Cream Does Not Rise: Above It All

Getting promoted to escape a boring job function which has become unbearable is not good for the person or the company. The promotion is risky and the situation needs to be remedied in order to prevent the same thing from happening to whoever fills the lower position.

Time Management For Work From Home Executives

Are you dreading your next crisis? As a business owner you must know how to get the work out, even during a crisis. These suggestions will put you back in business, handling the crisis like the true professional you are.

Reward Your Employees for Outstanding Performance: Top Five Ways To Reinforce Excellent Work

Great leaders know that to get the most from their people, they’ve got to recognize their accomplishments in ways that have an impact, that serve to reinforce hard work and encourage continued creativity and innovation. Here are a few highly effective ways to reward employee excellence.

Leadership Development

This article focuses on leadership in the workplace, for both aspiring leaders and those managers who are taking on leadership roles.

How To Write Meaningful Mission Statements

While a mission statement is an important part of your overall business plan, its primary purpose is to inform consumers and capital investors of who you are, what you do, and why you do it. Additionally, the mission statement provides direction to your marketing campaign and sets the tone of your corporate culture. This article contains samples and analysis of several mission statements.

Accounts Receivable Collection Tips

The accounting gurus will tell you that you recognize your sales at the time your product or service changes hands. We all know it doesn't really happen until the cash changes hands and sometimes that can be a problem for many businesses. Here's how to change that.

Most Feared Words In Business - A Manager's Self Talk

What follows is a conversation - one that happens all too often in business. The status quo, how managers have been trained, what got them to where they are, and business realities all play a part in this conversation. Listen to our fictitious, but all too real manager as he has this ongoing talk with himself.

MARS Model of Individual Behavior and Results

In order for organizations to reap the benefits of positive employee behavior, managers of all levels should implement a proven model of behavior analysis. The MARS model by McShane and Von Glinow identifies how a better understanding of Motivation, Ability, Role perception and Situational factors impact employee performance.

Effective Decision Making

We all need to make decisions. We can often find it difficult. What are my 10 key tips for more effective decision making?

Effective Staff Appraisal

How can you make appraisals effective and powerful sources of staff motivation?

Dealing With Poor Performance

If you are a manager or aspiring manager, sooner or later you will be faced with a member of staff who is not performing. Here my 10 tips for dealing with this situation effectively and compassionately.

Petroleum Spill Remedial Action Report - 6 Key Points

The Petroleum Spill Remedial Action Report has 6 important components: Background; Investigation; Remedial Action; Sampling Activities and Analytical Results; Waste Generation and Disposal; Summary/Conclusion.

Thomas Edison And Invention Process

Very often people are curious as to whether there is a certain methodology that successful inventors are following that can be adopted by others. In my opinion, one should look no further then Thomas Edison, one of the greatest minds of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries; inventor who gave the world a long-lasting light bulb and phonograph - just a few inventions that revolutionized and modernized our world. In fact, Edison patented 1,093 Inventions in US alone, not counting numerous patents obtained in European countries like Germany, France and England.

All about Auto Shipping

Auto shipping is a process of shipping your auto from a dealer's lot or from any other location that connects consumer, shipping dealers and auto shipping companies in the most efficient possible way.