How effective are your meetings? Here is an easy quiz to check the success of your meetings. 1) Who leads your meetings? a) No one b) Whoever has the loudest voice c) A facilitator 2) What happens to the ideas in your meetings? a) We discourage new ideas b) We make fun of them c) A scribe writes them on…
Read MoreYou probably are aware by now how critical project management is for your bottom line. Organizations all over are tuning in to the effect of project management to meet it's defects in the face of astronomical demands posed by the digital age. Right now professionals are required to perpetually learn the bleeding edge project management techniques including perhaps pursuing the…
Read MoreIn working with different businesses, I am thinking about the following questions every day: How do we increase productivity? How do we improve customer service? How do we keep people actively engaged in their work and with others on their team? How do we reduce turnover? How do we improve safety? As leaders we think about these things because they…
Read MoreA good leader knows how to motivate his or her employees. When considering how to motivate your team, keep in mind that there are some definite motivational styles that vary among your employees. Three of the most common styles are achievement-motivated, affiliation-motivated and power-motivated. 1. Achievement-Motivated – Goal setting and achieving success is very important to employees with this motivational…
Read MoreBefore you can define the best character traits and skills that make up a good Chief Operating Officer, it's first necessary to define the job description. Because there is so much variation in job duties from one organization to another, there is also a large variation in the characteristics that make up the “perfect COO”. However, there are some key…
Read MoreThe position of chief operating officer is one seen in many companies. But what that position entails depends on a variety of factors. The job description of a COO in one company may be entirely different from the duties performed by a COO in another similar company. In general, a chief operating officer often handles a company's short-term and routine…
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