In many ways there are no secrets to implementing effective performance management. Performance Management is a process and a process which if implemented effectively should ensure that both employees and managers remain both productive and motivated. The actual process itself should hold no secrets. There are simply a number of...
Let's imagine for a moment a person doesn't know what the market wants. How does he know that what he offers is something his market might: conceivably want and consider paying him for? How does he know? That's like blindfold archery - a person might sometimes hit the target by...
Have one ever wondered why the training he gets on some courses, however interesting and entertaining, doesn't 'Stick'? How many course folders has one got gathering dust on the office shelves? And how much of the content can a person recall, or more importantly, actually use, without opening the folder?
Everyone knows that bad stress has a negative effect on the body. In the long run, stress can cost a person his health. Instead of stressing over the small but important things in life, why not hire outside help? Delegating the smaller but important responsibility to an outside source leaves...
Some studies suggest that performance can decrease by as much as 25% when people work an excess of 60 hours per week for prolonged periods of time. This performance degradation can often negate almost all the benefits of the extra time spent at the office. The cause of the decreased...
Communication is one of the keys to running a successful business. And no one in a business should be exempt from workplace communication responsibilities. All employees and management of all companies no matter what size must learn proper business communications to insure excellence and productivity in the workplace. Many smaller...
Time management sounds like a horribly boring topic. Images of men and women in white suits with clipboards checking on every move a person makes spring to mind. As people may not work in factories and are thinking about their lives as a whole people can forget timing their every...
One of the luxuries of working at home is having a person's own schedule. However, if he doesn't manage his time and set rules for himself, then it's too easy to be distracted. He needs to treat his work like any other job. Set work hours. For this to work,...
As the author became busier and busier with his personal practice and academy administration, he started seeing the value of every activity he participated in - whether paid or unpaid. He started looking at how to do more of what he loved to do and less of what he didn't...
It is the thing that the rich and famous value the most. Successful people treat it as a gift to be respected. It is more valuable than gold or jewels. What is this precious commodity? It is Time! Every day millions of people spend billions of dollars on fitness equipment,...
All workplaces experience conflict - the trick is to manage it constructively. Managing conflict in a direct service environment is even more of a challenge as there are layers of conflict between clients living in shelter, between clients and staff and among staff themselves. Winning Workplaces' goal is to provide...
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Success is one of the leading causes of failure. Market and customer research is a leading cause of tunnel vision. Management is concerned with understanding and improving what is. Disciplined management...
Time and attendance systems are designed to assist organizations to effectively manage the working hours of employees. They are a paperless system used to collect the work time of employees electronically. The systems automate and simplify timekeeping and human resource management. Time and attendance systems effectively interact with any payroll...
Luigi is a tiny Shih Tzu stray that was found running along a road some years back. Hugo is a giant Newfoundland and Golden Retriever mutt whose sweet face beckoned the author from the web page of a nearby animal shelter. These two dogs couldn't be more different - in...
Delegation is the buzzword when talking about workforce management solutions. Delegation is the process by which authority is granted to a subordinate by his superior. But for delegation of authority, organizations would remain forever small. Delegation is the only solution to cope with the increasing workload of managers as the...
Conflict in organizations is not a problem. Poorly managed conflict is. Conflict managed well is a proactive investment in the future of the organization and in the employees involved. Conflict managed ineffectively is a reactive drain of human and financial capital. Unresolved, avoided, ineffectively managed, or destructive workplace conflict is...
The most obvious source of organisational performance measures are the stakeholders. In staking out a position in the marketplace, responding to competition and the environment, the organisation crafts and attempts to implement a strategy. Thus organisational strategy, missions and goals are another source of performance measures. The procedure is to...
Loud or intense conflict is not necessarily destructive conflict. While it's reasonable to expect a certain level of decorum in the workplace, one should keep in mind that the degree of emotion expressed in conflict is due, in part, to cultural upbringing and socialization. If a person intervenes too early...
When an individual delegates tasks or processes, he transfers a certain level of freedom in how the tasks are to be handled. These levels range from simply giving instructions to be followed right through to handing over a complete project that then becomes part of the person's job description. But...
When a person decides to delegate a task to someone, that person may see it as a welcome responsibility that shows his trust in him or her, or just another job to be added to an already burdensome workload. Which it is can depend largely on how well he communicates...
