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Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Managers

As a consultant, a speaker and a trainer, I've hired, trained and worked with managers at every level of management. The best of them have taught me most of whatever it is I know about business. The worst have also been a learning experience. But while the best managers cover virtually every personality type imaginable, the worst --the very worst--seem to have a number of characteristics in common. With apologies to Steven Covey, I offer this completely unscientific compilation of those traits, "The Seven Habits of Highly Defective Managers."

Performance and Productivity Applications Help HR Managers

Performance and Productivity Applications Help HR Managers to Align Corporate Goals, Individual Performance, and Staff Development Initiatives.

Managers, Which PR Is Right For You?

An effort built around a string of print and broadcast exposures?

Business and Legal Reports Launch New Site for HR Managers

Managers who need fast answers and pre-written solutions to vexing compliance and training problems have a new resource to help them breathe a bit easier.

Managers and PR: One Thing Is Clear

As a business, non-profit or association manager, you have a clear choice when you set up your public relations.

Corporate Executives and IT Managers Aggravated by BI Complexity

A new survey, sponsored by Unisys reveals that corporate executives and IT managers are growing increasingly aggravated by the complexity of business intelligence (BI) solutions intended to streamline their business decision-making processes.

Windows SP2 Upgrade to Cause Problems According to IT Managers

SupportSoft today announced the results of a national survey conducted among IT management in which 66% believed that they will incur more end-user calls for support when deploying SP2, Microsoft's most recent major upgrade to Windows XP with significant new security features.

How PR Helps Fiercely Competitive Managers

Fiercely combative business, non-profit and association managers use every PR weapon they can lay their hands on. Which means they employ strategic, rapid-fire print and broadcast tactics every day of their business lives.

A PR Surprise for Managers

For those business, non-profit and association managers committed to PR tactics like radio and newspaper plugs, it can come as a surprise to discover where public relations value REALLY lies.

Managers Who Tap Into PR's Value

Business, non-profit and association managers get a ton of satisfaction when they do something really positive about the behaviors of those outside audiences that most affect their operation. Especially when they deliver external stakeholder behavior change, the kind that leads directly to achieving their managerial objectives; and even more so when they persuade those important outside folks to their way of thinking, then move them to take actions that help their department, division or subsidiary succeed.