Management Diary
The Ultimate Reference For Managers And Wannabe's
The Thick Line Between Buddy and Boss
Q: One of my key employees is giving me trouble. He has started showing up late for work and has developed a bad attitude in general.
I Am Not A Number - Why Too Many Change Projects Fail
Many of you will recognise this quote from the 1960s TV show, "The Prisoner". Patrick McGoohan used the phrase to describe his frustration at not being treated as an individual, and being kept in the dark about what his superiors were up to in a very confusing environment.
What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma is a highly disciplined process focused on satisfying customers by delivering nearly perfect products and services. In today's competitive market, consistently maintaining satisfied customers is essential to growth and success.
The Top Three Problems IT Managers Face and How to Overcome Them
Todays business environment has changed drastically from just a few years back. Rather than working exclusively with equipment, data, and systems, todays IT managers face issues such as cross training, personnel management, interdepartmental communication, and a widening job scope for all IT employees.
Why Your Company Needs An E-Mail Policy
Everyone at the office thought that using the company e-mail system to share jokes and funny stories was great fun. That is, until one offended employee decided to sue his employer for having helped to create a hostile work environment.
Is Your Business Healthy?
Most business owners I work with want to grow their businesses. I guess this probably applies to most businesses in general.
Making Change Work
Shaky Foundations Whilst over 60% of businesses will be looking to implement some form of business improvement initiative over the next 18 months, less than 1 in 4 of these change programmes will achieve any worthwhile results that are sustainable for a further 12 months post the introduction of change. This brings into focus two key problems: 1.
Examining the Relationship Between Employee Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction
Researchers have undertaken numerous studies to look at the connection between customer and employee satisfaction. A majority of these studies were able to uncover a correlation between employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction and profitability.
What Consultants Want You to Know (But You Never Ask)
I've been both a CEO and a consultant, so I've seen from both perspectives what goes right and what goes wrong when a consultant comes in to a company. Generally the CEO or the manager who hires the consultant tells the consultant what he or she wants.
Will a Workplace Bully Bankrupt Your Company?
Safeguard Your Company Against Harrassment Claims Twenty-five percent of employees suffer with peer to peer bullying and its on the rise, according to the National Institute of Safety and Health. Dina Beach Lynch, a 12 year workplace strategist and mediator, has the answer: Conflict Coaching.
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MORE RESOURCES:
Bush says backs strong dollar policy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Sunday the American economy was not growing as quickly as he
would like and that his administration supported a strong
dollar policy.
Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
(AP)
 AP - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
Kimmitt confident in economic fundamentals
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert
Kimmitt said on Friday he was confident about the United
States' economic fundamentals in the long term despite a
current rough patch and was quite optimistic about the future.
Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend
(AP)
 AP - Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high.
62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year
(AP)
 AP - The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future.
G8 to tackle inflation, but concrete action elusive
(Reuters)
 Reuters - G8 leaders aim to present a united front
against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food
prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem
requires more than just a strong message from rich nations.
Inflation, not credit crunch, is top concern worldwide: Paulson
(AFP)
 AFP - Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview Thursday.
IBD's Top 10 - Thursday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - 1 The 6th straight monthly payrolls drop was in line with forecasts, though April and May payrolls were revised lower. That bodes ill for the economy, but recessions typically have bigger job cuts. Unemployment stayed at 5.5%, defying forecasts for a dip after May's spike. Factories and home builders slashed staff. Rising jobless claims signal more job losses ahead.
Wall Street firms reduce, banks step up Fed loans
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted it slightly.
Economy extends job loss streak
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers for a
sixth straight month in June for the longest such streak since
2002 and the country's vast service sector unexpectedly
contracted, underscoring the economy's frailty.
Service sector contracts as orders fall
(AP)
AP - Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores.
New York cabbies struggle as fuel costs hack pay
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Tired of pumping his cash right back
into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair
says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his
native Pakistan.
Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the major indexes again posting losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the credit crisis dogged the market.
U.S. cuts jobs for 6th month
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers from
their payrolls for the sixth straight month in June for the
country's longest losing streak since 2002, while the
unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, government data
on Thursday showed.
Jobless lines growing longer
(AP)
AP - The number of newly laid off people signing up for unemployment insurance rose sharply last week.
Paulson says US economy set to strengthen
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here on Thursday that the US economy would most likely be stronger at the end of 2008, even as oil prices surged to new records above 146 dollars.
Don't blame the buck for high oil price: Paulson
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A weaker dollar cannot be blamed for
soaring oil prices as policymakers around the world tussle with
the twin specters of rising inflation and slowing growth, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
Paulson: inflation becoming top global focus
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus
of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take
their toll.
Paulson says US economy enduring 'rough period'
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that the US economy was enduring "a rough period" and warned that home foreclosures would likely remain high in the near future.
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