Management
Results for Management
- Honey, I Wrecked the Kids: a guide to democratic parenting
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Linda Stone recently handed me a copy of Honey, I Wrecked the Kids: When Yelling, Screaming, Threats, Bribes, Time-outs, Sticker Charts and Removing Privileges All Don't Work , a 2009 book by Adlerian family therapist Alyson Schafer. Honey, I ...
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- What Managers and Freelancers Can Learn From the Grateful Dead [Career]
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In between writing hits like "Sugar Magnolia" and "Franklin's Tower," it turns out The Grateful Dead were pretty shrewd businessmen. The Atlantic took a look at the band to find out what managers and freelancers can learn from them. Photo by ...
feed item - whytewolf - 02/23/2010 - 15:00 - 0 comments
- Make Sure You're Not De-Motivating Your Team [Career]
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It should come as no surprise that money is a pretty powerful motivator for workers, but an article by researchers at Harvard Business School says it takes more than cash to keep employees happy and productive. Photo by crschmidt . The ...
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- Printable "Triple Hat Trick" Checklist Helps You Knock Out a Great Week [Printables]
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Have a huge list of to-dos but don't feel like you accomplish enough in any given week? Productivity blog Manage This suggests simplifying your weekly goals by setting out and completing a hat trick of agendas, tasks, and delegations. The ...
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- Clean Up Long Email Threads with Clear Language [Email Overload]
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By the time an email missive makes the rounds and comes back to the manager, it can be a cluttered, confusing mess. The Wall Street Journal recommends a few solutions for cutting down and cleaning up an email with a succinct reply. Hard-to-follow ...
feed item - whytewolf - 02/08/2010 - 06:40 - 0 comments
- Delegate Effectively by Skipping the How-To Session [Office Culture]
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Delegation in the workplace is often done poorly and the delegate can be left feeling either micro-managed or set adrift without guidance. Help them focus and still work independently with this strategy. Photo by Alex E. Proimos . It is ...
feed item - whytewolf - 01/18/2010 - 07:30 - 0 comments
- TimeGT is a Method-Agnostic Time Management App for the Masses [Downloads]
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Windows/Mac/Linux: When it comes to time management methods, some love David Allen's Getting Things Done approach while others swear by Stephen Covey's First Things First philosophy. Whichever you prefer, TimeGT aims to keep you on ...
feed item - whytewolf - 01/11/2010 - 15:00 - 0 comments
- America can't make things because managers all learn finance instead of production
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In a provocative New Republic article, Noam Scheiber proposes that the collapse of American manufacturing is due to a general shift in management to people who have MBAs, and to a shift in MBA programs to an emphasis on finance instead of ...
feed item - whytewolf - 12/20/2009 - 22:50 - 0 comments
- OmniDiskSweeper Helps You Easily Reclaim Disk Space [Downloads]
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Mac only: We've all experienced full hard drives, but divining where all your hard drive space has gone is never easy. Freeware program OmniDiskSweeper easily shows you which files and folders are taking up space so you can free it up. We've ...
feed item - whytewolf - 11/03/2009 - 16:00 - 0 comments
- Best of the Best: Hive Five Winners, April through September 2009 [Hive Five]
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Our Hive Five asks readers to identify five of the best tools for any job, then vote for the absolute best. Here's a look back at the winners—the best of the best—from each week. Every week we pose a question to you, the computer savvy readers ...
feed item - whytewolf - 09/25/2009 - 12:00 - 0 comments
