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Hub You - 7 Management Malpractices
You've seen it before: people who make a hullabaloo about following their dreams and then end up broke, busted and disgusted. If this has made you put your own dreams on hold, here are 5 reasons why most people fail and how to avoid making those same mistakes as you strive to make a living doing what you love.1.They don't carve out their own niche- Many aspiring singers fail for instance, because they're too busy trying to become the next Kelly Clarkson, James Brown or Michael Jackson. Same thing goes for wannabe models, writers and business people. Does the world really ne
6. If you are not sure whether o
How important are staff to your business? That’s sort of a basic question, because everyone knows that without staff you can’t do your own job. But really, how important do we consider our staff? After all, they haven’t been to school as long as we have, they don’t know as much, they don’t make the money we do. Shouldn’t it be easy to replace them when we need to?It’s easy to fall into the trap of under-rating the importance of staff to a business; but it’s at least as bad to have the wrong staff in your organization. Who are the ‘wrong’ staff? Most of us would say tho
1. You cannot name your employees and refer to everyone as “Buddy” or “Chief.”
2. You know what the company’s goals are for the year yet you cannot tell anyone what your goals are.
3. Every time an employee comes to your door and knocks, you think they will ask for a raise or time off.
4. You cannot name the last book you read that pertained to your profession.
5. Whenever there is a crisis or a hot situation to handle, everyone assumes someone will get fired.
6. Every time you go on vacation, you assume that you will be fired.
7. All of your conversations with your boss start with “We’ve had a meeting and everyone is now in line with the company mission” or something like that.
If some of these 7 have hit home, read on for the cure.
1. Know by name everyone in your department. Know their spouse's names. Their grandchildren's, dog's, cat's and even the goldfish's name. If you know them that well it means that you care. And when you show that you care, they will respect you for it. And respect leads to teamwork and accomplishment.
2. If you have not made a list of goals for yourself, you can bet that everyone in your department has not done it either. Which means what you ask? It means not one person has a stake in what is going on with you, the company or themselves. And people without a track to follow, are more difficult to lead. Make a goal, just one, and ask all of your employees to do the same, and then start working on it, together!
3. If you are only talking to your employees about raises and time off, what is going on in your department that you are not aware of? Everything Else! This means you need to get involved again, in Everything Else! Start with one on one interviews, say 15-20 minutes, ask for real feedback! Instead of starting out with “We need to talk, do you have a minute?” try something like “I have not been communicating very well lately and I feel out of touch with you what you would like to accomplish. Can you tell me a little of what you think we could do together around here?” or (if you really want it straight) “I screwed up, and I'm trying to fix it. Would you please help?"
4. Read More! About what you do! And then encourage others to read more about what they do. Just because you work someplace and have been there for 20 years, doesn’t mean you know all you can about what you do. Every successful businessman, athlete, actor, you name it, has a coach. I have a coach. And I Read! Read! Read! So, make a commitment to read just 20 minutes a day, anywhere, (even if it is the bathroom), and get ahead of the power curve.
5. If the answer to unpleasant situation in your company is to fire someone as a result of that situation, that is serious Management Malpractice. You had better first look at your mission statement, goals and training to get a handle on this one, because if that is your "go to" answer, it’s wrong! Plain and Simple. Most people will work because they need a job, and don’t want to have to find another one. They will put up with a whole heap of stuff. However, if your fix is to continually replace rather than diagnose and repair, you are not Managing properly, and your turnover rate is too high. People vote with their feet and their constant leaving will vote you out of office! Start with your mission statement, make sure it’s defined, make your goal statement and then your training plan. If someone needs to go, they go. Just make sure you are not using the "removal option" in lieu of effective Management on your part.
6. If you are not sure whether o
It’s hard enough worrying about gigabytes and terabytes. Not to mention the incredible intricacies involved with converting your existing database management architecture to a storage area network.Indeed, the last thing you need is to waste precious time searching for missing hardcopy documents two minutes before the start of a big meeting.Well, relax. I've consulted some of the world’s foremost authorities on workspace organization – as well as IT professionals and they’ve come up with smart and proven suggestions that will help you save time every day by reclaiming
If some of these 7 have hit home, read on for the cure.
1. Know by name everyone in your department. Know their spouse's names. Their grandchildren's, dog's, cat's and even the goldfish's name. If you know them that well it means that you care. And when you show that you care, they will respect you for it. And respect leads to teamwork and accomplishment.
2. If you have not made a list of goals for yourself, you can bet that everyone in your department has not done it either. Which means what you ask? It means not one person has a stake in what is going on with you, the company or themselves. And people without a track to follow, are more difficult to lead. Make a goal, just one, and ask all of your employees to do the same, and then start working on it, together!
3. If you are only talking to your employees about raises and time off, what is going on in your department that you are not aware of? Everything Else! This means you need to get involved again, in Everything Else! Start with one on one interviews, say 15-20 minutes, ask for real feedback! Instead of starting out with “We need to talk, do you have a minute?” try something like “I have not been communicating very well lately and I feel out of touch with you what you would like to accomplish. Can you tell me a little of what you think we could do together around here?” or (if you really want it straight) “I screwed up, and I'm trying to fix it. Would you please help?"
4. Read More! About what you do! And then encourage others to read more about what they do. Just because you work someplace and have been there for 20 years, doesn’t mean you know all you can about what you do. Every successful businessman, athlete, actor, you name it, has a coach. I have a coach. And I Read! Read! Read! So, make a commitment to read just 20 minutes a day, anywhere, (even if it is the bathroom), and get ahead of the power curve.
5. If the answer to unpleasant situation in your company is to fire someone as a result of that situation, that is serious Management Malpractice. You had better first look at your mission statement, goals and training to get a handle on this one, because if that is your "go to" answer, it’s wrong! Plain and Simple. Most people will work because they need a job, and don’t want to have to find another one. They will put up with a whole heap of stuff. However, if your fix is to continually replace rather than diagnose and repair, you are not Managing properly, and your turnover rate is too high. People vote with their feet and their constant leaving will vote you out of office! Start with your mission statement, make sure it’s defined, make your goal statement and then your training plan. If someone needs to go, they go. Just make sure you are not using the "removal option" in lieu of effective Management on your part.
6. If you are not sure whether o
According to the National Gardening Association, suckers are rapidly growing shoots rising from an underground root or stem, often to the detriment of the tree. They can be very irritating and annoying for they bear no flowers or fruit. Rather than cut them off, one way to get rid of them is to roughly yank the suckers off to remove the cells and tissues that cause re-growth.Even if you are not a gardener, you know a lot about weeds. They are everywhere and tend to take over, crowd a plant’s root system, and provide a chaotic and unsightly mess. While there are m
3. If you are only talking to your employees about raises and time off, what is going on in your department that you are not aware of? Everything Else! This means you need to get involved again, in Everything Else! Start with one on one interviews, say 15-20 minutes, ask for real feedback! Instead of starting out with “We need to talk, do you have a minute?” try something like “I have not been communicating very well lately and I feel out of touch with you what you would like to accomplish. Can you tell me a little of what you think we could do together around here?” or (if you really want it straight) “I screwed up, and I'm trying to fix it. Would you please help?"
4. Read More! About what you do! And then encourage others to read more about what they do. Just because you work someplace and have been there for 20 years, doesn’t mean you know all you can about what you do. Every successful businessman, athlete, actor, you name it, has a coach. I have a coach. And I Read! Read! Read! So, make a commitment to read just 20 minutes a day, anywhere, (even if it is the bathroom), and get ahead of the power curve.
5. If the answer to unpleasant situation in your company is to fire someone as a result of that situation, that is serious Management Malpractice. You had better first look at your mission statement, goals and training to get a handle on this one, because if that is your "go to" answer, it’s wrong! Plain and Simple. Most people will work because they need a job, and don’t want to have to find another one. They will put up with a whole heap of stuff. However, if your fix is to continually replace rather than diagnose and repair, you are not Managing properly, and your turnover rate is too high. People vote with their feet and their constant leaving will vote you out of office! Start with your mission statement, make sure it’s defined, make your goal statement and then your training plan. If someone needs to go, they go. Just make sure you are not using the "removal option" in lieu of effective Management on your part.
6. If you are not sure whether o
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4. Read More! About what you do! And then encourage others to read more about what they do. Just because you work someplace and have been there for 20 years, doesn’t mean you know all you can about what you do. Every successful businessman, athlete, actor, you name it, has a coach. I have a coach. And I Read! Read! Read! So, make a commitment to read just 20 minutes a day, anywhere, (even if it is the bathroom), and get ahead of the power curve.
5. If the answer to unpleasant situation in your company is to fire someone as a result of that situation, that is serious Management Malpractice. You had better first look at your mission statement, goals and training to get a handle on this one, because if that is your "go to" answer, it’s wrong! Plain and Simple. Most people will work because they need a job, and don’t want to have to find another one. They will put up with a whole heap of stuff. However, if your fix is to continually replace rather than diagnose and repair, you are not Managing properly, and your turnover rate is too high. People vote with their feet and their constant leaving will vote you out of office! Start with your mission statement, make sure it’s defined, make your goal statement and then your training plan. If someone needs to go, they go. Just make sure you are not using the "removal option" in lieu of effective Management on your part.
6. If you are not sure whether o
There is a strong parallel between corporations and medical science. Companies fall sick just as people do. Contrary to the common view, a company is not an inanimate object. Rather, it is a community of people, a living organism and an entity with its own distinctive personality and attitudes. Therefore, without proper care, a company, which has a life of its own, will perish. Rather than understanding businesses by using some mechanical or industrial models, it is useful to understand them from the perspective of ecology of organisms. Like all organisms, the companie
6. If you are not sure whether or not you’ll have a job when you get back, you don’t have one anyways. You are just taking up space. Get proactive, face the music and determine if you are in the wrong place, wrong company, wrong profession or wrong frame of mind. Then fix it. Write down what you need to do, and get it done. The universe rewards action!
7. If you are always apologizing first, (which is what that statement really is, the beginning of an apology), you are not Managing. You have become, through Complacency Osmosis, a “Window Watcher.” (Complacency Osmosis is what happens when you are lulled into doing nothing by constantly referring to past accomplishments, also referred to as Self Intoxicdosis). If you are always looking outside when you should be looking inside, Get On The Stick; people want to be led, not told. Lead them by laying out front the Expectation and that will lead to the Realization!
Management Malpractice is curable as long as you know what to look for.
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