Management

Are You Measuring Something Meaningful?
Avoiding inert measures that anaesthetise your performance management.INTRODUCTIONYou sit before the monthly report, which might be an inch or so thick, and you contemplate whether it's the best use of your time to paw through the pages to check if there's anything useful in there for you. Read more →
Are you NICE or do you CARE?
Are you NICE or do you CARE? Most people and most managers want to be nice. After all, it's easier to be nice than to not be nice. But when we talk about being a manager, there is a difference between being nice and being NICE. Read more →
Are You Paralyzed by Fear
Recently I was engaged by a client because he was unable to take action. He had so much going on in his personal life and in his company that he was paralyzed with fear. Read more →
Are You Playing Checkers or Chess As A Leader?
Simple Ways To Improve Your Team?s PerformanceIf you are a leader trying to create a positive work environment, hold off on buying posters and new carpet for your work area and take look in the mirror. Read more →
Are You Prepared for a Disaster?
Yesterday I look at my calendar and saw that my newsletter was on my calendar for today. I wondered what I would write about. By the end of the day, I had my topic. Read more →
Are You Ready to Sell Your Business
Make Sure You Understand Your Motivation for SellingAre you thinking about selling your business?This simple one-question quiz will help you to better understand your motivations behind this thought. Read more →
Are you Really Listening to your Performance Measures?
Performance measurement isn't about justification, it's about improvement.INTRODUCTIONA management team distributes themselves around the board room table, the ritual of the monthly performance management meeting begins. Read more →
Are You Taking Responsibility for Your Business?
A few weeks ago we asked several work at home moms a fun question - Would you do something illegal, even if you probably wouldn't be caught?Of course, everyone said "absolutely not! Read more →
Are You the Culprit?
Are you a business, non-profit or association manager who pretty much ignores your organization?s important outside audiences?If that?s you, do you realize how difficult you? Read more →
Are You the Master or Slave of Your Business?
What do ultra-successful business owners and top executives ALL do to achieve their goals so much faster than others - with far less effort and struggle? Read more →

Aphorism

In investing, rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

John Bogle


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