Sara February 1, 2013 Human Resource Management, Leadership, Organizational, Professional Development

Multi-mania, it’s everywhere. Multimedia, multi-tasking, multi-cultural…everywhere you look we’re bombarded by the concept.

While detailed knowledge in a single area once guaranteed success, today the top rewards go to those who can operate with equal aplomb in starkly different areas — ...

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Sara January 30, 2013 Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management, Professional Development

Empowerment is NOT delegating work you hate to do.

Too many times “managers” view empowerment as just another way to get out of things they don’t like to do – which isn’t true.  Yes, I will say ...

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Sara January 30, 2013 Customer Service, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Organizational, Professional Development

Manage Permanence

OK – I lied, I said last week that you only had to hand with me on this Southwest Airlines bandwagon for one more day, but I forgot something that’s noteworthy in ...

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Sara January 26, 2013 Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management, Operations, Organizational, Professional Development

Trust is essential in empowering relationships.

“Trust” oh my, what a four-letter word for some people, but it doesn’t have to be (and that’s coming from a reformed primo control freak!)  If ...

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Sara January 22, 2013 Synerdynamics

A fresh look at a few old things isn’t always a bad idea… thought #3 ahead

Workflows:  If you haven’t been flogged at least 10 times over the last 10 years about formalizing your workflows and procedures, you’ve been on another planet.  Everywhere ...

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Sara January 18, 2013 Synerdynamics

A fresh look at a few old things isn’t always a bad idea… thought #2 ahead

Personnel Management is another area that is changing at internet speed, especially with the addition of the millennial generation into the workforce.  I recently read that by ...

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Sara January 14, 2013 Synerdynamics

A fresh look at a few old things isn’t always a bad idea… thought #1 ahead

In the few minutes I have to grab your attention today we’re going to look at just a few “New” ways to look at old things, or what I’d like to encourage you to consider as ...

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Sara January 10, 2013 Synerdynamics

Research shows a staggering 63% of all New Year’s resolutions this year were broken inside the first 7 days of 2013.

Why do we do that to ourselves?   When you unpack this I think there are a variety of ways you can look at it. 1)      We don’t like how we finished 2012 and we WANT to ...

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Sara January 8, 2013 Synerdynamics

How about a fresh perspective for 2013?

So here we are, barely into 2013, and the resolutions I made are starting to pay off!  I love getting up before sunrise for 90 minutes of yoga and meditation – almost as ...

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Sara January 4, 2013 Leadership, Management, Organizational, Professional Development

“Performance appraisal” means both looking ahead to the future and examining past performance for lessons learned from both successes and failures.

Make appointments for performance appraisals because the review process takes preparation and time.  Formally scheduling appraisals protects managers from having workers claim ...

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