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• CREATING POSITIVE TEAM CHEMISTRY

  By Terry Joseph Busch on January 9, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Now here is a dream achievement for most managers; creating positive team chemistry.  If only a manager could find the magic formula that creates a team environment where almost any accomplishment is possible. The trouble is, there is no magic… Read More ›

• MERGING ORGANIZATIONS? MERGE PEOPLE AND FAST

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 28, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Over the years I have observed — up close and from afar — numerous company, business and agency mergers. None of them ever went as smoothly as promised.  A few well-managed mergers produced minimal pain, while some others had their human victims… Read More ›

• KEEPING YOUR WORKFORCE ENGAGED

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 24, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  I have been following yearly surveys focused on the topic of “Workforce Engagement” for the last fifteen years.  These surveys have varied in their methodologies and organizational authors. Some  focused exclusively on the United States, while others offered a global perspective…. Read More ›

• AT WORK OR WORKING?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 14, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  The term “knowledge workforce” refers to those individuals who make their living primarily by developing and using KNOWLEDGE in their daily work.  The knowledge workers are our planners, analyzers, organizers, programmers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, marketers and designers whose contributions transform our business, commerce and… Read More ›

• UNLOCKING WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHERS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Of all the management challenges I confronted over the years, this one was one of the most challenging of all. To begin with, what we think we see in others is a perception.  Sometimes it is a perception based on… Read More ›

• BALANCING THE VISIONARY AND THE PRACTICAL

  By Terry Joseph Busch on October 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Having a vision for the future of your organization, a big idea, a grand goal!  It is hard to argue against the importance of these things when it comes to inspirational management and leadership and to the success and continued relevance… Read More ›

• DON’T ASK IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO ACT ON WHAT YOU HEAR

  By Terry Joseph Busch on September 7, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  I recently encountered the following story. A supervisor initiated an employee opinion survey designed, among other things, to identify what the staff thought of their performance as a manager.  The supervisor promised the responses would be anonymous and had arranged to have another staff… Read More ›

• MANAGING FIRST IMPRESSIONS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on August 26, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  We are all familiar with the power and durability of first impressions.  And nowhere is this more critical for a manager, than those created during their first week or two in a new job. A manager’s new subordinates and colleagues will… Read More ›

• EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING: STEP SIX IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOWUP

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  To be a manager is to make countless individual decisions for which you will personally be held responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to occasionally come together at various levels to decide and implement… Read More ›

• EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING: STEP FIVE COMMUNICATING DECISIONS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on May 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  To be a manager is to make countless individual decisions for which you will personally be held responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to occasionally come together at various levels to decide and implement… Read More ›