Managing Employees

If you’re in management, you’ll most likely in your tenure be asked to either conduct or attend a brainstorming session. Beware, because not all brainstorming sessions are created equal. Just...

Do you ever wonder HOW you really spend your day? Do you ever say to yourself, “I was busy all day, but did not seem to accomplish as much as I had hoped”. Why is that? Each day you set out to...

Meeting deadlines is important whether you are working for a company, working on a group project for school or part of a community organization. Organization and a willingness to plan ahead will...

All the printed safety materials in the world and even the offer of incentives, while useful, will not have the impact of a crew full of people who recognize what safety improvements need to be...

Have you ever sat in a meeting, bored to distraction, thinking even the dentist’s chair would be a more pleasant alternative? Well, you’d never lead a meeting like that – would you? Meetings are...

A meeting agenda is essential to meeting effectiveness and efficiency. Think you don’t need an agenda? Look around the room, during your next meeting, and add up the salaries represented. Then,...

This is a step-by-step article on how to record business meeting minutes

Training in business etiquette and manners should be part of standard training at every company. Understanding how to better deal with people is important in helping to conduct productive...

Business meetings need to be effective in conveying information to people, but they also can use various themes to help make the meeting more exciting and interesting for the attendees. A theme...

This is an article on how to have a productive business meeting.

Sales meetings are essential to keeping the flow of information open between sales people and executive management. It is also important for sales professionals to get together to share...

If a meeting is important enough to call people together, you want to make sure that the time is used wisely and produces results. The purpose of an Agenda is to establish a framework for keeping...

Organization change efforts require that people adjust how they function. This article shows managers how to have open discussions with employees to prepare them for an upcoming workplace change.

Meeting agendas are a part of any well functioning staff team or business management strategy. Meeting agendas ensure that all important topics are addressed and also minimize wasted time by...

Meeting facilitation is an art form that demonstrates real leadership, and a great facilitator will quickly gain the respect of their peers. These steps apply to quick 20 minute meetings through...

Employee safety can be a concern in virtually any occupation. A safety meeting is an opportunity to teach proper techniques and procedures that can prevent injuries from occurring, which can...

How to Improve Problem-Solving Meetings With The Improved Nominal-Group Technique. By William Fox The following problems are common in conventional meetings: group members are reluctant to say...

The following problems are common in conventional meetings: group members are reluctant to say what they really think, decisions tend to be determined more by contributor status than by idea...

One of the hardest things to do as a manager is build a team of people who work well together. Egos, interpersonal conflicts and personal agendas too often seem to get in the way.The need to...

Writing Minutes for a Meeting can be simple but also challenging. It’s important to capture important information such as; Facts, Who, Where, Date, Time and Topic.

Building and maintaining a solid, functional, professional team is a straight-forward process when you start from the right premise. The actions of the team must meet the personal and...

When conducting a business meeting, be sure to notify all people involved, start the meeting on time, and have a defined agenda that covers all relevant information. Conduct a business meeting...

My boss, however, is a jerk. Actually, "jerk" is too kind a word. I think the proper term for her is "psychopath." How do I deal with her? Dealing with a difficult boss...

In order to conduct an effective meeting, a manager should have an agenda, stick to a specific time frame and leave time for questions and answers. Conduct an effective meeting with tips from an...

In order to improve an employee's job performance, a manager should look at where the employee thinks they are against the job's requirements. Improve an employee's job performance in a meeting...

In How to Set an Agenda for a Meeting you will learn 5 things that must be established in order to achieve success. A well-written agenda will serve to keep you on task and on track while letting...

Most of the time companies big and small have meetings and they last for an hour or more and they are boring and go on and on with no sense past the first half hour on what the meeting is really...

To accomplish valuable work during a meeting, the meeting should follow three basic phases of organizing. These phases include: open meeting, work to accomplish the primary meeting purpose, and...

How often do you dread the never-ending weekly meeting? Like most, you dread it every time you think about it. Few things kill productivity and creativity than poorly planned and run...

Business meetings require scheduling, organization, leadership, record keeping and follow up. How your project proceeds will depend on the decision making and action that will flow from the...

Motivating employees, volunteers and groups can be important to the success of your organization. The easiest and least expensive way to motivate associates on a weekly basis is to host...

In many cases, employees are quick to follow their manager and equally quick to go astray. Employees will follow their managers lead/direction 100 percent of the time, if they are motived. There...

Managing people in a job environment is always an interesting challenge. A supervisor or owner must be able to handle many different types of personalities and keep his or her boss and or...

Learn some important and useful staff meeting topics to help set your next salon staff meeting agenda - free video.

Get tips for facilitating an effective salon staff meeting - free video.

Are you in management? Ever had a problem figuring out how to handle a good employee about a problem? This article should help.

Organize a meeting in a voicemail message when you don't have access to your computer and you're racing against the clock to finalize meeting details. You can use voicemail to set up meetings the...

This article will teach you how to have an effective meeting through proper meeting facilitation.

It starts as one muffled cough, a pair of glazed-over eyes, or the sound of shuffling feet. Those are all signs of another boring meeting. You might have vitally important messages to convey,...

Some meetings are worthwhile, most are not. But even those that add value to the group or company are often longer than necessary. With a little planning, you can minimize the time they take and...

Running a great meeting is easy if you are willing to take the time and effort to prepare for it properly. Read on for some tips and ideas.

This How To article will give you a great way to conduct an employee's verbal warning ... regarding any subject.

When sales are down, and it is your responsibility to improve them, it could be a challenging situation to get your sales people pumped up so that sales improve. You have to have a meeting about...

Working together doesn't have to be a difficult proposition. A common challange to overcome is each person on a project has her own ideas to best achieve the goal. Taking time to create a shared...

No one enjoys a long, pointless gathering, yet that is what most meetings are. You can be the talk of the office by accomplishing the near impossible: conducting a productive and short meeting....