Employee Selection - Are You Gambling at Work?

Employee Retention begins with Employee Selection. Gambling is alive and well in the modern work environment! It's amazing how many organizations gamble at work by not using advanced hiring techniques that could save resources and future headaches. Employee Selection is a key strategy that can save organizations tremendous resources, time, and energy. Proper Employee Selection is the foundation to an effective Employee Retention strategy.

Profit Covers Many Sins - Ten Principles for Success in 2007

Profit Covers Many Sins - Ten principles that can help us maintain our focus, uncover some of those sins that may have been covered by profitability in 2006 and create the kind of success in 2007 that you can be proud of:

A 10 Point Diagnostic For Your Business

Most businesses can benefit from a regular health check - a business diagnostic to identify priorities and potential solutions for better performance. Here is a list of 10 check points and some approaches to consider for raising your business performance to the next level.

When Business Is Slumping, Make Sure Your Assets Are Producing

When many companies go downhill, they never recover. Far too many of them continue to fall right into oblivion. They either go out of business or just become irrelevant companies. We saw this vividly in the 2001 bear market. The vast majority of the Internet companies were gone within a year.

Revealed - Why Your Computer System Is A Mess

Ever wondered why it takes you so long to find the information you need on your corporate computer system? That's if you can find it at all. Did you know that the tooth fairy could be partly to blame?

Awards and Incentives as Promotional Strategies

The job market is becoming increasingly complex. The healthcare field struggles to attract and maintain qualified employees. Educational institutions face the consequences of high turnover rates and difficulties in satisfying overworked, weary teachers.

What 'Balanced' Really Means for Measures

Having a hard time getting balanced performance measures? Let me give you some tips about what having balanced measures really means. And no, it's NOT about adopting the Balanced Scorecard - in fact, it's virtually the opposite!

How To Design Employee Communication Strategies That Engage Employees

This article is for anyone involved in communicating with employees. It explains the difference between whether your employee communication strategies engage employees or simply inform.

6 Performance Measure Facilitator Attributes

Just like a business or organisation has a management accountant and a strategic planner, it also needs a performance measurement facilitator, someone to be the expert that helps everyone in the organisation measure what really matters in achieving the organisation's direction. It's a new career emerging in today's information and knowledge economy. And here are the 6 attributes they need to have.

Measurement Tips From Table Tennis

Table tennis is like any process you want to improve, even business processes. My first attempts to learn how to play reminded me of a few practical tips when you're trying to improve the performance of anything.

How to Find Time to Measure Performance

Performance measurement is essential for business or organizational success. No doubt about it. But finding the time to do it right always seems to be a problem. Here are some real ideas about making this important time.

The Secrets Of Teaching Management Students

Teaching is comparable to public speaking. Students want to learn without being smothered with confusion or unrelated content. Preparation is the key to success of every session. A professor should not heavily depend on the textbook whose contents may not be up-to-date and may not be relevant to the level of the students. A student can be made interested in the topic of the day only when the introduction is adequate and easy to follow. The examples should be from the contemporary and familiar field or from every life. Points which are fairly less complex should be thrown open for discussion.

Do You Hold Too Much Inventory - Check Your Stock Turn Ratio

It is essential to measure the availability of stock, after all that is why the investment is made in the first place. However, measuring stock outs can be a limiting way to measure inventory as it only measures one dimension of inventory, that is, availability.

Inventory Reduction Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between inventory management and inventory reduction? How does the different focus of inventory management and inventory reduction impact the outcome? These and other key questions are answered in a straight forward no BS manner.