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Strategic Learning Contracts - Maximizing Training
Tom Peters once spoke of a sausage company in the U.S. that determined pay scales, in part by the amount of new things that staff learned. So, when a sausage assembly line worker learned something about accounting, that was five bucks an hour more on the paycheque. It's great to be able to have the luxury to do things like that. However, the closest we in government are going to get to such schemes is to eat the sausage made by the person who got the extra five bucks.
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Leadership - The Link Between Planning
If you have read the preceding articles in this section on strategic planning, YOU will have a sense that strategic planning involves more than getting together for one day a yearto develop a strategic planning document. Strategic planning is both a logical, rational process, and a process that involves people. It takes more than developing a plan for that plan to be implemented. In this article, we consider that the critical link between planning and doing is leadership.
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Can Motivational Speakers Cause Harm
There are two very important questions that need to be answered before you hire a motivational speaker. They are: What will happen if we make promises we can't deliver? and
Is it possible some individuals will get the "wrong end of the stick" and take it TOO seriously? Read the article and see why it is important that these questions be considered as part of your motivational speaker selection process.
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Empowerment Difficulties - Employees That Don't Wanna - Free Article
One common error that managers make in this area is to assume that all that it will take to empower staff is to invite them in, much like one would invite a houseguest into the house. It's a lot more complicated then that. This article discusses what you can do to get your employees involved in decision-making.
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Listen Up! Real Listening and How To Practice It - Free Article
Whether you are an executive, manager or line employee, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to improve your listening skills. People who listen effectively are perceived as more helpful, more "in tune" and tend to exert more influence over others than those that are less effective listeners. Paradoxically, good listeners are listened to more than poor listeners. In this article, we are going to briefly discuss effective listening, and suggest an exercise you can use in the privacy of your own home to help you enhance your listening skills. Not only can you apply them at work, but in any relationship
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TQM As Organizational Change - Free Article
Moving to TQM is like any other organizational change. It must be managed effectively, and leaders of the change must take into account aspects of the organization's current "culture". In fact, although TQM brings a number of benefits to those in the organization, you can expect some people to be cynical and resistant to change. Let's face it. Everyone in government has seen management fads come and go. Thankfully, a well managed TQM organizational change is likely to bring most if not all people on side over time.
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