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 One of the main reasons a number of managers keep a tighter control than is good for the department or business is related more to ego than efficiency. Any type of study shows that the tighter and more dictatorial the control the worse it is for the business.
While it probably does no good to talk to those that completely disagree with this, it is more for those of you who may have a number of problems with those you manage, and you're probably the cause of them, but want to improve.
Here's a few things that give hints that you may be doing it all wrong:
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May10
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Anybody that is involved with the sport of archery has seen a tremendous advance concerning the bows and arrows. The bows themselves have become lighter and quicker. Arrows are now fitted with mechanical broadheads which allow them to fly straighter....
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We talk off and on here about invisible things. Management has more ability to impact those things than anything else. When you manage something that exists, it is a process of improving what's there and already seen. But the ability...
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May 8
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Business leaders and workplace analysts make it very clear the huge changes can involve a lot of risk, the chances of employees rebelling against it are also very high. The other option pulling against it is of course lacking the...
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May 7
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Have you ever found youself getting stuck in a rut concerning solving of a problem and simply can't find an answer? One of the things I've done is to get myself involved in some type of activity, reading, listening to...
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May 6
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In the area of investing, one of the things one always has to watch out for is speculating. Even now it is rampant all over the world as people thoughtlessly pour their money into investments that are risky at best,...
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May 5
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There are a number of trends that will go on unabated for years to come. Among one of the most important is the trend involving co-creating with your customers. This doesn't imply that all products and services will by any...
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May 4
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One of the constant dangers that all of us are daily tempted with is to embrace new thoughts and ideas in our minds and then be deceived into thinking that because we understand them, that we know how to execute...
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May 2
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With so much of the media focused upon technology companies as those that innovate the best, here is a company story that is as Rust Belt as you can get, that has provided a 387% return over the last five...
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With so much of the media focused upon technology companies as those that innovate the best, here is a company story that is as Rust Belt as you can get, that has provided a 387% return over the last five...
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May 1
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I usually post about this at one of my other blogs, but since this is a growing part of management responsibility, we need to look at the reality of local Internet advertising. Yahoo! (YHOO) Local has announced a new offering...
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Apr29
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Some of the fastest growing and successful companies have been developing along the lines in certain sectors. While every industry has some good companies, certain industries, because of the demand and growth, offer much better chances at success. The top...
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Apr24
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In a number of studies it has been shown that when management has a good plan in place, it is the consistent application of that plan that produces the superior company results. There are two things to be aware of...
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Apr23
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When I used to own a business supplying an array of foods to various outlets, one of the areas of knowledge we had to know was the mircronutrients that had to go into each product we grew. Now on the...
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Apr22
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In coming across this word today, it made me immediately think of how it related to managing and management. Have you ever thought of what life would be like without gravity? On the positive side there wouldn't be any plane...
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Apr21
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A seemingly benign set of press releases. An announcement of a partnership. A seemingly simply deal that is interesting but not really that impressive with the numbers thrown around. What am I talking about? The announcement by Major League Baseball...
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I remember Stan Davis and Bill Davidson commenting in their book 2020 Vision, about letting the "form of the organization follow the function of the business (p. 115)." Another time in my personal experience, when others and myself were considering...
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With the growing number of patent and trademark applications, the Patent and Trademark Office growing the number of employees that are working from their homes. There are two factors that contribute to this being deal for the PTO employees working...
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Apr20
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A long time ago I listened as an experience man in his field talked about success in that specific area. The simple words and phrase he used changed my entire life in its various segments and interests. He made the...
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Here is a resource has been around for awhile, it made me think of something that would be good to talk about. While there are some helpful references there, it reminds me of an aricle I wrote recently concerning metrics....
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