Human Resources :  Management Skills

In my opinion, there are few things that will make the life of a business owner or manager more miserable than what you are about to read in this article. The president of a small business wears many hats dealing with personnel, financials, sales, production and numerous other parts of the company. As a turn-around consultant, I cannot tell you how...

What are Generation Gaps? Is corporate America the same now as it was 20 years ago? No. Is what you believed 10 years ago the same as what you believe today? Probably not. Or consider someone who is 20 years old today. Does he or she have different perceptions than someone currently in their 60s? Most likely, yes. These differences in attitudes, values...

When new soldiers arrive for basic training, they are met by drill sergeants who are specialists at increasing stress.The stern orders and directives might seem like harassment to the poor teenagers who seem unable to do anything right. No matter how hard they try, it is never good enough.The high stress, however, is intentional and part of the training...

Mission readiness is just as great across corporate America as it is in the military.The bottom-line costs in terms of net profits, missed opportunities, and personnel turmoil are good enough reasons to emphasize stress control, and proper stress control can contribute to business growth and job security for everyone involved.If you want to fulfill...

Corporate leaders and managers sometimes try to manage the stressed people by using increased demands and closer supervision. Instead, they should use stress-reducing techniques to manage the stressors.It's important to manage employees and to help them understand how to manage their individual stress, but if you're interested in maximizing...

Companies who control workplace stress add money to the bottom line.Some surveys show that most companies, however, do not control workplace stress, and they lose thousand of dollars ( millions for larger companies) every year.Other surveys advise that 60-90% of all medical claims are stress related -- these medical costs should be enough to get our...

As a business owner I’ve had staff come and go over the years. Some have done extremely well and others not so well. During the time I was directly involved in running my business I found some weaknesses in myself that tremendously affected things that were going on. It was not uncommon for me, whenever something was not going well, to ignore...

Managing people can sometimes be very rewarding and sometimes frustrating. If we look back we may find the rewarding times were when people met, or exceeded, our expectations. Sometimes they did this without even knowing what they were! If we look at the frustrating times we may find a variety of causes - many probably relate to the flip of the same...

What do you have to do to be causative and to make things happen as an executive?There is a difference between being comfortable and being in apathy. It is very comfortable to have a smooth running organization when you have a team that knows what to do and does it. It is comfortable to have this group take care of your business and make it expand,...