Keys to employee retention
Managers need to allow more autonomy and challenge
Stories by Chuck Martin
The Key to Better Communication: Shorter Memos
Want your business writing to get attention? Don't waste words, and watch your grammar. People tend to write way too much... so, for example, we had to shorten this article.
Personal Time During the Workday
With the amount of work businesspeople face today, the line between work and personal matters can blur.
Keys to Retention
To increase employee retention, more business leaders should challenge their subordinates and then leave them alone to do their jobs. And if businesspeople have confidence in their leaders (and are well compensated) they also will be more likely to stay.
Getting Quality Over Quantity Better the First Time Around
In today's environment of do-more-with-less, business leaders still say that quality takes precedence over quantity.
The Seven Rules of Tough Management
A practical, reasonable and organized way to get to decisions more easily, make the numbers on a consistent basis and increase the business
Likeability a Factor in Hiring and Promoting
If you're looking for a new job or promotion, hiring managers are saying they want to see your most "likeable" face
More Detachment Needed During Vacation
Statistics show that more and more executives are unable to disconnect from work during vacation, which should be treated as what it is: a break from work.
Buried Alive
Learn to communicate strategically and free yourself from the vast pile of e-mail, voice mail and memos
The Best Times For Business Thinking
Finding the best time of day to do your creative thinking
How to Plan for the Short Term
The concept of managing for the short term has traditionally suffered from a stigma when contrasted to the notion of being a long-term visionary thinker. Short term was considered bad, while long term was considered good.