Steven Sonsino asked: The question I am most often asked by managers is: ‘Why won’t they do what I want?’ This is usually followed by: ‘And why don’t they work harder?’ As leaders and managers, we often assume that, if our employees really wanted to perform better, their performance would just increase. We assume that […]
Category: Micro Management
Alain Leveque asked: Cry Freedom Rodrigues Island: Case for Self-Determination Three hundred years ago, men and women in flesh and bone, were kidnapped from their villages in Guinea; trapped and captured like animals in Senegal; ripped from their families in Mozambique; herded aboard slave ships in Madagascar, and shipped across the Indian Ocean to this […]
Lee Salz asked: It’s that time of year again when salespeople peak their heads up from their cubicles to see if there is a better opportunity out there. So, what do I mean by “that time of the year?” Actually, it’s most every day. The way most salespeople are wired, they have an insatiable urge […]
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Micromanagement
Tim Bryce asked: This is not the first time I have talked about micromanagement over the years, and I am sure it won’t be my last. Recently, I had some business friends complain to me how their employees cannot follow directions. But on the other hand, I also know a lot of people who wonder […]
Akhil Shahani asked: Isaac Newton taught us that anything that goes up must come down. So, why should businesses be any different? Managing the business cycle is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs and their senior management team will face. And the reality is that it will never go away. In today’s global economy, […]
Emily Morris asked: If you’ve noticed the news, Type 2 Diabetes is on the rise in the USA, and around the world, for both kids and adults. If you don’t have it, it’s not too late to take steps to prevent it. And if you already have it, there’s a new way to help manage […]
Wolf Stone asked: Investing involves an element of risk. It is up to the investor to learn and understand the risks inherent in the stocks/bonds/futures/options/warrants, indexes etc. they invest in. Since no one can fully comprehend or foresee all the risks associated with their investments and even if they come close to doing so they […]
David Wright asked: Cascade Better practices for effective delivery of information systems in a multi-project environment. ©  David W. Wright  Copyright © 2008 by David Wright This article is written for people who work at companies that have an IT department to support their non-IT business. In comparison, this article is not written […]
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Tox ic Bosses
Joan Schramm asked: When people gather around the water cooler, there’s always one favorite topic: toxic bosses. You know, the ones who make life in the office unbearable? Here are some of the more common varieties you’ll find. 1. The Screamer. You can’t miss this guy. He never stops to consider his audience or who […]
Dr. LeslieBeth Wish asked: An in-patient ward for depression and suicide attempts was the last place 36 year-old “Amber,†a successful financial analyst, expected to wake up. After what she described as a meltdown, Amber thought she took enough pills to end forever the pain from a disappointing marriage and desperate affair. Months of therapy […]