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• 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 ›

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

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

  

  In my management workshops, we spend considerable time focusing on decision-making.  The sheer number of decisions most managers make in a week is staggering, many of them on the fly, with little time for contemplation.  We also focus a lot… Read More ›

• SET UP TO FAIL

  By Terry Joseph Busch on April 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Making personnel moves is a routine part of most manager’s jobs.  It is also one of the most critical elements of a manager’s responsibilities, whether looked at from the organization’s or the individual assignee’s perspective.  From the organization’s vantage point,… Read More ›

• MISSION, VISION, & VALUES

  By Terry Joseph Busch on April 23, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the years, as a manager and consultant, I have had the opportunity to participate in numerous Mission, Vision and Values exercises, involving both large and small organizations.  Many have been fun, some just OK, and some downright tedious.  … Read More ›

• THE FAIRNESS-EQUITY DILEMMA

  By Terry Joseph Busch on April 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Ask any manager if she or he strives to be fair and equitable in her or his dealings with subordinates and you will rarely get a negative response.  By the time we reach adulthood, these two concepts are well ingrained… Read More ›