(This is a guest post by Nick Lindsay of Elemental CoSec) In recent years, executive remuneration has moved from its traditional ambit of corporate governance circles and company secretary forums to the public eye. In the UK, the last six months, has seen a particular focus on what many in the media see as ‘excessive …
When problems are encountered during the testing phase of a product or application, they have to be noted so that the problem can be corrected or prevented before the next testing phase. These problems have to be noted within a form known as a List of Errors form or a Problem and Resolution form or …
I was recently teaching a course where the discussion turned to project resourcing, and the problem of people being stretched more thinly than ever. I suggested to the student that maybe her company’s mechanism for “project selection” needed to be revisited with her management, so that the number of projects could be decreased until the …
One very quick and easy way to tap into the core of what your customers want is a free online customer satisfaction survey tool.
The Secret of the Starting Question The ability of the group to respond to a question is significantly impacted by the quality of the question asked by the facilitator. The starting question is the term we, at Leadership Strategies, use for the question the facilitator asks to begin a discussion. Typically, a starting question is …
If you have a donor’s email address, use it several times without asking for money. The best way to use a donor’s email address is to thank them for a recent gift, and tell them how their money is being used. If you have a donor’s email address on file, then send them an email …
I thank my favorite Western University psychology professor, Dr. Willis McCann. Mental Health, I think the name of the course was, for helping me with this seeming huge problem they have to try to save the world. While we would like to, we can’t but we are already equipped with the “computer” that can do …
Happy Valentine’s Day! According to a recent email from The World Grace Project, Scientists now believe 70% of the Universe is comprised of Dark Energy.” Maybe that Dark Energy manifests itself as FEAR in people, in all its forms!” When I read this I was shocked and saddened. I also believe that today, Valentine’s Day, …
“I find myself trying to avoid those annual appraisals with my people. Much as I try to keep the meeting focused, we always seem to get side tracked and involved in personal stuff.” – Health Care Manager During a recent training on performance reviews, I asked managers when they experienced problems. Many said it was …
Imagine that you’ve been offered two different positions and you have to decide which one you want. Or perhaps you’re already in a good job, but something that seems to be a better opportunity comes up in another company. To make a wise decision you must operate on two levels: The rational with our head …
