Innovation Management: The Time Factor
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea generation and, similarly, distinct processes that enhance idea selection, development and commercialisation. Whilst there is no sure fire route to commercial success, these processes improve the probability that good ideas will be generated and selected and that investment in developing and commercialising those ideas will not be wasted.
How To Conduct Effective Meetings
Before you call your next meeting, the FIRST step is to decide if it is really essential. To determine that, ask yourself the following:
· Is this meeting essential?
· Can we do without it?
· Can we accomplish the task without a meeting?
· Can it wait another week?
· Can we get things done with few meetings?
Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Have a Complete Agenda
Most agendas for a meeting look like this.
* Budget
CRM …The Emperor’s New Clothes
The story of the emperor’s new clothes is a fairy tale about men who fooled the emperor into believing that they had made him a beautiful suit of clothes. In fact they had not made anything. The emperor went out in public wearing nothing but his underwear because he didn’t want to appear stupid since they had told him only the wisest people could see the fine fabrics.When the emperor went out in public a little child yelled…”The emperor isn’t wearing any clothes!” Today I am that child.
“CRM doesn’t cover your mistakes or fix your problems and you have been lied to about its ability to “manage” your client relationships!” CRM is a system that is based on faulty logic. The premise that companies can manage clients is foolish!
Hiring Your First Business Personal Assistant: Some Guidelines for Successful Hiring
Hiring the first personal business assistant is an exciting time for new business owners. It means that the business is doing well enough that the business owner can no longer keep up effectively with the demands of the new business. Sales are exploding, and time becomes of the utmost importance. Scheduling of business chores and personal chores can become very demanding and complex. This is the time new business owners often find themselves considering a personal business assistant.
A personal business assistant differs from a clerical worker or secretary, as the duties are more diverse for a personal assistant. A personal assistant will do whatever is needed to make the business run smoothly and will do whatever is necessary to make the business owner’s life run smoothly also. Although a personal assistant usually also performs clerical and secretarial duties, a personal assistant is more a “jack of all trades” than any other type of employee and the duties may include personal chores done on behalf of the employer.
Stop Going to Meetings - 10 Questions to Ask Before Attending a Meeting - Get More Productive
We get invited to attend so many “meetings” but do we need to attend them all? Use these 10 questions to assess if you should attend that next meeting invitation.
What is the agenda of the meeting? Don’t attend a meeting without a clear agenda otherwise you are wasting time. Don’t ever schedule a meeting unless you make it clear to your attendees what the purpose, timeframe and outcomes of the meeting will be.
The Hr Challenge: Help Wanted Inquire Within And Without
Companies are hiring right now. This is definitely good news and the sign of a strengthening economy. Since Corra Group specializes in background checking services we have observed the up tick. We have found our business has increased in these recent months. We are getting calls from all over the country. Some are from companies with HR managers who are experienced in background checks. But many are from HR personnel who are not entirely familiar with the process.
These HR Personnel who are new to employment screening services. They may lack the experience and wherewithal to understand the kind of employment screening they should order, or even how to comprehend the more intricate aspects of a final report. If there are red flags, they may want to know how to proceed. At the same time they are often being pressured by the hiring managers to bring someone on board, to fill the gaps, without much further delay.
Manage That Difficult Boss or Client by Learning How to "Manage Up"
Have you ever had the need to manage up?
“Managing up” is what many of us need to do from
time to time as we work with a particular client
or boss. (See? Entrepreneurs are not exempt from
the need to manage up.) Most clients and bosses
(thankfully) need no managing whatsoever. It’s only
a few who get us into the managing-up-mode.
Does Your Organization Have a Learning Disability - Disability # 3 - "The Illusion of Taking Charge"
How often have you told someone or have you been told to be proactive - to take problems into your own hands, take charge and stop being reactive? This sounds like good advice and often we hear people in job interviews tell us that they are proactive.
Consider the case of a company that thought it had been sued once too often. The proactive manager decided he was going to fight these law suites and stop settling out of court. They were going to stop being pushed around. To this end they increased their internal legal team so that they could take cases through to trial. Now besides the added costs of a larger legal department they also needed to spend a great deal of time and money researching these claims so that they could take them through to trial.
You’re Hired, Now Go Home: Managing Workers at a Distance
Telecommuting or virtual work opens up a wider net of potential employees for businesses – the disabled, the stay-at-home parent, the student, the retired, the flextime person, etc. However, it also creates unique challenges in hiring, supporting and managing this new group of workers. Here are six tips on managing workers at a distance.
Select the right employees.
These will be people who can both structure and motivate themselves. If past performance doesn’t indicate these important traits, use assessments that can help determine if thre is a fit betwen the person and the job.