Do you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish everything you need to do? Are you often rushing to do things last minute? Overwhelmed? Frequently late?
If so – you may be one of the thousands of workers affected by an increasingly common condition called IEMT- Inability to Effectively Manage Time.
Fortunately this condition is curable and best of all, doesn’t [...]
by DOMINIQUE JONES | May 27th, 2011 | Leadership & Management, Learning Management |
In our last few posts in this series we’ve discussed ways your managers can improve feedback, performance appraisals and goal management. Today we talk about development and bench strength.
So – how are your managers doing at developing your organization’s bench strength? Are they actively working to broaden and deepen their employees’ knowledge, skills and abilities and truly groom future leaders?
Do they know who their high performers or high potentials [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Mar 16th, 2011 | Learning Management, Performance Management |
The following is a guest post by Greg McGuire, editor of food services blog The Back Burner. In this post Greg discusses how restaurants can maximize employee performance by creating a corporate culture that reduces turnover and encourages excellence in service.
Restaurants face some unique challenges when it comes to achieving high employee performance. The average employee is younger and more likely to be receiving an education for something besides a career in food [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Mar 8th, 2011 | Learning Management |
The following is a guest post by leadership consultant and award-winning author Sylvia Lafair. In this post, Sylvia discusses leadership development and the qualities and characteristics of effective leaders.
Investing in leadership development is critical for today’s climate of constant change, continued complexity, crises, and challenges.
The big question is how to prioritize and underline the characteristics most important for an effective 21st Century leader to take charge and lead his or her organization.
Leadership Skills – What [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Nov 29th, 2010 | Learning Management |
Two weeks ago, the UK held it’s 4th annual National Anti-Bullying Week, which aims to raise awareness about the growing problem of bullying among youth. But bullying doesn’t only take place in schoolyards. It happens in the workplace and it can be extremely harmful to victims – even more so, new research suggests, than sexual harassment. Business researchers have discovered that victims of bullying report feeling angrier and more stressed [...]
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