http://management.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-13T01:32:26Z Mon, 13 May 2013 01:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/21/praise-sandwich-good-or-bad.htm You know a "praise" sandwich. It's when you need to reprimand someone for doing something wrong or for not doing something they should have, you wrap something good around it. ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/21/praise-sandwich-good-or-bad.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/21/praise-sandwich-good-or-bad.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 02:54:44 +0000 2013-05-21T02:54:44Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/13/choosing-people-over-profit.htm The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.gridinternational.com/">GRID Theory</a> of management would have you believe that Joe Lueken is a 0,9 manager, a country club manager, because he puts his interest in people over profits. ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/13/choosing-people-over-profit.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/13/choosing-people-over-profit.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 01:32:26 +0000 2013-05-13T01:32:26Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/01/are-your-customers-still-satisfied.htm We have learned by now how important customer satisfaction is. Many businesses focus on ways to make sure their customers are satisfied with their purchase. The problem is that many ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/01/are-your-customers-still-satisfied.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/05/01/are-your-customers-still-satisfied.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 03:06:34 +0000 2013-05-01T03:06:34Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/30/get-your-employees-engaged.htm No, not that kind of engaged. Get them engaged in their job, committed and motivated to excel. Read the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/od/employeemotivation/a/The-Scrap-Paper-Test.htm">Scrap Paper Test</a> to find out how engaged your employees are ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/30/get-your-employees-engaged.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/30/get-your-employees-engaged.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:13:18 +0000 2013-04-30T00:13:18Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/28/but-mcdonalds-doesnt-get-it.htm The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm">CEO of Next stores gets it</a>. The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/the-swiss-get-it-too.htm">Swiss people get it</a>. But McDonalds demonstrates that they still don't get it. Announcing that they<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=40d0f752-f44d-4c6b-b407-2fc7e937a319"> based their CEO's pay on "comparable" companies </a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/28/but-mcdonalds-doesnt-get-it.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/28/but-mcdonalds-doesnt-get-it.htm Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:44:59 +0000 2013-04-28T20:44:59Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/the-swiss-get-it-too.htm Like the British CEO who <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm">gave his annual bonus to his employees</a>, the Swiss people recently demonstrated that they understand the inequity of huge CEO bonuses. Now the Swiss people ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/the-swiss-get-it-too.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/the-swiss-get-it-too.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:40:01 +0000 2013-04-26T12:40:01Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm I write frequently about the<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2011/10/04/stupid-just-stupid.htm"> ridiculous compensation "given to" (not "earned by") CEOs </a>of major corporations, so it's rewarding when I can point out the rare instances when one of ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/26/this-ceo-gets-it.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:19:22 +0000 2013-04-26T11:19:22Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/10/get-used-to-gray-hair-at-work.htm The MSN Money article <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://money.msn.com/retirement/why-older-people-work-for-money">Why older people work</a> acknowledges that for a growing number of them the answer is economic necessity. They work because they have to. They can't afford ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/10/get-used-to-gray-hair-at-work.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/10/get-used-to-gray-hair-at-work.htm Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:30:42 +0000 2013-04-10T06:30:42Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/05/ceo-pay-cut-at-jc-penney.htm Most people would consider annual compensation of almost $1.9 Million a pretty nice paycheck. For Ron Johnson, CEO of JC Penney for the past two years, it's a major cut ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/05/ceo-pay-cut-at-jc-penney.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/04/05/ceo-pay-cut-at-jc-penney.htm Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:20:30 +0000 2013-04-05T10:20:30Z http://management.about.com/b/2013/03/31/dissatisfaction-causes-change-use-it-to-your-advantage.htm There is a lot written about customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction. One key aspect of both of those is the power of dissatisfaction. Read <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/od/employeemotivation/a/Dissatisfaction-Causes-Change.htm">Dissatisfaction Causes Change</a> to learn how ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://management.about.com/b/2013/03/31/dissatisfaction-causes-change-use-it-to-your-advantage.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://management.about.com/b/2013/03/31/dissatisfaction-causes-change-use-it-to-your-advantage.htm Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:24:52 +0000 2013-03-31T22:24:52Z