Ten Routines To Improve Management

Meandering meetings where nothing seems to be getting done. When you don’t say no when others ask you for help. Open door policies that leave you reacting to interruptions. Not delegating effectively. Only dealing with putting out fires in your workplace and not getting into more important strategic planning. Not feeling organized or having too much clutter to find what you need when you need it. Not having enough time to recuperate between meetings or events. Trying to multitask with...

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newsletter today discussed about the importance of recognizing and acknowledging mistakes and how those errors can be used productively by organizations. But what happens when you screw up. How should you handle it. In an article in the CBS Interactive Business Network, author Kimberly Weisul discusses why it is so hard for CEO’s to admit they are wrong and then why it is so important to acknowledge mistakes. Of course, first and foremost is that their corporate attorneys, hoping to...

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Business Resiliency in New Orleans: The Resilience Advantage

th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Recently I had the opportunity to have dinner with a friend, who is a district manager for JC Penney and who talked about the challenges that she faced during the hurricane as well as the challenges that her business faced as part of the recovery across the entire Gulf Region. What was most striking to me was that despite the stories of difficulties she described about life for residents of the region as well as...

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