as it helps people quickly feel comfortable about dealing with you. Discover the secrets of achieving rapport quickly and easily. The Secret to Executive Leadership By : Gregg Thompson Gregg Thompson, author of "Unleashed!", offers his perspective on the movie and publishing phenomenon, "The Secret". The Top 10 Strategies for Boosting Productivity By : Bea Fields and Carol Dickson Carr Time is a very precious and costly commodity that many of us take for granted. Few people will readily admit that large parts of our working day are wasted through countless interruptions, procrastination, and clutter. Maximize your life through minimizing what is in it by starting with these ten creative strategies for managing and organizing a more successful enterprise. What are My Goals? What are the Organization's Goals? By : Christine Casey Cooper When employees don't understand the goals and direction of the organization, their activities won't support those goals. It is essential that leaders make the goals clear and provide clarity to employees about how they will contribute to those same goals. Why You Might Be The Next Greatest Business Coach By : Kit Sadgrove This article outlines how to become a business coach. It discusses what business coaches do and identifies the role of a business coach. It also covers how to get into business coaching. Work as a Place of Power By : Ann Vanino Work is not just a place to pick up your paycheck. Coach Ann Vanino explains that personal growth and improved self-esteem can be claimed while learning about the power in the workplace. Would You Like To Take The Pain Out Of Giving Constructive Feedback? The Seven Steps By : Julie Ellis Pretty much all of us feel uncomfortable about giving feedback. If we don't know how to do it effectively, we can either avoid it or make a mess of the communication. This article gives the 7 steps in how to give constructive feedback in a way that works. It begins by asking us first to take responsibility for our own reactions so that they don't get in the way and then gives a step by step guide to achieving a positive outcome. You, Your Brand, and Your Service are Your Competitive Advantage By : Marilyn Schwader Once you know that you are the Star, your brand is your Story and your product or service is the Solution, these Six Key Techniques will bring your business to life successfully. Your Own P.A. - Virtually By : Fiona McVeigh Giving information about the benefits of employing a Virtual Assistant as opposed to having the secretarial resource on site.

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