Monday, 9 May 2011

Contracts: Handshake or Handcuffs?

"We don't need a contract, let's do it on a handshake." How often have you heard that said? What people really mean is "Contracts are expensive, long-winded documents that no-one understands and I will feel handcuffed to you."

So while the "handcuffs" approach scares many people away from using written contracts, they also know deep down that the alternative "handshake" doesn't afford them the protection they really need.

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Become a Better Boss

Each of us, at some time in our career, dreamed of "designing" the perfect boss. You know what I mean. Type in the specifications and out would come exactly who you needed to get your job done with none of the flaws we've all tolerated in mere mortals. The question is "what would you want in a boss?"

Google laid down this challenge, after years of a low interference management style where highly intelligent people with significant expertise reported to equally intelligent people with even greater expertise. The "people operations," aka HR heads, decided it was time to re-evaluate the strategy as well as address a need
to enhance and improve the quality of the leaders at the Googleplex. Project Oxygen was born.

Open Scheduler - Your Friendly System

It is a difficult task to do things on a schedule. Remember that most of us today can make very sophisticated schedules but to follow them is a big task. Moreover, when you have ample amount of work to do, making out a schedule becomes an issue and a big task to do. In that case, an open scheduler gives you a heavenly feeling when it makes out a proper schedule for your tasks.

What is an Open scheduler?

The Cause And Effect of Update Indicators

There are many business owners who have seen just how helpful the BSC tool is for their business. Unfortunately, there are a number of them who disregard the need to update indicators often. With this, the BSC measure that they are implementing in their business is actually useless. Since it is important for them to keep on updating their indicators, business owners need to know how they can do this.

Friday, 29 April 2011

Executive Business Coaching Professionals

Executive business coaches are experienced professionals who are committed to helping individuals and teams grow both personally and professionally and also to guide them through the rough seas of organisational change. Their expertise may come from the field of general management or it may be very specialised. In both cases they develop a fine eye for issues that really count in the area of skills and personal interaction with others. They are familiar with the world of business and often take time to understand and embrace the corporate culture of an organisation before providing advice or embarking on a coaching relationship.