What Best Mnagers Know & Do

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• MEETINGS: THOSE THAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE HELD

  By Terry Joseph Busch on February 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It is almost impossible to imagine modern business, non-profit, or government work getting accomplished, without people gathering in a seemingly endless round of meetings.  Meetings are so much a part of our everyday work life that we rarely question their… Read More ›

• ARE YOU ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOB?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on January 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Right-sized, down-sized, cut lose, laid off , let go, declared excess, victimized by a company’s collapse, or fired,  losing one’s job — for whatever reason — is just plain AWFUL and very painful in most cases. I was involuntarily let go… Read More ›

• MINIMIZE THOSE SYMBOLS OF POWER

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

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —-  When one becomes a manager in many organizations, there are numerous symbols of power and authority that often accompany this newly acquired status. An office, for example, is generally construed as quite a status… Read More ›

• DON’T PRESUME YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR OTHERS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —-   Back in the 1950’s, one of America’s most popular television shows was a program called “Father Knows Best”.  Once I became a father myself and gained a little experience at the demanding fatherly… Read More ›

• PITCHING IN

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 11, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —  The scene was the US Army’s 5th General Hospital in Stuttgart — what was then — West Germany.  I was a First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Service Corps and was serving as Officer… Read More ›

• THE POWER OF CLEAR POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS

  By Terry Joseph Busch on December 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —  In a previous blog I entitled “Being Smart”,  I referred to Stanford Professor Carol Dweck’s remarkable study of over 400 New York City fifth graders in which she demonstrated that simply by creating the mind-set… Read More ›

• MAINTAINING A SENSE OF HUMOR

  By Terry Joseph Busch on November 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —  Freud considered humor one of the most sophisticated forms of psychological defense mechanisms. I have long considered it an indispensable asset for succeeding as a manager.  To understand why, let’s look at the nature… Read More ›

• BEING IN THE PRESENT

  By Terry Joseph Busch on November 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —  Ask any subordinate if he or she wants to work for a manager who really doesn’t want their job and the answer will usually be a resounding NO! From a subordinate’s point of view,… Read More ›

• LISTENING

  By Terry Joseph Busch on November 16, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS — One of the hardest things I needed to do when I first became a manager, was to learn how to listen.  Yes, I realize we all learned the basics soon after birth but I… Read More ›

• A SIMPLE YES OR NO

  By Terry Joseph Busch on November 9, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —-  In two other articles in this series on the little things that matter — and which can make a big difference for a manager — I addressed the importance of acknowledging accomplishments big and… Read More ›

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