Archive for the 'Managers + Management' Category

What to Ask When You’re Invited to a Meeting

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Here are five questions that you must ask before agreeing to
attend a meeting.
1) Where is the agenda? A meeting without an agenda is like a
journey without a map; it will always waste your time. Once you
have the agenda, make sure that it consists of more than a list
of words because this is almost useless. […]

Activities vs Results

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

You have two employees, one that comes to work early and is
always the last to leave. They always seem to be busy rushing
here and there. The second employee doesn’t ever work late
unless asked to and really doesn’t seem to be that busy. If you
had to choose one, which employee would you rather have in your
company?
In […]

5 Steps To Getting A Better Contract, A Better Offer, Or Even A Better Deal!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

You have something someone else wants. Usually it’s money. Sometimes, it’s the work you perform. You want a car, but you don’t want to spend a lot. You have a job, but you feel you deserve a raise. You want to sell your house, but you’ve rejected each offer.
Here are the 5 steps you need […]

Innovation Management - Rigorous data analysis

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.
There are distinct processes […]

You Are What You Do!

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Too often, people say one thing and do another. I admit that I have often slid into this rut and thought about how I need to do something (lose weight for example) and then don’t follow through and do anything about it (yes, I’m still 245 pounds). So even though I say that it’s important […]