All Entries in the "Management Training" Category
10 Key Points to Know When Reviewing Employee Performance
Know exactly what you want to achieve and let your employees know what is expected of them. Keep a record of employee performance from which to cite specific examples. Discuss the written evaluation with the employee. Listen to the employee’s comments and then ask questions to stimulate thought. Focus on the individual; do not compare [...]
Training Your First Secretary
You have really arrived if you have your own secretary. Usually you will share one with other people or, even more likely, use the secretarial pool. If you share a secretary, I advise you get to know the people who do your typing and congratulate them if a job is done particularly well or faster [...]
Managers: Become a Good Coach
Over the past decade or two, there has been a major change in the way that managers do their jobs. While, in the past, managers were supposed to closely direct their employees’ efforts, today’s best managers are coaches – that is, they support and encourage the efforts of their employees. Managers who act as coaches [...]
4 Reasons Why Delegation Is Powerful
It takes the work of a team of people whom are all working toward common goals for an organization to accomplish great things. So, regardless of the urge to try to do everything in an organization, effective managers know they can attain far faster and more efficiently by assigning specific tasks to their employees. Managers [...]
4 Reasons Why Staffing Your Organization From Within Works Best
Applicants who want to work for your company can come from many sources. These sources may range from your company’s newspaper ads to a family friend who is trying to help someone get a job. However, the best prospects may be just within your reach whom are already working in your organization. People working in [...]
Do You Have A Management Philosophy?
Ask the above question to most managers and they will likely stare at you as if you were slightly bananas. While all managers have a philosophy, many probably don’t know it and can’t explain it to you. They have generally just accepted whatever management philosophy existed in their organization when they arrived and have tried [...]
Discrimination In The Workplace
The problem of discrimination in the work place is extremely complex. There is no simple solution and no perfect solution for one of the most sensitive situations in the working world today. Even managers with the best of intentions and most pure of motives are likely to become involved in this controversy from time to [...]
Value Your Employees By Offering Company Perks
In many companies, employees have been given perks – those little extras that may not seem like much, but they often are significant additions to the traditional compensation package and have been a great help in keeping people from leaving. Why do perks motivate people to stay on a job? Why not give the employees [...]