Supervision back issues from September 2009:
Collaborative consultation: a principled foundation for collective excellence.
Sep 01, 2009; ... The complexity of business today requires a range of talents far exceeding the capacity of any one person. No longer can leaders chart a path to the future based only on their own understanding and judgment. On the contrary, success has come to depend on leaders' ability to gather a ...
Life after job loss.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Supervisors, managers and foremen have always had the difficult job of laying off workers in hard times. But in today's treacherous economic conditions, supervisors themselves are being laid off, let go, downsized or squeezed out in record numbers. In a recessionary environment, middle ...
How leaders earn brand-loyalty for life: the top 5 behaviors that can damage your leadership personal band.
Sep 01, 2009; ... All you have to do is look around you to know that brands are powerful. In fact, most people are so loyal to certain brands that they stick with them for life. If brand-name products can evoke that kind of loyalty, why can't people? Well, they cap! The truth is that we all/have ...
Motivating and inspiring your people in difficult times.(Column)
Sep 01, 2009; ... These days, if you're a leader of any type, you can't simply order people around and expect them to do what you want. They may follow your directions, if you are watching, but once they're left on their own they'll go back to doing what they think is important. Leaders today, ...
It's showtime! How to give effective presentations.
Sep 01, 2009; ... You are walking back to your office after delivering a presentation. Deep down, you want to believe it went well. But nagging clues suggest otherwise. Was it your boss who read a magazine during your talk? Was it the manager who fell asleep? Or was it everyone else who yawned, sighed and ...
How to keep stress under control.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Read or listen to any news report these days and you're sure to get negative information: workers being downsized, employees being forced to take pay cuts, big companies seeking bailout money, and yet another business closing its doors. With so much negativity dominating the nightly news ...
Managing in the new millennium: managing in an economic downturn.
Sep 01, 2009; ... While a manager's job is always difficult, the current economic downturn has provided additional challenges. As organizations themselves have less room for error in a poor economy, the same applies to managers. Working with a leaner staff and a tighter budget, there is almost no room for ...
Labor law: "guilty until proven innocent" unacceptable in harassment cases.(Case overview)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Supervisors and other managerial employees today are very aware of sexual harassment cases and the potential for large damage awards if the company is found liable. They generally know that they have a duty to investigate claims of sexual harassment to limit or avoid liability. Awareness ...
At what "cost"?
Sep 01, 2009; ... The bottom line for every firm is to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage over its competitors. One of the strategies that is very instrumental in this endeavor is low costs. To create a competitive advantage, an organization must engage in value generating activities ....
Wit and humor.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Reverse Psychology There are three ways to get something done: 1. Do it yourself. 2. Hire someone to do it. 3. Forbid your kids to do it. A surgeon, an architect and a politician were arguing about whose profession was the oldest ....