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• CAN ALL OF US BE RIGHT?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on July 21, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In a discussion where the parties have strongly held views, can everybody be right?  Of course not, many of you will quickly respond.  There is only one right view on the matter at hand some will say, and if you… Read More ›

• BAD MANAGEMENT REVISITED

  By Terry Joseph Busch on July 6, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Recently I posted an article entitled “The Price of Bad Management”.  In it I focused on the impact bad management practices have on the productivity of an organization and on those who work for and must interact with a bad… Read More ›

• THE PROFESSIONAL MID-LIFE CRISIS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on July 5, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  Let’s say you’re 44 and have been in you profession for over a decade.  You have risen to the management ranks and by most reasonable standards are  a professional success.  You and your partner have a family, a home, a… Read More ›

• HEEDING CRITICAL FEEDBACK AND ADVICE

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Throughout our professional careers, we are given plenty of casual advice by well-meaning colleagues, friends, and those we currently call our boss; “do this, don’t do that, consider this, I suggest that”.  In most cases, the stakes involved in heeding… Read More ›

• A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 23, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Yesterday morning while having breakfast in one of my favorite business travel hotels, I could not help but overhear a conversation between the two individuals seated not more than three feet from me.  The gist of the conversation involved workplace… Read More ›

• EVALUATING SOMEBODY’S PERFORMANCE

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  I have touched on this subject at various times in this blog.  But I continue to have rather serious discussions with both managers and non-managers about how to evaluate somebody effectively and how to avoid creating a victim of ham-handedness… Read More ›

• THE MANAGEMENT-STAFF RELATIONSHIP

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  My motivation for writing this particular article comes from years of observing — and personally experiencing — both the good and the bad elements of the management-staff relationship.  I begin with the players and note that the distinction between them… Read More ›

• HOW WELL DO YOU WRITE?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on May 30, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  On many occasions in this series of articles, I have addressed the topic of verbal communication.  Since almost everything you do as a manager involves some type of communication with somebody else, your ability to convey a clear, accurate message… Read More ›

• THE PRICE OF BAD MANAGEMENT

  By Terry Joseph Busch on May 13, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  There are quite a few professions where the consequences of mistakes, bad professional practices, or serious errors in judgment are quite easy for us to imagine.  Air line pilots, surgeons, dentists, criminal lawyers, structural engineers, cruise line captains, and school… Read More ›

• DECISION-MAKING: “THE STRATEGIC TRIANGLE” PART II

  By Terry Joseph Busch on May 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In part I  of “The Strategic Triangle”©, I addressed the value of being clear on what pieces of any problem or issue confronting you are actually under your control or jurisdiction.  Here in part II, I will address the remaining… Read More ›