A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —- Truth telling, of course, seems an obvious recommendation for any manager and not exactly a little thing. But here I am not referring to the need to avoid the BIG lie. Only the most… Read More ›
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AFFIRMATION
A LITTLE THING THAT MATTERS —- There are plenty of marvelous books on management and leadership suggesting the golden rules of being a success. I provide a list of my personal favorites as part of my website at: http://www.terrybusch.com. They… Read More ›
IDEAS THROUGH ASSOCIATION
I am sometimes asked where I get my ideas for these blog articles. While a majority of then have come from my management experiences, I often get ideas from what I read on a regular basis and from the suggestions… Read More ›
GET MORE IDEAS OUT OF YOUR TEAM
Recently, I heard from a new subscriber who asked if I had any thoughts on “how to get more ideas out of a work team”. He also drew attention to a recent “BusinessWeek” article by Liz Ryan — Corporate Provocateur… Read More ›
BAD MANAGEMENT REVISITED
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 ›
HEEDING CRITICAL FEEDBACK AND ADVICE
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
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
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 PRICE OF BAD MANAGEMENT
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 ›
SET UP TO FAIL
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 ›
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