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Managers vs. Leaders, Authority vs. Influence

March 10, 2014 Employee Performance and Coaching, Management & Leadership, Productivity, The Manager's Resource Handbook

What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership? Much has been written about the difference between managers and leaders. It’s an important discussion because they are in fact, not the same thing. Further, a conversation explaining the difference between management and leadership to our employees can greatly benefit an up-and-coming staffer, who is considering future positions in your organization. Let’s take

How Establishing Specific Metrics Strengthens Your Business

March 5, 2014 Business Process, Finance and Accounting, Management & Leadership, Productivity, The Manager's Resource Handbook

How to Create Business Metrics Our world revolves metrics. Businesses track financial investments to see how they grow. Professional and weekend runners alike continually push themselves to shave seconds of the time it takes them to run a mile. And some people monitor their vehicle’s gas mileage to help determine when they need an oil change. Metrics, after all, are used to measure

Management Success Series Tip #10: Manage Like Bobby Fischer

February 26, 2014 Business Strategy, Change Management, Employee Relations, Management & Leadership, Management Success Series, Teams and Organizations, The Manager's Resource Handbook

In 1972, American Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship by beating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. It was a match publicized worldwide as the battle between two superpowers. While both nations had massive nuclear arsenals, this particular battle was fought with figurines on a game board. Now, while I know who Bobby Fischer was, I admit that I

Understand Management in 2 Sentences

February 24, 2014 Management & Leadership, The Manager's Resource Handbook

An article I read today by Rosabeth Moss Kanter over @HarvardBiz summed up what I believe to be the epitome of good management. In the article, Kanter states the following: “Good management is a series of well thought-through actions including phases, communications, checkpoints, customer-impact-testing, metrics, contingencies, and feedback loops, designed to produce specified results on time and on budget, based

The Best Business Strategy: Be Brilliant at the Basics

February 21, 2014 Business Strategy, Management & Leadership, The Manager's Resource Handbook

How Emphasis on Fundamentals Leads To More Successful Business I was recently working with a large multi-billion euro corporation that ranks high on the Fortune 500 list. Unlike small companies, this firm is publicly traded and has a stock price that has done very well for quite some time. In the eyes of investors, it had all the right chemical make-up of

Management Success Series Tip #2: Being Visible to Your People

February 12, 2014 Employee Relations, Management & Leadership, Management Success Series, The Manager's Resource Handbook

Tip #1 of the Management Success Series described influence as a key ingredient in good managers. You have to be able to maneuver and pull various levers to make things happen, while simultaneously pulling your team along with you. Influence, like trust, is something that is built over time but easily lost. A good means of establishing your influence and building trust is

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