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Managers: How To Cover Festive Resource Shortfalls
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At this time of year, it seems that the office environment is full of people taking time off for all sorts of reasons. As winter approaches, your team may begin to succumb to the various coughs and colds which affect most of us when seasons change.
Are Meetings Passé In Today’s Business Environment?
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Mention the word ‘meeting’ to most managers, and you’ll be met with an audible sigh of misery.
They may be the cornerstone of any successful business, but running meetings often fills people with dread at the thought of the bickering, unproductive time spent mulling over tasks, and the ensuing malaise that takes place following a poor meeting.
Despite this, meetings remain one of the most invaluable ways to communicate with your team, generate ideas and resolve outstanding issues and challenges. There is a wealth of information relating to meeting best practice – it could take up a ream of posts simply covering the issues around how to mediate, how to run, and how to structure this communication tool.
Switching Off At The End Of A Workday
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For the majority of managers, we’re contracted to work around 35 hours per week.
We go in at around nine in the morning, work until lunch, and then leave after five.
This is what we are paid to do.
Why is it, then, that so many of us refuse to switch off when we leave work?
We’re not paid for the time we spend at three in the morning, mulling over issues in the dark. We aren’t offered overtime for the hours we spend over the weekend thinking about work, or the days spent with half our minds dedicated to worrying about work-related issues.
99% Of All Managers Know The Basics Of Management But…
Posted by: | CommentsI believe 99% of Managers know the basics of Management but only a small percentage actually ‘do it’.
Why is that?
The Manager is being watched!
The basics of Management is simple.
The basics of Management is easy to learn.
The basics of Management don’t change.
Is it because they are lazy?
Is it because of procrastination?
It is because they have never been trained how to use the basic Management skills?
Yes, yes and yes and there are several other reasons as well.
So do you think you are a good Manager?
Hi, Andrew Rondeau here. I have over 25 years of hands-on management experience within a diverse range of different industries including retail, manufacturing, finance and IT. I’ve managed teams of up to 1000 individuals, managing numerous $multi-million projects, mergers, acquisitions and company sales.
