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RIGHT PEOPLE, ATTITUDE AND FOCUS = POSITIVE RESULTS

May 3, 2013 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

In 1995, Hollywood released its movie homage — “Apollo 13″ — to the US Space Program’s most daring space rescue. One scene in particular has remained with me ever since I first experienced it in the theater. As the crippled spacecraft’s crew battled long survival odds 205,000 miles above the earth, it suddenly became apparent […]

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POSSIBILITIES TO LIVE INTO

October 8, 2012 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Benjamin Zander’s web site describes him as a conductor, teacher, and dynamic world-traveling speaker on management and leadership issues. While I have never had the pleasure of attending in person one of Mr. Zander’s leadership talks, I have had the opportunity of hearing his often unique and provocative views on film and on-line; most recently a […]

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A SIMPLE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH: THE HUMAN DIMENSION

September 27, 2012 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Anything quantifiable – that is, reducible to numbers — is obviously a potential measure of how well an organization is doing. So profits and/or productive output, for example, are usually one valid measure of organizational performance. But numbers do not give one an accurate picture of the underlying human dimensions that drive those numbers and can […]

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SURROUND YOURSELF WITH DIVERSITY

September 4, 2012 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

I feel obliged to begin this article with a disclaimer. I am certainly not an expert on the behavioral differences between the genders, nor am I a leading authority on the many topics that comprise “diversity” issues. What I do have is almost three decades of practical experience working as a manager, consultant, and workshop […]

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GET MORE IDEAS OUT OF YOUR TEAM

October 10, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 1 Comment

Recently, I heard from a new subscriber who asked if I had any thoughts on “how to get more ideas out of a work team”. He also drew attention to a recent “BusinessWeek” article by Liz Ryan — Corporate Provocateur September 23, 2011 — entitled “Ten Things Only Bad Managers Say”. So let me start […]

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EVALUATING SOMEBODY’S PERFORMANCE

June 19, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

I have touched on this subject at various times in this blog. But I continue to have rather serious discussions with both managers and non-managers about how to evaluate somebody effectively and how to avoid creating a victim of ham-handedness at the end of the process. So at the risk of repeating myself somewhat, here […]

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MISSION, VISION, & VALUES

April 23, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Over the years, as a manager and consultant, I have had the opportunity to participate in numerous Mission, Vision and Values exercises, involving both large and small organizations. Many have been fun, some just OK, and some downright tedious. The worst of these exercises generally involve excessive debate about the right wording — usually […]

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THE APPROPRIATE FOCUS OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL

March 27, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Most of us at some time have experienced the downsides of over-controlling management. Micromanagement discourages subordinate initiative, damages organizational morale, and inexorably leads to less than optimal subordinate performance. Managers who try to exercise control over everything their subordinates do, end up creating a stifling work environment and failing at a manager’s most important responsibility: […]

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MOTIVATING A SUBORDINATE

March 24, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Samuel Culbert who writes for the New York Times recently had an article listed as one of the weeks best in “The Week” (p. 48 March 18, 2011) entitled “Time to Shred The Annual Review”. Regular readers of this blog already know how much I would dearly love to engage in that long overdue action. […]

Motivating Top Performance

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MANAGING WITHOUT “MANAGING”

January 18, 2011 by Terry Joseph Busch 0 Comments

Recently a good friend and former boss of mine and I were exchanging emails. The subject of management came up and he suggested that I write a blog about managing without “managing”. As I read on in his email I realized he was referring to the challenges that accompany managing a workforce outside of a […]

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RIGHT PEOPLE, ATTITUDE AND FOCUS = POSITIVE RESULTS

POSSIBILITIES TO LIVE INTO

A SIMPLE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH: THE HUMAN DIMENSION

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH DIVERSITY

GET MORE IDEAS OUT OF YOUR TEAM

EVALUATING SOMEBODY’S PERFORMANCE

MISSION, VISION, & VALUES

THE APPROPRIATE FOCUS OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL

MOTIVATING A SUBORDINATE

MANAGING WITHOUT “MANAGING”

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