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5 Reasons Your Projects Aren’t Being Completed

January 11, 2013 by Diana Leave a Comment

In management and leadership, you’ll often find that you’ll be responsible for overseeing or getting a number of projects completed. Project management requires you to be responsible for all of the moving parts within the project, ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks and the project is actually completed. This is, however, much easier said […]

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Perfecting Your Employee Recognition Skills

January 9, 2013 by Diana Leave a Comment

While being positive comes as second nature to some people, complaining seems to be a much more developed skill than praising. Many people find it difficult to be only positive; it’s as if they can’t help themselves adding a crushing blow. Think back to the character Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) in “American Beauty” when she […]

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Test Your Management Ability

January 7, 2013 by Diana Leave a Comment

To be a manager means to manage any work or an organization. To manage, however, is not that easy. Imagine the size of some of the large organizations. Their turnover exceeds GDP of many countries but the companies have to be managed effectively and efficiently; the bottom line is that good managers are needed to […]

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8 Tips to Get Employees to Love the Rules

December 14, 2012 by Diana Leave a Comment

Different things motivate different people. Some are motivated to enhance their appearance while others are motivated by prestige or money. When it comes to work, many people are not motivated to do much of anything except show up and collect a paycheck. It’s our job as managers to create an environment in which employees are […]

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10 Ways to Stimulate Employee Motivation

November 14, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Today’s fast-moving business environment demands that the effective manager be both a well-organized administrator and highly adept in understanding people’s basic needs and behavior in the workplace. Gaining commitment, nurturing talent, and ensuring employee motivation and productivity require open communication and trust between managers and staff. Below are 10 ways in which you can stimulate […]

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5 Steps to Maximize Your Productivity

November 12, 2012 by Diana Leave a Comment

Do you know that you get 80% of your results from just 20% of your time and effort and consequently 80% of your time is virtually wasted on non-productive activities? Once you realize this, it’s easy to take advantage and either reduce the hours you work or significantly improve your productivity. The 80-20 rule was […]

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Managerial Self-Deception

August 27, 2012 by Diana Leave a Comment

Try telling a colleague or subordinate that he has a problem, and the depth of his self-deception will become clear. Helping others see what they’re unable to recognize is a widespread leadership challenge. And it’s one of the prime reasons my clients engage me as an executive coach. It’s especially tricky when we observe blind […]

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