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Do You Play the Executive Whack-a-Mole Game?

Are you so busy solving problems and reacting to crises that you do not have time to develop the culture in your organization? If so, you are trapped in a whack-a-mole game. To get out, you need to carve out time to work with your group on improving the environment. Benefits - (1) reduce interpersonal conflicts - fewer problems for you to solve, (2) create more empowered employees - more willing hands to resolve issues, (3) lower stress and burn out.

Ten Hallmarks of a High Trust Organization

We tend to think of trust in one dimension, but there are several different ways trust plays out in organizations. My favorite definition of trust is that when I trust someone, it means I believe he or she will always do what is thought to be in my best interest (even if I do not particularly appreciate it at the time). We can contrast some dimensions of trust by considering what it is like to work in an organization with high trust versus one with low trust on several dimensions

Reinforce Candor or Speak Truth to Power?
My Trust model highlights Reinforcing Candor as the most powerful tool to build trust in organizations. Some people might think this is the same as Speaking Truth to Power, but it is really very different.

Little Known Leadership Tip
When leaders transition to a new position, they often make a critical error of being too outspoken about possible improvements based on the environment in their presious position. This can undermine relationships dramaticlly at the very time when it is critical to be building good will with the new team.

12 Dimensions of Culture Rarely Seen in MBA Books

Most business textbooks define the culture of a company in terms of things like: 1.Physical structure 2.Language and symbols 3.Rituals, ceremonies, gossip, and jokes 4.Stories, legends, and heroes 5.Beliefs 6.Values and norms 7.Assumptions I believe all these things are important parts of the culture, but I believe there are several even more important things that are not on this list. What is your opinion? My view would include things like whether there is an environment of trust and several other key ingredients.

10 Commandments to Reduce Gossip
Gossip and rumors about people are hurtful to relationships and organizational effectiveness. Here are 10 commandments that can reduce this problem in your environment.

Leading With Trust is Like Sailing Downwind
This leadership metaphor about the nature of trust comes from the sport of sailing. I am not a sailor myself, but it is easy to observe the difference between sailing into the wind and sailing downwind. In fact, you can do either, but the techniques, effort, and results are dramatically different. Here is a list of some distinctions.

Leadership Assessment #2 – Level of Trust

There are hundreds of assessments for leaders. The content and quality of these assessments vary greatly. You can spend a lot of time and money taking surveys to tell you the quality of your leadership. There are a few leading indicators that can be used to give a pretty good picture of the overall quality of your leadership. These are not good for diagnosing problems or specifying corrective action, but they can tell you where you stand quickly. Here is one of my favorite measures. It is the level of trust within the organization.

Leadership Assessment #21 – Build a SAFE Environment

Green Productivity
Going green has to be more than 'doing good' ... it has to make good business sense ... and it can. Go green before the 'green police' force you to!

Global Refinery Catalyst Market (2009-2014)
When the exploration for petroleum products to meet the rising demand in the 19th century sped up, the need for catalysts was felt to quicken up the production of petroleum products. A number of chemicals began to be used to make the extraction process faster and to simplify the purification process.

Going Green Business Ideas

Going green business ideas are everywhere on the internet. Some of these are practical for small business while others; not so much. There are steps any business can take to make their practices "more green" and help out the environment as well as improve your company's image. Go with "green" cleaning products. Even if you use a cleaning service, ask them about the possibility of green cleaning products being used in the cleaning of your business. If your service does not have this option available, see about a discount and provide your own.

Three Key Elements to Improving Leadership
Great leadership is the key to success. Great communication is the key to great leadership. Think of any great leader in modern time: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, and John F. Kennedy come to mind immediately. They were powerful leaders because they could inspire people to follow them. It was their ability to articulate their vision that made them successful in achieving their goals.

The Commericialization of Earth Day

Companies are increasingly using Earth Day as a primary marketing vehicle. While some decry the commercialization of Earth Day, others see it as a powerful driver of the green market. AIM Mail Centers used Earth Day to promote their year-round greener practices. On Earth Day TD unveiled a highly energy-efficient bank branch building. The profit motive is a hugely influential incentive that is enticing companies to engage in more sustainable practices.

Reducing Energy Costs (and saving the planet)
For many of us, energy costs are signifcant - and rising. There are things we can do to lower them ... wouldn't it be crazy if we didn't try!

Social Action Driving Businesses to Adopt Sustainable Practices
Social Action Driving Businesses to Adopt Sustainable Practices Some businesses have seen the wisdom of going green ahead of public pressure, others are being cajoled out of their complacency by an increasingly concerned public. The following account is a cautionary tale for businesses that ignore responsible practices.

10 Easy Steps to Transform Your Business ‘Green’
Tips and ideas on running a ‘green’ business

At Target Everyday is Earth Day
Some environmentalists have criticized Earth Day as a one day event, but companies like Target are making Earth Day everyday. Target is reducing their environmental impact through a multitude of sustainable practices. Target is amongst a growing number of businesses that are marrying their profit motive to environmental responsibility.

Protecting the environment by protecting your CDs and DVD's
It isn't perhaps the most groundbreaking news story that reveals persistently replacing ruined CDs & DVD's can be painfully damaging to one's bank balance

Culture Fit

What is Culture Fit? Well the first place you are likely to hear about Culture Fit is when you are recruiting for new staff or being recruited yourself. For instance, Culture Fit Interviews differ from Behavioural Interviews, in that the Behavioural Interview attempts to find out about the candidate’s behaviour, skills, knowledge and experience. Culture Fit Interviews generally do not try to determine the individual’s capability, but rather considers the candidate’s ‘cultural fit’ with the organisation, their values and motivators.

Why Green The Wave of the Future
Simple and easy tips on how to make your business better for the environment

The Global Myth
We've been sold a bill of goods ... The Global Myth ...

Your Environment: A Determining factor to your Success
In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell covers a topic on Priming The Subconscious Mind. I feel there is an interesting point being exercised here, and would like to share it with you. He mentions about a very curious test conducted by a psychologist named John Bargh, called the Priming Experiment. Read on...

Online Entrepreneur – Opportunity to embrace the new trend

The last business that I failed in was in the holiday and tourism industry. I had partnered with 2 other friends in selling timeshare packages to the market. The money seemed good, the business plan was drawn out and we got on with the game. However, the economic downturn hit and out went the sales. No one was interested in buying up vacation packages when all they had on their mind was survival. You can say ‘Wrong timing’ or ‘Ignorance of Economic Trends’ was the cause of the downfall. It did cost me a bit of money – office rent, office furniture and fixtures, brochure design and printing, etc. And that’s when I went broke the second time in my life!

Take your business to GREENer pastures
"Going green" is not just the latest buzzword being thrown around by various industries. As South African consumers (and potential international customers) become more environmentally aware, it makes good business sense to take your company into the era of environmental consciousness. Depending on what kind of operation you have, this may even be a matter of legislation.

An Antidote for Executive Stress
There is too much stress in the executive suite these days. I believe it is unhealthy. For sure it is not much fun. One antidote is to spend some time changing the culture. This article has a description of the problem and the benefits of an improved culture.

Building Trust When Your Boss Sucks At It
Building an environment of high trust is a lot of work. It can be even more difficult if the bosses above you in the organization have no clue as to how to build trust. This article deals with the common phenomenon of a clueless boss.

WUSME World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises: The new home of SMEs supporting institutions

One of the top-priorities of the WORLD UNION OF SMEs (hereinafter called the “UNION”) will be to provide widespread information and to foster awareness among the various national institutions of the Countries belonging to the UNION as regards the true needs of micro-, small and medium enterprises which represent the basis of the economic fabric of all societies. The UNION shall develop strategies to support the growth of this vital global economic sector and identify annual activities to facilitate relations with national associations and to create opportunities for integration between the representatives of different Countries and geographic areas.

SME - MILLENNIUM REGION IN THE GABONESE REPUBLIC

WUSME recommends to add supplementary series to the UN Millennium Villages Project by Regions of Economic-, Social-, and Enviromental Excellence. The UN Millennium Villages in African Countries under the auspices of the United Nations and the Earth Institute are a positive example for efficient actions to reach the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs. WUSME WORÉD UNION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES’s proposal aims at amending the Millennium Village Project by Regions of Economic Excellence based on a favorable environment for the development of Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises. The basic features of such Regions will briefly be outlined in this article.

People Experiencing Green Fatigue
Report shows that people are now less likely to engage in green behaviors in their daily life.

Your Environment: By Design or Accident?
Managing your self-talk can affect your environment and outcomes in positive ways. Get 5 quick ways to proactively change your environment and reap the benefits.

All in the Minds Eye

I was laying on the top deck of a luxury liner, on a sun bed big enough for a family, with the warmth of the sun making my body feel relaxed (mind you it was aided by the odd vino or two!!), trying to read a book, but the lids on my eyes had a mind of their own. As I was drifting off to that world that is not quite asleep but neither quite conscious, a great feeling of contentment and wellbeing came over me, how lucky am I….what a great place I live in……my work is a dream-so enjoyable…..great friends and romance.

Helping Sustainability Make Sense to Small and Mid-Sized Companies
Sustainability is fast becoming a business strategy that is being embraced by many industries and organizations. It means different things to different companies. Learn how companies of any size can make sustainability work for them.

The Opportunities of Sustainability
Sustainability is a sound investment and not just another way to drive up cost and diminish profitability. It is about looking at the big picture, doing the right things for the right reasons while growing a successful and profitable organization. Learn more here!

Building a Sustainable Organization Through Your People
Does your company have the right culture to ensure its viability and sustainability for the next 50 years and beyond? In this article, learn about the seven key areas your business needs to look at in order to be sustainable for the long haul.

A Vision for Sustainability
Sustainability is a viable and proven business strategy, which takes into account economic considerations, governmental issues, as well as demands from customers and stakeholders. Can you describe the purpose of your sustainability initiative? Can your employees? Can your customers?

How To Generate Environmentally Friendly Small Business Ideas
This article showcases how the growing environmentally friendly trend can create great opportunities for entrepreneurs who want to start a small business in this niche.

How To Generate Environmentally Friendly Small Business Ideas
This article showcases how the growing environmentally friendly trend can create great opportunities for entrepreneurs who want to start a small business in this niche.

13.0 Business environment issues: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005

The Tanzanian government is in the early stages of reviewing the regulatory and operating environment for its SMEs. According to the UDEC report (2002), most existing business policies and regulations were set up with large businesses in mind and are inappropriate for smaller enterprises. It also reported that existing policies are either gender blind or gender insensitive and thus fail to support women entrepreneurs in growth sectors.

6.0 The integrated framework for development of women entrepreneurs: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
In the following sections, an assessment will be made of the Tanzanian support environment in favour of growth-oriented women entrepreneurs according to each of the areas set out in the Stevenson and St-Onge (2003) integrated framework.

1.2 Mission Objectives: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
The mission objectives for Tanzania were to: • review recent ILO and other relevant research on women in enterprise in Tanzania;

15.0 What Needs to be Done - Producing Better Research: Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa

Most researchers and policy makers have tended to use the information summarized in Table I in an isolated way. Researchers have concentrated either on the entrepreneur (e.g., Frese, 2000), the entrepreneurial firm (Jorgensen, et al., 1986), or the external environment (Buame, 1996). Rarely have they taken a holistic approach to study the combined and interactive effects of the three factors on entrepreneurial success or failure across time and space.

13.0 The Entrepreneurial Firm The External Environment: Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa
The third category of factors accounting for the success or failure of entrepreneurship is the external environment within which both the entrepreneur and the firm exist and operate.

13.0 The Entrepreneurial Firm The External Environment: Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa
The third category of factors accounting for the success or failure of entrepreneurship is the external environment within which both the entrepreneur and the firm exist and operate.

Target Niche Markets To Improve Your Sales Conversion Rate
Breaking through people’s filtering systems and being noticed is the number one step to effectively marketing your products, your services, and yourself. Personalizing your message and targeting your audience are two vital ways to avoid setting yourself up for failure. Learn some more tactics and processes to help you stay two steps ahead of the competition.

Target Niche Markets To Improve Your Sales Conversion Rate
Breaking through people’s filtering systems and being noticed is the number one step to effectively marketing your products, your services, and yourself. Personalizing your message and targeting your audience are two vital ways to avoid setting yourself up for failure. Learn some more tactics and processes to help you stay two steps ahead of the competition.

Entrepreneurship/Business Environment
The key factors you need to remember about entrepreneurship are opportunities, innovation, and growth. An entrepreneur sees opportunities in environmental trends and changes that nobody has seen before and pursues this opportunity ...

Rewards and Recognitions to Motivate Employees
Knee deep in the challenge of leadership today, business owners and managers, can parlay the changing role of work to create and sustain an environment that helps motivate and keep employees. There’s no one right answer, there is no magic wand and don’t try to mind read how to motivate someone.

Don't Do A Survey
Many leaders turn to an employee satisfaction survey to identify improvement opportunities. I believe there are more accurate and direct ways to gather the needed information. This article explores the dynamin and offers a soultion.

Real Motivation
All leaders seek higher motivation within the workforce because it means greater productivity. Most leaders try to create higher motivation by trying to make workers happier with bonuses, pizza parties, or numerous other extrinsic motivators. It has been known for over a century that real motivation is an inside job.

Environmental Dimensions In Measuring Uncertainties

Integrating the work of previous authors, Dess and Beard (1984) employed three environmental dimensions in their measure of uncertainty. These three dimensions, which were very similar to those developed earlier by Child, were “dynamism,” “complexity,” and “munificence.” The first dimension, “dynamism,” referred to the “rate of change and innovation in an industry as well as the uncertainty or predictability of the actions of competitors and customers” (Miller and Friesen, 1983, p. 222). Dynamism in Dess and Beard’s measure was similar to the stability/dynamism dimension of Thompson’s measure, the static-dynamic element of Duncan’s, and the variability component of Child’s.

Resource Dependence Theory In Management

In the early 1970s researchers began to question whether managers were able to accurately perceive the threats and opportunities actually present in the external environment. Scholars soon began to search for a more objective method of operationalizing the environmental uncertainty construct. Attempting to solve this dilemma, researchers in the 1970s began to explore resource dependency as a more objective measure of the uncertainty that organizations faced when dealing with their environment.

Conceptualizations Of Organizational Environmental Uncertainty

In the management literature, the external environment can be broadly defined as “the totality of physical and social factors that are taken directly into consideration in the decision-making behavior of individuals in organizations” (Duncan, 1972, p. 314). Organizational researchers have long theorized that the overall environment consists primarily of several independent components (e.g. Duncan, 1972; Miles and Snow, 1978; Hambrick, 1982). Among the most significant elements that were theorized to exist in the external environment were customers, competitors, government regulations and labor unions. While the individual components that made up each researcher’s conception of the environment were not always the same, each conception agreed that the various environmental elements acted to create uncertainty for firms.

Trust and Profit
It should be a surprise to no one that trust is the foundation of a harmonious, synergistic and efficient work environment.

Working From Home

Many of the people I work with, work from home. Balancing work within the home environment can often be difficult. If you're a Mum working at home, you may be juggling children, family commitments, running a household and working on your business. Make life easier with these few simple guidelines. If you're a Dad working from home, you have the added distractions of wanting to spend time with your family while keeping the focus on your business and maybe you also take on some of the household, child-care duties too. It's good to have a structure in which to work which creates a balance between ensuring that work gets done and enjoying the flexibility of working from home without getting overwhelmed.

What You Tolerate Can Hurt Your Business
You may be aware of them, you may not be. In any case, chances are high that even if you are aware of them, you probably don’t realize the negative impact they are having on your business. What are they? Things you are tolerating in your work environment.

What You Tolerate Can Hurt Your Business
You may be aware of them, you may not be. In any case, chances are high that even if you are aware of them, you probably don’t realize the negative impact they are having on your business. What are they? Things you are tolerating in your work environment.

Environment and productivity at the office
The idea is about how environment influence productivity. What means good and health environment and how can employers assure the best working space.

Developing Outstanding Employees
If your workplace environment is 'just a job' then you need to change the environment. If there is no change in environment there will definitely be no change in behaviour!

Mentoring in the Workplace
Mentoring in the work place creates the type of environment that every company should hope to have – an environment that is focused on everyone's success.

The Yukon Spirit: Nurturing Entrepreneurs
What creates the entrepreneurial spirit? Are you born with it or is it determined by your environment? I believe it is both. The environment can help to nurture the spirit within you. One perfect environment to nurture that spirit is the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Yukon is nestled right next to Alaska.

Creating a Champions Environment
The most fertile soil and ideal growing environment produces the ultimate crop! Discover why you must play a role in creating a champions environment and how you can accomplish this objective. Read on...

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