by Saud A. | Sep 17, 2017
Training may be the most obvious, but most overlooked strategy for greater productivity. Why? Training can be expensive, in terms of both time and money. Every hour employees are training they are not directly, immediately productive. Projects can be delayed. But if...
by Saud A. | Sep 12, 2017
Asked to describe the role of their supervisor, many employees will say, “He tells me what to do.” This is a symptom of top-down management, in which employees are tightly controlled by management. People who stray from management’s rigid agenda are considered...
by Saud A. | Aug 30, 2017
Much of what we believe about management has its roots in the Industrial Revolution. The concept of the organization as a “well-oiled machine” with a rigid, almost military hierarchy, is leftover from a time when jobs were simple, repetitive, and mindless. In fact,...
