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Simple Tools for Assessing Employee Performance
By Paul Diamond Wednesday May 26, 2010We all are having to do more with less. One way managers are improving worker productivity (and, hopefully, profits) on a limited budget is through "talent assessment tools." These are essentially interview techniques that are designed to measure how well an employee or a job candidate fits a role or her ability to solve problems in constantly changing conditions. Assessments are highly useful when you’re, say, restructuring a department or hiring.
How to Beat Workplace Stress
By Paul Diamond Tuesday May 18, 2010Are you working such long hours to get everything done that you’ve hit your limit? Are your employees not finishing what you ask them to do or creating more problems with poor work quality? Do you often feel that if you’re not there to manage your business, important things will fall through the cracks or not get done right?
Checklist: Are Your Blues Signs of a Midlife Crisis?
By Paul Diamond Friday May 14, 2010Are you suddenly feeling pangs of self doubt, a yearning to find your purpose, a loss of interest in the things that used to make you happy, a desire to flee your job and family, an itch to buy an expensive sports car, or the compulsion to have an affair? If so you’re might be in the throes of a midlife crisis.
4 Strategies to Help You Do More with Less
By Paul Diamond Monday May 10, 2010As the economy begins to recover, many business owners are reluctant to hire. Instead they are trying to “do more with less.” This catchphrase can mean working more efficiently, cutting out non-essential activities or simply piling more work on employees. Which leaves this big question for CEOs: What are the smart and the not-so-smart ways of “doing more with less?” Control Your Costs
The No. 1 Regret Bosses Share — and What to Do About It
By Paul Diamond Friday Apr 30, 2010Here are two tough questions for business owners and executives: What do you regret the most in your life? When you look back, what do you wish you could change about your career and your personal life?
Latest Vistage Confidence Index: Small Businesses Chafe at Government Intrusion
By Paul Diamond Monday Apr 12, 2010What are CEOs most worried about, and what do they see as the biggest looming threat to American business? The answers are surprising, according to Vistage International's latest CEO Confidence Index. Looming threats
Low-Cost Web Services That Can Help Your Business Grow
By Paul Diamond Monday Apr 12, 2010Businesses have a new option when it comes to marketing and product research, design, branding — almost anything, in fact, that’s outside of your core competencies. The new option is collective intelligence — a way to harness the “wisdom of the crowd” that gives you quick, cost-effective solution to the problems you need to solve. Here are some examples of collective intelligence:
3 Fixes for Change-Resistant Management
By Paul Diamond Thursday Apr 1, 2010Many business leaders can find excuses for why their company hasn’t changed, progressed and grown recently. But excuses won’t lead to a more engaged staff, better customer service, new products and more profit. While there’s no "one-size-fits-all" model for corporate success, seasoned leadership and management trainer Bob Prosen suggests that strong leadership can overcome the crippling habits of change-adverse organizations.
Linkedin Tips to Build Your Brand and Find Prospects
By Paul Diamond Monday Mar 29, 2010Have you ever wondered how you can use the popular site LinkedIn to grow your business? These tricks will help you get the most out of it. • Join groups: Find some groups that relate to your industry or to the industry of your prospects/clients. Once you join a group you can begin posting news and discussions within it (see below).
How to Get Workers to Do More With Less
By Paul Diamond Friday Mar 26, 2010As the content editor for Vistage, a private association of CEOs and executives, I speak with business experts every day who want to publish their content on our members-only website or in our newsletter. Lately, many of these experts have been talking to me about doing more with less.
