What the Best Managers Know and Do

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• KNOWING THE LIMITS OF YOUR POWER

  By Terry Joseph Busch on November 14, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  The job of a manager often strikes those of us who have done it as quite a conundrum: apparently straight forward, yet frequently complex; occasionally clear but often maddeningly ambiguous; and especially about having been granted power, yet often leaving… Read More ›

• POSSIBILITIES TO LIVE INTO

  By Terry Joseph Busch on October 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Benjamin Zander’s web site describes him as a conductor, teacher, and dynamic world-traveling speaker on management and leadership issues.  While I have never had the pleasure of attending in person one of Mr. Zander’s leadership talks, I have had the opportunity… Read More ›

• EXERCISING AUTHORITY: THE “IF NOT, THEN WHAT” MESSAGE

  By Terry Joseph Busch on October 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The best managers intuitively seem to understand that the less often they need to blatantly exercise their authority, the better.  Frequent displays of management behavior, designed to impress and remind subordinates of “who is in charge”, generally have more negative,… Read More ›

• A SIMPLE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH: THE HUMAN DIMENSION

  By Terry Joseph Busch on September 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Anything quantifiable — that is, reducible to numbers — is obviously a potential measure of how well an organization is doing.  So profits and/or productive output, for example, are  usually one valid measure of organizational performance.  But numbers do not give… Read More ›

• MANAGERS WHO COMPLAIN TOO MUCH

  By Terry Joseph Busch on September 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Life is complicated, things do not always go our way, we are sometimes asked to live with and implement decisions we personally would not have made, our best laid plans often go awry, and “you know what” just happens.  Because… Read More ›

• SURROUND YOURSELF WITH DIVERSITY

  By Terry Joseph Busch on September 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I feel obliged to begin this article with a disclaimer.  I am certainly not an expert on the behavioral differences between the genders, nor am I a leading authority on the many topics that comprise “diversity” issues. What I do… Read More ›

• HOW WELL AM I DOING MY JOB?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on July 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I frequently ask managers how they evaluate, or attempt to know, how they are doing in their jobs.  What never ceases to surprise me is the number of respondents that are unable to provide anything but a rather vague “OK”… Read More ›

• MESSAGE TO A NEW BOSS: PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN

  By Terry Joseph Busch on July 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Family reunions are a great time to reconnect with loved ones, relive great memories, and in my case, spend a little time exploring the world of management through the eyes of a cross-generational collection of practitioners.  This year’s gathering yielded… Read More ›

• SPAN OF CONTROL

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 29, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  What is the best way to raise a child?  What is the best investment strategy for long-term growth in the current economy? What car is the best choice for a young family of four?  How much life insurance is enough?… Read More ›

• WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FIRING?

  By Terry Joseph Busch on June 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Employees — sometimes in large numbers — are laid off  from organizations for a variety of reasons beyond the quality of their performance.  Company mergers often result in large-scale employee reductions to achieve economies and eliminate duplication.  Government organizations —… Read More ›

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