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Your Buddy Is Now Your Boss

2013-05-31T02:37:56Z

Sometimes one friend gets promoted over another. Their relationship is going to change. What can each of them do to make the best of their new situation? Read <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/begintomanage/a/Help-My-Peer-Is-Now-My-Boss.htm">Help, My Peer is Now My Boss</a> to learn how they both can make it work.

Your Buddy Is Now Your Boss originally appeared on About.com Management on Friday, May 31st, 2013 at 02:37:56.

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Steve Jobs or Martha Stewart Best Career Advice

2013-05-30T00:40:17Z

It seems like there is no end of celebrities giving their advice on how to manage our careers and/or our lives. And if the celebrity is dead, then someone figures out what they would have said and tells us. Most of them are pretty inane, but here are two that are worth reading: <ul><LI><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://businessonmain.msn.com/browseresources/articles/inventingandnewideas.aspx?cp-documentid=257719509#fbid=GImFP6lABEl">How You Can Be More Like Steve Jobs</a> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://businessonmain.msn.com/browseresources/articles/startupsuccesses.aspx?cp-documentid=257717532#fbid=GImFP6lABEl">4 Secrets for Lifelong Success From Martha Stewart</a></ul> More <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/leadership/Leadership.htm">Leadership </a>articles

Steve Jobs or Martha Stewart Best Career Advice originally appeared on About.com Management on Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at 00:40:17.

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Forbes Lists The Most Powerful Women Of 2013

2013-05-29T12:56:49Z

Forbes magazine recently published their annual list of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/05/22/the-worlds-most-powerful-women-2013/">The World's Most Powerful Women 2013</a>. In addition to the expected political figures (nine heads of state) and personalities from the entertainment world, the list includes what Forbes calls "the rising tide of female entrepreneurs", another nine who are "founders or owners of their own enterprises".

Forbes Lists The Most Powerful Women Of 2013 originally appeared on About.com Management on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 12:56:49.

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Be More Effective Working From Home

2013-05-29T00:42:50Z

We've all seen the recent moves by <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/02/27/yahoo-fails-with-new-no-telecommuting-policy.htm">Yahoo </a>and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/03/07/best-buy-ceo-hubert-joly-joins-yahoo-in-giant-step-backward.htm">Best Buy</a> to cut back or cut out employees working from home. If you enjoy working from home and want to continue to be able to do so, you need to demonstrate to your employer that you are as productive working from home as working from the office - maybe even more so. To be more productive working from home you need a setting that lets you concentrate on your work, you need the proper tools, and you need the self-discipline to get the work done and not get distracted. Here are an additional <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://living.msn.com/life-inspired/8-ways-to-be-more-productive-working-from-home-1">8 Ways to Be More Productive Working From Home</a> from Good Housekeeping. Here are a few more related articles: <ul><LI><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/employeemotivation/a/Management-By-Attendance.htm">Management By Attendance</a> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/yourself/a/ownership.htm">Take Ownership of Your Job</a><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/yourself/a/Getting-It-All-Done.htm">Getting It All Done</a><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/Pareto081202.htm">Pareto's Principle - The 80-20 Rule</a> </ul>

Be More Effective Working From Home originally appeared on About.com Management on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 00:42:50.

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Praise Sandwich - Good Or Bad?

2013-05-21T02:54:44Z

You know a "praise" sandwich. It's when you need to reprimand someone for doing something wrong or for not doing something they should have, you wrap something good around it. For example, you might say, "Bob, I know you work really hard, but you've been late three times this month with your report. I need you to make sure I get it on time every day. So keep that positive attitude you always show and let's keep going forward". Is this an effective management tool? If so, why? If not, why not? Reply to this post with your thoughts and be sure to take our poll, too. <SCRIPT LANGUAGE= "javaScript" SRC="http://guidepolls.about.com/management/9112477520/poll.js?linkback="></script>

Praise Sandwich - Good Or Bad? originally appeared on About.com Management on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 at 02:54:44.

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Choosing People Over Profit

2013-05-13T01:32:26Z

The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.gridinternational.com/">GRID Theory</a> of management would have you believe that Joe Lueken is a 0,9 manager, a country club manager, because he puts his interest in people over profits. But this approach has made Joe Lueken a very wealthy man. And now that he is retiring, he is choosing to continue to follow that style. As Lueken put it, "The whole move revolves around people, not things or money". In this case, "the whole thing" is the sale of his three grocery stores to his employees. According to the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.startribune.com/local/180550281.html">Star Tribune</a>, "Lueken said he had multiple offers to sell to large independent chains and might have gotten more money that way. But he and his family believe that selling to workers will be better for them, the business and this north-central Minnesota city (Bemidji MN where Lueken lives) of 13,000 people". The same article quotes his front-end manager as noting, "Being owners will make us care more about our work. It gives you something to call your own and gives you a more comfortable retirement to look forward to." This sense of employee ownership is very important to the success of your business. You won't get the best ideas, the best quality work, and the highest productivity from employees who aren't motivated and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/30/get-your-employees-engaged.htm">engaged</a>. More articles about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/employeemotivation/Employee_Motivation.htm">Employee Motivation</a>

Choosing People Over Profit originally appeared on About.com Management on Monday, May 13th, 2013 at 01:32:26.

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Are Your Customers Still Satisfied?

2013-05-01T03:06:34Z

We have learned by now how important customer satisfaction is. Many businesses focus on ways to make sure their customers are satisfied with their purchase. The problem is that many businesses stop there. They never follow up after the product or service is delivered to make sure the customer remains satisfied. The article <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/metrics/a/Check-Your-Own-Work.htm">Check Your Own Work: Make Sure Your Customers Are Still Satisfied</a> explains why this is so important, how to find out, and what to do if your customers aren't still happy.

Are Your Customers Still Satisfied? originally appeared on About.com Management on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 at 03:06:34.

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Get Your Employees Engaged

2013-04-30T00:13:18Z

No, not that kind of engaged. Get them engaged in their job, committed and motivated to excel. Read the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/employeemotivation/a/The-Scrap-Paper-Test.htm">Scrap Paper Test</a> to find out how engaged your employees are and what you can do if they aren't.

Get Your Employees Engaged originally appeared on About.com Management on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 at 00:13:18.

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But McDonalds Doesn't "Get It"

2013-04-28T20:44:59Z

The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm">CEO of Next stores gets it</a>. The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/the-swiss-get-it-too.htm">Swiss people get it</a>. But McDonalds demonstrates that they still don't get it. Announcing that they<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=40d0f752-f44d-4c6b-b407-2fc7e937a319"> based their CEO's pay on "comparable" companies </a>sounds good. But then you learn that they have stopped using Costco as one of the copmpanies they compare to. Why is that, you wonder? Could it be because Costoco is one of the few companies that compensates their senior executives fairly; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2005/12/02/loyal-employees-make-business-profitable.htm">a company that pays senior executies relative to employees</a> rather than bleeding shaeholders for all they can get? We will never get maximum productivity from our workers until we begin to demonstrate that we value them for what they do.

But McDonalds Doesn't "Get It" originally appeared on About.com Management on Sunday, April 28th, 2013 at 20:44:59.

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The Swiss "Get It" Too

2013-04-26T12:40:01Z

Like the British CEO who <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm">gave his annual bonus to his employees</a>, the Swiss people recently demonstrated that they understand the inequity of huge CEO bonuses. Now the Swiss people have done something about it by<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://news.msn.com/world/swiss-rip-off-initiative-to-curb-big-bonuses-for-bosses"> overwhelmingly passing an initiative to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation for CEOs </a>and other company executives. It also bans "golden hellos" and "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/od/money/g/GoldenParachute.htm">golden parachutes</a>", the special deals paid to executives to bring them to the company and pay them bonuses when they leave. Events like these move us back closer to a time when CEO compensation reflected their value to the company and its stakeholders rather than the size of their egos and the depth of their greed. Companies with the greatest successes achieve it without superstar CEOs, so there is no benefit to a company to <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://management.about.com/b/2009/02/12/ceo-bonuses-necessary-or-greed.htm">give a CEO outlandish compensation</a>.

The Swiss "Get It" Too originally appeared on About.com Management on Friday, April 26th, 2013 at 12:40:01.

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