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Getting Heard By Your Boss

By Robert Bacal - No matter where you sit in your organization, you probably have a boss. Part of the satisfaction of any job is seeing your ideas and suggestions successfully implemented. And one of the most frustrating things (and a morale buster) is dealing with a boss who seems uninterested in your contributions, or just plain doesn't listen. I'm going to help you get heard by your boss, and have a better chance of having your ideas used. (Added: 11-Dec-2000 Hits: 816 )

Management Skills - Dealing With Angry Employees

By Robert Bacal - Anger is a force that can move an organization forward to improve, or, it can be a force that destroys the organization's ability to fulfil it's purpose on an everyday level. Managers play a critical role in determining which of these results will come about. The way the manager deals with conflict and anger will set the climate for employees. (Added: 25-Apr-2001 Hits: 1039 )

Effectiveness And Activity - Focus On The E!

By Robert Bacal - Simply put activity refers to WHAT one does, and how much one does. Effectiveness refers to WHY one does what one does, and whether it contributes to the overall mission of the organization. (Added: 25-Apr-2001 Hits: 517 )

Why Improving Performance Management Systems Is So Difficult - Part 1

By Robert Bacal - One of the salient aspects of working with companies wishing to improve performance appraisal and management systems is the simple repetition of a phenomenon. Most companies redesign their performance management systems. Sometimes they attempt total redesigns. Sometimes it's tweaking it, changing the forms and so on. Perhaps the strangest thing is the common result most companies receive. (Added: 1-May-2001 Hits: 612 )

Internal Communication Strategies - The Neglected Strategic Element - Free Article

By Robert Bacal - The development of a strategic internal communication strategy, and it's implementation can provide a number of benefits to organizations. To achieve those benefits we need a coordinated, comprehensive, long term communication approach. (Added: 19-Feb-2003 Hits: 585 )

Where's The Beef In Management Approaches

By Robert Bacal - The bottom line in effective management is that you exert your effect on the world through your actions...what you do every day...the conversations you have, the decisions you make, the planning you do. Having good ideas, or a "politically correct" management philosophy does not guarantee that you will be an effective leader. Your behaviour determines your effectiveness. (Added: 25-Apr-2001 Hits: 531 )

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