August 4, 2014
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION are ‘soft’ factors. Studies consistently find that today’s workers are looking for – and demanding: (1) Realistic career growth opportunity, including tools, training and responsibility; (2) Leadership from a management team that... Continue
Duitch Report 14-31
July 26, 2014
• ‘RED TAPE’ REGULATIONS CONTINUE TO STRANGLE small businesses and entrepreneurs. Rule-writers at all levels (federal, state, city, local & neighborhood) seldom, if ever, look at cost:benefit impacts – but rather on generating revenue to support their own regime, and/or... Continue
Weekly Report 14-30
July 20, 2014
EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT depends on some fundamental tactics which too many (untrained) managers fail to implement: (1) Most problems stem from “hiring people who don’t fit the company culture, then wasting time & effort trying to ‘fix’ them”; (2) Non-specific... Continue
Weekly Report 14-28
July 20, 2014
DID YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TODAY SUFFER FROM PARALYZING ANXIETY? From being too hard on yourself for yesterday’s mistake? Or too worried about making incorrect assumptions about tomorrow? Other than needing consistent clarity in personal goals & objectives, “the only thing anyone... Continue
Weekly Report 14-29
July 5, 2014
ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES EVER “FRUSTRATED, DEMOTIVATED OR DEMORALIZED after working hard – only to be told they have done the wrong thing, after having done everything they thought they were supposed to do?” When this occurs, it’s almost always due... Continue