Five Hidden Traps in Meetings

People who take meetings for granted risk being a victim of a trap. Here they are and how to avoid them.

Your Cell Phone Number: Do Your Clients Really Need It?

Almost everybody today owns a cell phone. However, just because you have one, does it mean you should give the number out to your client? It may seem like a great idea on the surface, but there are five questions you should ask yourself before you go through with it.

Personality Test - Are You Liked By Your Co-workers?

You must be aware of somebody in your office that is not liked by many of you. But that person is unaware of that. No body wants to tell him/her on their face about what they don't like in that person. Are you also one such person who is not liked by some co-workers?

Put An Executive Summary to Work - and Make Sure it Gets Read!

Time, time, time. Consider these numbers: the average executive spends 22 percent writing and reading memos, reports, letters. That equals eleven workweeks. And they are spending over 50 percent of their time either reading your communication or responding to it! So if you want the big cheese to read your report, make certain that your executive summary—written for that decision maker—sings. Here are the details.

How To Deal With Over Bearing Colleagues In The Work Place

I worked for many years in an office environment and would have enjoyed the experience if it was not for a number of over bearing and annoying colleagues. These people seemed to spend the whole day bitching and gossiping about other people which can make life at work very stressful and uncomfortable.

Employee Performance Management

Fixation of compensation or wage rates for different categories of employees in a company is an important task of management. The employees are not only concerned with the wages received but also concerned with the level wages received by same level of employees in similar organizations. Hence wage structure may be considered very important. The relative wage-rules must be fixed carefully, because they have implications for promotion, transfer, seniority and other important personnel matters.

Why Good Advice is Hurting Your Productivity and What To Do About It

Although usually given with the best intentions, advice always reflects the needs, experiences, and now science tells us, the thought process, of the giver. More often than not, the needs of giver and receiver don’t match, creating frustration all around. Instead, some well-chosen questions can inspire creative insights that the logical analysis of a problem can’t.

Job Performance Appraisals

Job performance appraisals are needed in order to provide information about performance rankings. This information helps in making decisions regarding salary fixation, confirmation, promotion, transfer and demotion. In addition, job performance appraisals provide feedback information about the level of achievement and behavior of subordinates. This information helps to review the performance of the subordinate, rectifying performance deficiencies and to set new standards of work, if necessary.

Performance Appraisal Systems

Performance appraisal is a nine-step process. At the first stage, performance standards are established based on job description and job specification. The standards should be clear, objective and incorporate all the factors. The second stage is to inform these standards to all the employees including appraisers. The third stage is following the instructions given for appraisal measurement of employee performance by the appraisers through observation, interview, records and reports.

Conflict in the Workplace: Doggone Good Tips for Resolution and Relationships

Day-to-day workplace tension and conflict can drain your energy from the work you love and put stress on relationships at both work and home. In this article, you'll learn five effective conflict management tips from a couple of smart New England canines.

Selecting a Mediator: How to Find the Right Professional for a Workplace Dispute

As the use of outsourced dispute resolution grows, it's more critical than ever that organizations know how to select the right mediator for the job. This article provides you with key questions to ask and the kind of information you want to get out of the prospective mediator's answers.

Corporate Performance Management Solutions

The appraisal should measure performance in accomplishing goals, plans and performance, in regards to corporate performance management. No one wants a person in a managerial role who appears to do everything right as a manager but who cannot turn in a good record of profit making, marketing, controllership or whatever the area of responsibility may be. Nor should anyone be satisfied to have a performer in a managerial position who cannot operate effectively as a manager.

The Role Of The Business Storyteller

A major role of senior management is to motivate people to reach certain goals. To do that, they must engage their emotions, and the key to their hearts is story.

Effective Email

When is email effective in your small business?

Donald Trump Apprentice TV Series Teaches a Bad Lesson in Office Communication

Donald Trump Apprentice TV Series is in fact a view of what is wrong with corporate America and it functions much like a dysfunctional family. This sends the wrong message to up-and-coming business professionals.