Management

Accountability and Mega Projects
The past few years have seen an increase in the number of petroleum mega projects being proposed and executed. Record oil prices have given rise to increasingly ambitious and complex international alliances in the energy industry. Read more →
Accountability Equals Meeting Success
Leslie was the new manager of the group. She was replacing Tom, a well respected manager who was retiring. Once she arrived, she made it one of her first priorities to sit down with everyone on the team and get to know them. Read more →
Accountable or Responsible - That is the Question
When I moved from a business where I was the responsible one, to where I was the accountable one.And it was a shock, I can tell you.I got myself offered a great promotion, as a result of some big-time management shuffling at the top and a restructure. Read more →
Accounts Receivable As Important In Your Business As Anything Else
So this will be your second step in setting up your accounting software, if you set up your ledger first, otherwise it is where you will start.Before you start the actual process of invoicing from your new accounting software package you will need to set up your customers, some products and then almost certainly enter into the system the balances that customers owe you at this stage. Read more →
Accounts Receivable Factoring Basics
Having to wait up to 60 days for commercial customers to pay their invoices can be one of the biggest challenges that owners of small to mid size companies have to face. Read more →
Achieving Adaptability Through Employee Empowerment
Six months ago, Nucor Corp. looked like it might be in big trouble. The North Carolina-based minimill steelmaker, which recycles steel from cars, dishwashers and other items to make new steel, had lost power at its Hickman, Arkansas plant. Read more →
Across The Interview Table!
Job interviews are easier for the interviewer or the interviewee if you plan and prepare and use proper interviewing techniques. On this page are job interview questions and purpose of each interview question, because there is a purpose behind each and everything that we do and similarly there should be a purpose behind each and every question that we ask in interview. Read more →
Action Learning - Effective Listening
Action learning provides a structured approach to making progress on difficult and sometimes emotive issues. Taking part in an action learning set can help improve skills vital to leading a business forward, namely:Being objective and making decisionsImproving listening and questioningCreating the climate for purposeful discussionAn action learning set normally numbers between 5 and 7, and at the start is facilitated to give the group a good foundation. Read more →
Action Learning: It's More Than OJT
For centuries companies have used on-the-job training (OJT). OJT works because it follows much of what we know about adult learning theory. For example, we know:1. Read more →
Active Inquiry in Organizational Change
An essential part of Edgar Schein's Process Consulting practice model (discussed in-depth in my book) is the use of Active Inquiry. A guiding assumption in Active Inquiry is that an insecure client will not reveal essential facts about the organization's situation. Read more →

Aphorism

He replied, "Compound interest."

Albert Einstein


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