People who have Bachelor’s Degrees earn on average $26,000 more a year than those with just a high school diploma, according to numbers released by the Census Bureau last week. These numbers were for the year 2007 and were gathered from a survey on educational attainment in the United States.
The percent of people who have [...]
So here is the scenario: you were good, you went to college and you got that Bachelor’s degree, then you got a job and settled into a nice routine. Now you are stuck in a rut. Perhaps you have stalled in your current career and want a way to jumpstart it or maybe you have [...]
The 4 functions of management are so easy to remember they are a useful pointer for any new manager and adaptable for existing and more experienced managers to keep them focused and motivated.
So, what are the four functions of management?
Plan – what is to be done, by whom, how and by when? This brings considerations [...]
Being a new manager In the UK at least, people tend to be promoted on the basis of technical knowledge rather than management skill.
It’s common to hear from ex-soccer players who have gone from playing to managing say that it is very difficult going from “one of the lads” to telling someone they aren’t in [...]
In the UK and many other countries, employment tribunals have more than doubled in the last 5 years.
how so?
Well, television is increasing reality and people see The Apprentice and celebrity chef programs on TV. People who do well are almost always walking about, pointing and shouting at other people (and quite often swearing and being [...]
During periods of market slow down, the executive leadership of a venture can make choices about how they will react to the future, and the position where they would like to be once the economic hard times ease and the market begins to recover back to what it was before.
By changing their outlook and strategy [...]
Regardless of the size of your business, it is imperative to be incredibly focused within your business. In depth focus can only be achieved through proper planning.
Most people have one. Yet attending to their demands and idiosyncrasies can be nerve-wracking. Wise people engage good boss management strategies.
Just because you develop a web site does not mean you’re going to automatically start making sales. Many offline businesses will develop a web site and sit back and wait for the customers to come. They are sorely disappointed when this does not happen, and then they begin to think that a website is not [...]
As both an active project manager and a project management trainer, people often ask me what are the fundamental aspects to successful project management. Whilst there have been many great books written on the subject, I always summarise what I believe to be the best practices at the heart of good project management.
Define the scope [...]