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Will Business Become More Compassionate Now?
As seen in Business West, November 2001
Are Your IT Managers Stuck In The Iron Age?
As seen in Mass High Tech, Nov 5-11, 2001
What Happened to My High Potentials: How to keep star performers from disengaging and derailing
The need for organizations to retain and grow high potential employees has never been greater. The squeeze is on for top talent as organizations grapple with change initiatives, downsizing, early retirements and leaner workforces. For managers and employees alike, dealing with these realities can contribute to stressful work environments, which can lead high potential employees to disengage and derail.
Supervising in a Virtual Environment
Supervising employees who work at a different location presents unique challenges. Managers must ensure that employees are engaged in their work and that productivity is high while having fewer options for communicating with and motivating employees. Mastering virtual supervision is essential if you want your virtual organization to be truly successful.
Prevent Your Organization From Imploding During Times of Change
Whether your innovation is about new technologies, new procedures, or new management approaches, if you don’t get employee buy-in to the changes, you are certain to get lots of the opposite: Resistance.
Is Your Business Suffering From Founder’s Syndrome?
If you expect to grow the business you founded, the person in charge must have the skills necessary to manage and lead people through change.
Does Your Customer Service Staff Fit Your Success Profile?
Often, companies minimize the importance of getting the "right" person in customer service because the role is viewed as "unskilled" and therefore not worth the time, effort, or expense. This mistake is common in a labor market like the one we have had during the past couple of years.
Where Will Your Best Employees Be In 2004?
As the economy improves, you may find yourself facing new challenges from an unexpected source. CNNmoney (Nov. 12, 2003) reported that "eight in 10 workers plan to look for a new job when the economy heats up." With more options available, employees will no longer be happy just to have a job. They will be looking for challenge, an environment that uses their core talents, and a place where they feel appreciated.
Linking Culture to the Bottom Line
Each organization has its own distinct culture, i.e., the underlying beliefs, values and assumptions that drive how work gets done. In the past, attempts to describe company culture have produced results that were more academic than practical. But now there is a way to describe and measure your company culture, and the impact it is having on your bottom line.
Hire by Design. Not by Chemistry!
In the end, every new hire will either contribute to moving your business forward, or to holding it back. In an era when there are metrics for almost everything related to business success, why wouldn’t you assess and measure a job applicant’s potential to succeed?
Help Wanted: Motivation Coordinator
Have you ever wondered why your employees aren’t more motivated? Do you find that too many sick days are being used? Is productivity down, even though you have enough employees to get the work done?
The ROI of Executive Coaching
Until recently, “leadership” has been one of those intangible assets that could not be quantified on a balance sheet. Businesses have been talking about the importance of leadership to an organization’s success, but did not have a way to measure the return on investment of providing executive coaching to the current and future leaders of the organization.
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Caution: Career Derailment Ahead!
All too often, executives, managers and professionals either derail or flounder and then get shunted off to roles that are out of the mainstream. Typically it's because they have a psychological blind spot that is all too visible to others. Fortunately, those blind spots are correctable.
Executive Coaching: An Investment In Creating Masterful Leadership
The art and science of management has been radically transformed by the chaotic and fluid business environment of the '70's and '80's. Consequently, executive coaching has become a highly valued resource within corporate life. Regardless of how you look at it, you are your primary instrument of interpersonal influence, organizational impact and personal accomplishment and fulfillment. So, elevate your game. Get a coach.
Executive Development and Succession Planning
There is actually a good deal known about how to select leaders. There are now well over 7,000 books, articles and presentations on leadership and some reasonable consensus has emerged about the key issues related to the topic. See Finger Consulting's synthesis and application of that knowledge in this white paper.
Founder's Syndrome: An Epidemic in Start-ups and Fast Growing Companies
Founder's Syndrome (n) 1. An erroneous belief on the part of an entrepreneur that goes like this: "Because I know the most about the technical aspects of my business, I am the one best suited to run the company and manage my people." This can have costly consequences.
Hiring by Design, Not by Chemistry
Every new hire will ultimately contribute either to moving your business forward or to holding it back. The acquisition of "intellectual capital" is fast becoming the primary competitive advantage in the new millennium. Fortunately, you can give yourself a critical edge in the competition for human resources by utilizing our advanced technology and proven selection techniques. Select the strongest candidates, avoid costly hiring errors and bring your organization to the next level.
Transforming Your Best Technical People into Great Managers and Leaders
Specializing in optimizing human performance, Finger Consulting has designed a powerful individual and team coaching program that will turn your technically adept management candidates into capable, inspiring leaders. This program ensures that your newly promoted managers can fulfill the organization's vision, goals and business strategy.