Management Diary
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Counseling Interviews for the Marginal Employee
ACTIVE LISTENING: The most frequent cause of failure in therapeutic counseling interviews is the interviewer's tendency to talk too much. Numerous studies have shown that in counseling interviews the average manager will talk as much as 85 percent of the time.
Group Meeting Disrupters
MEETING DISRUPTERS: If two participants are carrying on a personal discussion that interferes with a meeting, direct a clear and simple question to one of them. In order to avoid embarrassing them, address them by name before asking the question.
Leadership Skills
Recent studies have shown that industrial supervisors are working at less than 60% of their potential. Basic management skills training is guaranteed to change all this and at such little cost.
Succession Planning? ... Not on My Watch!
At first blush, it would appear there is no shortage of Succession Planning Advocates convinced in theory, the importance and benefits of corporate Succession Planning. In practice, however, real succession planning - or the overt lack thereof - runs juxtaposed to principle.
Why Management Kills Creativity
Ten or so years ago, an international consultant, specializing in employee involvement and team development, published a story relating to workplace communication that is heartwarming and damning at the same time. In 1981, Peter Grazer was working as the project engineer on a construction project to modernize a silicon manufacturing facility in St.
Better Manager Skills - How to Learn
When you first take over a department, expectations are usually high but operations are sometimes in disarray. The staff is disorganized, goals aren't being met, and hours are spent on unproductive tasks.
The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - Communication Breakdown
An ongoing series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN The 'Seven Cs' are the danger signs that indicate your business partnership, or any partnership for that matter, is in trouble.
What Cross-cultural Training Can Do for You
International business is more complex than ever before. Success in every sector is now seen in global terms.
Resolving Needs - What Your Employees Wish For!
For your people, they want to do a great job - no, really, despite your experiences, they do. And what might seem to 'the management' the important things, just don't stack in the day-to-day reality of the workplace.
Uncovering the Secrets to Effective Performance Management
In many ways there are no secrets to implementing effective performance management. Performance Management is a process and a process which if implemented effectively should ensure that both employees and managers remain both productive and motivated.
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Foreclosures drop for 2nd month in February: RealtyTrac
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for a second straight month in February, and notched the smallest annual increase in four years as housing-rescue efforts contained activity, a report released on Thursday showed.
Oil near $82 as traders eye weak US demand
(AP)
 AP - Oil prices hovered around $82 a barrel Thursday in Europe as traders weighed stagnant U.S. crude demand against a gradual global economic recovery.
Obama taps Boeing, Xerox chiefs to lead export body
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama, anxious to spur growth and tackle unemployment, will name two top executives from Boeing and Xerox on Thursday to spearhead his drive to boost U.S. exports, the White House said.
India aims to be world's fastest growing economy
(AP)
 AP - Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough.
Geithner warns EU on hedge fund regulation plan
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned the European Commission its plans to regulate hedge funds and private equity groups could spark a transatlantic row, a paper reported Thursday.
Japan's 4Q growth weaker than first estimated
(AP)
 AP - Japan's economic growth was weaker than first estimated in the fourth quarter, underscoring a patchy recovery in the world's No. 2 economy.
U.S. dollar still rules, but debt level a risk: S&P
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. dollar is still the most important world currency, Standard & Poor's said on Thursday, but added that rising levels of U.S. debt and dependence on foreigners to finance much of pose risks to the currency's primacy.
Senate passes $149 billion for jobless aid
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.
US Senate adopts aid for unemployed
(AFP)
 AFP - The US Senate has adopted a 140-billion-dollar raft of measures aimed at shoring up unemployment benefits and setting out tax breaks to spur job creation.
California revenue jumps, tax refunds should be paid on time
(Reuters)
Reuters - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Controller John Chiang said on Wednesday.
Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator
(AP)
 AP - The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.
Roll Call: Senate vote on jobless aid measure
(AP)
AP - The 62-36 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate voted to extend jobless aid, tax breaks to businesses and individuals and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.
Wholesale inventories fall while sales increase
(AP)
 AP - Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month. The dip in inventories underscored that businesses remain cautious about restocking their depleted shelves.
Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
(AP)
 AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.
Credit card users: Not so responsible after all?
(AP)
AP - With unemployment high and personal wealth diminished, how was it that strapped consumers were paying down their credit card debt last year? It turns out they probably weren't.
Republican Bunning stirs anger with WTO block
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Republican senator who held up action earlier this month on a bill to renew jobless benefits faced more criticism on Wednesday for blocking approval of President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization.
Summary Box: Wholesale inventories trimmed
(AP)
AP - INVENTORIES: Inventories held at the wholesale level fell 0.2 percent in January, highlighting that businesses remain cautious about adding to their stockpiles.
Highlights of Senate jobless aid bill
(AP)
AP - Highlights of Senate legislation extending unemployment insurance and expired tax breaks:
Okla.'s jobless rate continues to improve in Jan.
(AP)
AP - Oklahoma's jobless rate declined to 6.7 percent in January.
Maine jobless rate rises to 8.2 percent in January
(AP)
AP - The Maine Labor Department says unemployment in Maine rose in January to 8.2 percent.
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