How to keep Employees

Charles H. Green presents We've Got the Hamburgers: a Customer Service Classic posted at Trust Matters, saying, "One day the Russian trainee pulled aside the trainer and said "“we’ve got the hamburgers. The customers don’t. They want them—we’ve got them. They have no choice. They’ve got to go through us. And you don’t want them getting ideas about who holds the power here. Just remember—we’ve got the hamburgers. Now do you understand?”"

Our employees need jobs. We've got them. Does that mean we don't have to be nice to them? Of course not, but I bet many of us work for, or have worked for companies that certainly act like they believe that."

Ivan Rios presents 9 Things To Do In The First 100 Days posted at artofleading.net.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Persistence and Perseverance for Winners – Losers Just Quit posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "Giving up is easy. Most people make a habit of giving up. In fact, they make a life of it Persistence through a solution-oriented attitude is for visionaries, dreamers and other winners who refuse to take “no” for a final answer. "

David Kam presents Bad Chief Officers, The Downfall of Many Companies | Marketing and Business Strategy - MarketingDeviant.com posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Charles H. Green presents Terrorists and Convenience Stores: When Social Trust is Threatened posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Many years ago, I consulted to a Texas retail chain that managed to achieve a 150% store manager turnover rate -- by treating everyone like a suspect."

Joshua C. Karlin presents Ought Implies Can & Should Implies Will posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Tina Su presents Power of Freedom: Working for Yourself | Think Simple. Be Decisive. posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive..

Alvaro Fernandez presents Emotional Intelligence and Faces posted at SharpBrains, saying, "What do facial expressions communicate?"

Sagar presents Just Do It: 67 Ways to Tame the Procrastination Beast posted at Bootstrapper.

David B. Bohl presents Could a Wellness Program Keep Your Company Healthy? | Slow Down Fast Today! ~ David B. Bohl posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, "‘Wellness plan’ is a broad term, but here are some opportunities you might explore:
* Life strategy, lifestyle mentoring, and personal development programs.
* Holistic work-life balance initiatives."

Jose DeJesus MD presents Business Relocation: Tips For The Savvy Mover posted at Physician Entrepreneur.

Emmanuel presents Getting the best out of your employees posted at Emmanuel Oluwatosin: Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions.

Warren Wong presents How To Win Someone?s Heart posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Do you want to win someone's heart and gain their trust and loyalty? Here are some tips on how to go about doing it."

Sagar presents Better than Monster: 50 Free Places You Can Post A Job Online and Get Top Talent posted at Bootstrapper.

Tina Su presents 7 Habits of Highly Innovative People posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive..

Keyboard Culture Community, Lori Prokop Co-Founder presents Help My Company Doesn’t Understand Me! posted at Jinsoo Terry - Multicultural Education

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive Fitness, The Future of Work, and Concept Maps posted at SharpBrains, saying, "What the future may bring to enhance employee's productivity."

Raj Sheelvant presents Bottom up Management posted at IT Strategy, saying, "HCL Technologies, an Indian Info tech company is making its management accountable by asking its employees to grade the performace of their managers and everyone gets to see those results!"

Piper presents Holidays & Retail - Keeping Your Employees Through the Season posted at Business Broad Merchandising Resources.

Yazan Manasrah presents Uncluttering your mind posted at The Blasted Crossing, saying, "Want to find out how to gain the focus and mental energy to accomplish the daily tasks you must do?"
Ivan Rios presents How to Win Negotiations By Seeking Differences posted at artofleading.net.

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When you get stuck on a problem...

We all face it in business...we all cannot, at some time or another see the 'wood for the trees'. The problem is, in our desire to find the answer we don't stand back or relax.....allowing the answer to emerge. A lesson we can all learn is from the Archimedes approach to problem solving...

Syracuse's King gave Archimedes a problem to solve - namely to find out is the if the gold crown really was gold. He was stuck, didn't know what to do. He took a bath to relax and that is when the answer came - leading to the famous Eureka moment. He realised through the water level rising when he got in the bath, that this was the way to measure the crown's density.

As hard as it is, when faced with a dilemma often the best cause of action is to walk away, relax...let your brain have the chance to muse subconsciously.....doing that can provide you with your own Eureka moment!

Don't Forget the Quiet Talent

So often the people who get recognised are the ones who are louder, better at self promoting but often there is some real talent hidden away. Your role is to search for that talent and to let that talent shine. Learn from Emperor Claudius!

Claudius became Emperor in AD41 and far from the obvious choice. He limped, stuttered and was perceived as weak. He had been kept in seclusion as his family was embarassed about him! When there was a huge power struggle, many nobles were killed and left Claudius as the last surviving male. This was the time that Claudius showed his astute ability as a leader...this person who people had perceived as weak proved to be a good leader throughout his 13 year rule with a spate of impressive public works and the conquest of Britain.

Never be fooled by a perception, don't assume......look through the shyness, and assess the ability.

Carnival of Leadership Development

Welcome to the November 22, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development.

Ivan Rios presents 9 Things To Do In The First 100 Days posted at artofleading.net.

Anna presents Behave Yes...Conform Never! posted at The Engaging Brand

Ivan Rios presents Why Leaders Break Rules That Need To Be Broken posted at artofleading.net.

Jeremy Neal presents Thoughts on Quotes: Leaders Make Leaders - Creative Thoughts - Famous Quotes posted at Thoughts on Quotes, saying, "The function of leadership is to produce more leaders. Leaders make leaders, otherwise they are just managing to get by."

David Kam presents Bad Chief Officers, The Downfall of Many Companies | Marketing and Business Strategy - MarketingDeviant.com posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Michelle Cramer presents Learning From Experienced Entrepreneurs posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "We all have regrets - it’s just a fact of life. But we learn from those experiences, much like the flourishing entrepreneurs interviewed in Entrepreneur.com’s article "If They Could Turn Back Time." Their feedback reveals important steps that everyone starting their own business should know."

The Career Counselor presents Four Ways to Recognize an Office Liar posted at ask the CareerCounselor, saying, "Tips and tricks to help managers and other leaders see through office fibs and lies."

Mike Buckley presents Motivation posted at Mine Your Own Business.

Sagar presents How to: ?Fire? Your Bad Clients, Make More Money and Restore Your Sanity posted at Bootstrapper.

Matthew Paulson presents Eight Tactics That Will Help You Win Any Negotiation posted at American Entrepreneurship.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Inspire Yourself on Purpose – Inspiration from Inside Out posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "Here are twelve common sense reminders on how to inspire yourself. The word “inspire” derives from root words that mean “in spirit” or “spirit within.” Although there’s always another step to take, these points are a natural result of recognizing and identifying with this realization of who we really are. "
Jeremy Neal presents The Hard Work of Genius posted at Thoughts on Quotes, saying, "A strong work ethic combined with the ability to focus, and exhibit leadership courage, can make people of average intelligence appear to be geniuses."
Gavin Ingham presents What’s your Si (Sales Intensity) rating? posted at Gavin Ingham.

Carol Bentley presents Here’s 8 elements for a powerful sales letter. . . posted at Here’s 8 elements for a powerful sales letter. . ..

Alex Marlin presents Stress Is Rampant In Our Community posted at Life Improvement Tips For Thin and Small People, saying, "Very nice article that deals with stress related issues, like how to avoid stress and simple signs for spotting stress."
GreatManagement presents How To Be An Effective Public Speaker posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Sagar presents Top 100 Entrepreneur Podcasts posted at Bootstrapper.

Edith presents How to Find Your Greatness (Inspired by Barbara DeAngelis) posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Alvaro Fernandez presents Emotional Intelligence and Faces posted at SharpBrains, saying, "What do our faces say?"

David B. Bohl presents Driven to Succeed, Prisoner of Success, Workaholic, or Someone Who Can?t Say ?No?? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, "As you contemplate the number of hours you’ll be spending on your work in the months ahead, do you dread the thought? Will you have a mountain of work to do, yet still take on more with a smile (maybe forced) on your face? Will people be pulling you in every direction?"
Ralph Jean-Paul presents Meet 7 People in 7 Days posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, "Looking for new clients and business contacts? There are 6.7 trillion people in the world. How many of them do you know? Meet a new person for business or social advancement each day this week."

Michelle Cramer presents Communicating Competence posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Though your personality has a lot to do with it, people often judge by what they see first rather than what they hear. So it’s important that you portray competence in your business industry not only in your knowledge and performance, but also in how you convey yourself."

Marco Richter presents Be Flexible posted at Work From Home Concepts.

Jason Jacobsohn presents 15 Questions to Evaluate Your Networking Committment posted at Networking Insight.

Wanda Grindstaff presents Success Through Service, the Most Important Component! posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

GreatManagement presents Great Inspiration Articles 19 Nov 2007 posted at The GreatManagement Blog

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Learn from the Past, Rather than Live in the Past

We should never ignore the past, we should learn from the past and use our experiences to shape our thinking. The danger is that you take that too far and that you live in the past.

The French built The Maginot line to keep the Germans at bay - a series of anti tank traps, observation posts and pillboxes. Great for how the previous war had been fought - static fighting. But in 1940 the line was broken by thousands of well armed German troops who unlikebefore, were highly mobile. Times had moved on, what worked in the past no longer worked now.

This is so true for business. You can have a "lessons learned" after large events, then when faced with new challenges look for the trends on what was important last time and ensure that you have improved your approach as well as updated it for today's world.

Experience the past to live the future!

Carnival of Leadership Development

Welcome to the November 6, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive Fitness @ Harvard Business Review posted at SharpBrains, saying, "A new area of leadership development: cognitive fitness."

Anna presents A Brand Story ....Starring You posted at The Engaging Brand

Louise Manning presents From a town called Searchlight posted at The Human Imprint.

GreatManagement presents Great Inspiration Articles posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Choose Excellence and Lose Mediocrity posted at Tupelo Kenyon,

Daryl Furuyama presents The Prehistoric Leader posted at darksociologist{dot}com, saying, "This article describes the first leader-follower relationship in history and what we can learn from it."

Hueina Su presents Deadly Conversations posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul.

Warren Wong presents How To Be Genuinely Interested In People posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Why you should show genuine interest in people and how to go about doing it."

Scott Fusco presents Thinking big vs. Thinking small posted at Personal development coaching | Scott Fusco . net

Warren Wong presents The Weakness Of Overconfidence posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Why overconfidence is a weakness and tips to overcome the dangers of overconfidence."

GreatManagement presents Come On, Be An Effective Manager posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents What Do You Really Want? posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat

Philippe De Ridder presents List of Crowdsourcing Examples posted at Open Innovators, saying, "A lot is happening in the area of open innovation, making it difficult for managers to stay on top of this trend. This article provides an overview of the leading and best practice examples in the field of open innovation and crowdsourcing."

Christopher J. Brunner presents Brainstorming Motivation for Your Employees posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Have you ever been to a business meeting that, though the intention was to come up with great ideas for the progression of the business, turned out to be a total flop?"

Alex Marlin presents I Am Not Trying To Belittle No One posted at Life Improvement Tips For Thin and Small People.

John Crenshaw presents Are You Proactive or Reactive? posted at Dominate Your Life, saying, "You can learn a lot about how to be successful in life and business by studying what works for people in really intense situations. Am I ever going to be so bombarded with information that I’m incapable of processing it all?"

Charles H. Green presents Trust vs. Incentive Compensation: What Joe Torre and the NY Yankees Have to Teach Business posted at Trust Matters

Erek Ostrowski presents Leverage Your Time and Energy - Untie Your Shoes! posted at Verve Coaching, saying, "Let’s face it, time and energy are precious resources. I’ve never worked with anyone in small business who has extra time and energy to spend revisiting issues they solved once already..."

Jay Gordon Cone presents Why Meet? posted at Interaction Associates - Thought leadership and practical tools for collaboration.

James D. Brausch presents Act Or Don´t Act… There Is No Try posted at jamesbrausch.com.

Arin Vahanian presents How to Change or Develop a Belief System posted at Super State.

Warren Wong presents Focus On One Thing At A Time To Completion posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Learn to focus on one thing at a time to save time and get more done."
Dr. Joe Capista presents A Mentor Can Change Your Life posted at Success Triangle

GreatManagement presents The Simple Top Management Skill and Technique you’ve got to Have! posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Leon Gettler presents The downside of charismatic leaders posted at Sox First

Alex Marlin presents Dealing With Bitter People posted at Life Improvement Tips For Thin and Small People.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Start Meaningful Conversations posted at Potential 2 Success

Jason Jacobsohn presents How to Become Memorable When Business Networking posted at Networking Insight.

Marco Richter presents Learning to Say No posted at Self Improvement Emporium.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Finding An Employee That Matches Your Leadership Style posted at GreatFX Business Cards

Steven Silvers presents Rockies ticket sales fiasco a case study in bad news. posted at Scatterbox at stevensilvers.com

Randy Nichols presents The Job Burnout Cure posted at Career Advice by Randy, saying, "The daily grind of working for someone else and being on a limited income takes it’s toll, What in the world is the cure?"

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Management - As Easy as 1-2-3

In business there are always challenges, always problems - indeed if there were none, many of us would be unemployed!

Sometimes you can get really bogged down in understanding what the real problem is - if that is the case try the 1-2-3 method.

1. Is there a system in place for handling the task? If not, you have a systems problem - training won't help
2. Is there a system and employees know how to use it, but don't follow it? If so you have a management problem.
3. Is there a system, but employees don't really know what it is or how to use it? If so you have a training problem.

See as easy as 1-2-3 !

Embrace Social Networking

Often people say social networking is new, firms try to ban access as though it is something to be banished from society. I would never ban it for this simple reason - the tools might be new but the sentiment isn't..those conversations are going to be had whether you give access on the internet or not. I love this quote from Scott Donaton from Ad Age

"Since the first 3 cavemen stood around a fire, we've had social networks"

The important factor is how to use social networking, social networkers and social networking sites to your benefit. Think of it as access to talent, access to a database of mind power, access to that human need of belonging, access to a communication tool that can connect people globally. You know people used to fear the telephone, fear emails as a waste of time...then they learned how to use them for their own benefit and the benefit of the firm. Embrace new technology, if you fight it..you will just be left behind....

Carnival of Leadership Development

Here is the latest collection of articles for leaders and managers who want to motivate, inspire and engage people at work. Enjoy!

GreatManagement presents Tom Peters Recommends The Dream Manager posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

David Kam presents A Generous Leader, A Great Figure posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Randy Nichols presents The Job Burnout Cure posted at Career Advice by Randy, saying, "The daily grind of working for someone else and being on a limited income takes it’s toll, What in the world is the cure?"

Chris Russell presents The Power of Personal Space posted at Productivity Planner, saying, "Have you ever thought about how powerful personal space is as a determinant of productivity? Everybody works differently, and where possible good managers should take into account individual preferences and needs when allocating workspace."

Tupelo Kenyon presents Choose Excellence and Lose Mediocrity posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "What if you knew that a life of excellence was lurking right around the corner, if you would only prioritize your moments in such a way so that you could recognize it. Take an objective look at the various activities of your life. Get inspired to lose the mediocre to make room for something better. "

Robert Michel presents Business Networking is Like an Orange Tree posted at Social Networking Skills, saying, "Print advertising, phone solicitation, and direct mail if done correctly lead to immediate results. Personal networking takes longer, and therefore requires a greater level of patience and maturity. However, the quality of business received from networking is by far superior because nothing beats a personal referral."

Warren Wong presents How To Be Genuinely Interested In People posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Why you should show genuine interest in people and how to go about doing it."

Warren Wong presents The Weakness Of Overconfidence posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Why overconfidence is a weakness and tips to overcome the dangers of overconfidence."
Chris Russell presents Are the ?Yeah, Buts? in Your Business or Organization Affecting Productivity? posted at Productivity Planner, saying, ""Yeah, we can do that, but so and so or whatever is keeping us from doing that." How are all of these "Yeah, Buts" affecting employee productivity and overall business results?"
Peter Quinn presents 10 Tips For Effective Negotiations in Life and Business posted at Easy Negotiation Techniques, saying, "These 10 points are things you need to have in mind to have a win-win."
Emmanuel presents Getting the best out of your employees posted at Emmanuel Oluwatosin: Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions.

GreatManagement presents Come On, Be An Effective Manager posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Listen with Your Heart posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "When someone is talking to you, do you hear with your ears, monitor with your mind, or listen with your heart? Invest a few minutes thinking about the importance of listening well – a deliberate conscious act – and watch your relationships grow to a new level of closeness and understanding."

Charles H. Green presents The Point of Listening Is Not What You Hear, but the Hearing Itself posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Listening, or rather, hearing, is what makes people like and trust you. Just hear, don't listen thinking about what you want and in so doing you will gain the influence needed to keep the employees you value."

Tina Su presents 6 Ways to be Positive in Any Situation posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive..

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