Management Realities

Decisions and Delegation. Nobody can know everything. Do you have a problem with decisions and delegation? Do you find it difficult, even impossible, to admit that you don’t know everything? You need to ask yourself why that is? Nobody can know everything. Especially when faced with crucial business decisions where you really do need to know everything. Perhaps you are afraid that your staff will lose some of their respect for you. Honestly, if you have anybody on your team…

How do we evaluate our personnel? How can we ensure that our staff are never undervalued? Some organisations use a checklist filled with standard questions, other insist of a hand written report. The most common is a combination of the two with several variations. It really doesn’t matter which method you follow, the end result should be the same. There are various names for the same process; evaluations, assessments or appraisals, and they are all pretty much the same thing.…

Always try not to over-stretch the resources of your business. You may push to the limits but be very careful or you will create an overly stressful work environment. Then, the problems may really start and one of the first casualties could be productivity. In smaller businesses it is not uncommon to exist within the delicate balance of cash flow with very little room for manoeuvre. The temptation, even the obligation, to stretch your resources that little bit further can…