Business Management Skills

The motivation of employees is more effective when a long term strategy is adopted. The manager can create a motivating environment by the way they treat employees on a day to day basis.

Incentives do not have a lasting effect on employee motivation.

The Top 10 Ways to Motivate Employees

Bonuses and rewards make decent motivational tools, but their effects can be short-term. The best way to motivate employees, especially over the long haul, is by creating an environment they enjoy working in. Read more

Effective Performance Management

Recently the Aberdeen Group completed a study on performance management. They found that companies with best-in-class employee performance management systems produce 50 to 70 percent more revenue than those that don’t have a good system. That finding gets my attention.
We also know, from earlier studies, that top performers are four times as productive as the weakest performer in an organization. Read more

What makes a good manager? What is it that makes a manager become a great manager? Here are some skills that are used by sucessful managers

A mark of a good management is the provision of constant motivation to the team to maintain excellence and quality in the required results. A good manager is always looking for ways to improve production and standards. Here are six skills managers can develop to attain quality in the team.

1. Observation

This is an important aspect that often gets neglected due the demands on a manager’s time and schedule. Observation and regular visits to the work environment needs to be scheduled into the calendar. Observing employees work procedures and the work flow is foundational to implementing adjustments to improve results. To have credibility, a manager needs to be seen and be known to be up to date with what is happening in the work place. Read more