Gift Certificates Now Available
November 27, 2007
In response to several requests from members, Mike has created gift certificates for some of our products. Several members wrote in saying that they wanted family and friends to give them manager Tools gifts (wow!) this holiday season, but there was... Read more...
American Management Association Delivers Learning With SumTotal’s ‘ResultsOnDemand’
November 27, 2007
SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), a global provider of talent and learning management solutions, has signed a contract with American Management Association® (AMA) to provide AMA with ResultsOnDemand® -- Learning, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)... Read more...
Four Critical Selling Areas
November 27, 2007
Last week I talked about "missing the signs" of both bad prospects and good prospects. If you miss the signs, you waste your precious marketing time and energy. Just as important are three other critical steps in the selling process - steps most miss... Read more...
Staffing, Recruiting and Applicant Tracking FAQ
November 26, 2007
What’s the difference between staffing, recruiting and applicant tracking?"Staffing" and "recruiting" are traditional terms that both relate to the process of attracting job ... Read More →
The Basics of Calendar Management (Part 1 of 2)
November 26, 2007
This cast describes the first of our recommendations about calendar management. We spend a lot of time talking to executive clients about how they spend their time, and how they manage their priorities through their calendars. Several times over the... Read more...
3, 2, 1… StrategyDriven Podcast Coming Tuesday, November 27
November 25, 2007
Less than three days remain until the StrategyDriven Podcast launch! In our first episode, Nathan and Howard explore the question: “What makes an organization strategy driven?” The StrategyDriven Podcast series elaborates on the best practice... Read more...
Strategic Planning – Why Do Organization’s Need Strategic Planning
November 22, 2007
Do you know of an organization that performs extremely well during a crisis? Maybe your own? Organizations do well during times of crisis because executives, managers, and individual contributors all gain clarity of purpose, action, and expectation. Clarity,... Read more...
Webinar Now Available: Making the Move to a PEO
November 21, 2007
The other month I gave a presentation on “Making the Move to a PEO,” discussing why HR outsourcing may be right for companies as they gear up for the challenges of 2008. Presenting with me was Jennifer Panning, VP of Finance for Colorado-based... Read more...
Talent Management FAQ
November 20, 2007
What is talent management?Talent management is a process that emerged in the 1990s and continues to be adopted, as more companies come to realize that their employees’ talents and skills drive t... Read More →
Resource Management Warning Flag 2 - Parkinson’s Law
November 20, 2007
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Parkinson’s Law Wikipedia There exists a tendency among workers to use all of the time allotted to perform a task even if the work can be done in a shorter period of time. Some... Read more...
