Management Matters

The Dangers of Micromanagement

Micromanagement refers to the excessive nit-picking and control over a project’s details. Leaders are accused of this issue when they hand over a project to a professional or a team but continue to check in too often or hold up a magnifying glass to every part of the project. Every…

What Happens When Your Business Goes Viral?

It started as a simple post — suddenly, it's a sensation sweeping the internet. Your business is now front and center on social media, placing your brand in the eyes of thousands, if not millions, of viewers across a spectrum of demographics. Within days or even hours, your content has…

How Are Employers Helping Their Employees Pay College Debt?

Today's national student loan debt is higher than ever at a total of $1.6 trillion as of June 2019. Employees trying to pay off this college debt on a low salary might struggle to make payments, especially if they owe upward of $100,000. That's why more U.S. businesses are stepping up…

What Makes a Good Job Offer

Whether you’re an employer or a job candidate, you can appreciate the importance of a job offer. From an employer’s perspective, the job offers you extend will influence your ability to attract and retain top talent. For prospective employees, a job offer will likely be the basis for determining whether…

Would You Move For The Right Job?

It’s a story we all know well, somebody you know reaches the position they’ve been striving for throughout their entire career and suddenly your once humble colleague becomes an arrogant manager. Often people in this predicament become increasingly isolated; only interacting with people they deem loyal to them and refusing…

Climbing the Management Ladder 2018

Developing new skills to help climb the ladder to success should be an ongoing process in any executive’s career, regardless of their level of management. To keep climbing that ladder, we recommends these tips: Get advice from the top. Establishing personal relationships with mentors is essential to professional growth. Step…

Leadership Skills and Styles

Common leadership characteristics are widely known, but are there specific leadership styles that are more effective in different work environments? The author Daniel Goleman believes so. In his book, Primal Leadership, he describes six leadership styles: ‘Visionary, Coaching, Affiliative, Democratic, Pacesetting, and Commanding.’ A good leader is an all-around persuader,…

Business Is Personal

Harnessing emotions can influence the effective management of a department, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal online. “Managers often think they should be impassive and unemotional, and encourage their employees to be the same. But emotions drive performance, and bosses who don’t acknowledge their own and…

Hold On To Your Super Stars

While there may be a plethora of available future employees considering unemployment numbers, there are some people who are simply irreplaceable. Many employers fear losing their most talented employees as these employees are in direct correlation with their company’s success. There are a few steps that you as a manager…

Teach Ethics from The Top Down

Unethical corporate behavior is linked to pressure from upper management to meet unrealistic business objectives and deadlines, according to an American Management Association and Human Resource Institute survey. Working in an environment with cynicism or diminished morale, improper training and a lack of consequences for one’s actions are all likely…