Archive for May, 2009
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
As some of you know, I was heavily involved in the Total Quality Management “thing.” For awhile it was the thing. American management embraced it like there was no tomorrow because consumers were turning to other products and services due to our low quality. I jumped on the bandwagon because I saw a vehicle for delivering [...]
More on “The Line-Up”
Thursday, May 28th, 2009My friend, Chris Ferdinandi of Renegade HR (don’t you just love the name of his blog?), brings up a good point about the risk of repeating the same message over and over at the daily “Line-up Meetings” and thus losing the interest of the employees.
Most managers I have known have been good managers – scheduling work, [...]
The Line-Up
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
One of the best practices I’ve seen in my career is the ten-minute daily orientation. Most of the time, it occurred in production areas, but I always thought that every department in a company should jump on this idea. The Supervisor would get all of his people together and say something like this:
“Good morning team, [...]
Hate To Tell You…It Is Your Daddy’s Personnel Department
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Yep. It is your Daddy’s Personnel Department and I’m Big Daddy.
There is one new thing in the Human Resource world: Technology. Almost everything else is semantics.
We always had the idea of being strategic partners. We always wanted to hire the best talent and help groom them to be superstars. We always wanted to compensate people [...]
Do Performance Appraisals Like Al
Monday, May 25th, 2009I’ve told you about Al before. Al Hausmann was a natural Manager and Leader and he taught me, the HR guru, how best to do Performance Appraisals – all the time.
Remember ”The One Minute Manager” who had all the time in the world to manage? That was Al. He delegated work to the point where he could [...]
R & R
Sunday, May 24th, 2009R & R: Retrain and Relocate
I remember a prior economic downturn. The government’s answer was to retrain laid off workers so that they could get jobs in a field which was hiring. At that time, the main focus was to teach the unemployed on how to use computers. Even if they did learn how to operate a [...]
Keep A Low Profile
Thursday, May 21st, 2009I used to get this advice during a recession, “Ron, keep a low profile.” These friends of mine meant well – they felt that if you stayed under the radar, you wouldn’t get on the layoff list.
My advice today is to work as hard as ever and stay positive whether you are on the radar screen or not. [...]
I Found The Secret Of Teamwork At Church
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Last Sunday, I accompanied my wife to Church. A Christian Rock Group, “Future Of Forestry” who was on tour, happened to be the main attraction. I had the rare pleasure of witnessing superb management and teamwork demonstrated by these four young men.
Their efforts were seamless. The drummer would move over to help the vibraphonist play [...]
I Miss Print Ads
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009No, it’s true. I miss newspaper ads. There was a time when the Recruitment Ad Agency Rep would stop by my office every week and we would work out the ads we were going to place every week. Our challenge was to come up with a more creative ad than our competition. One of my [...]
I Can Take The Heat
Sunday, May 17th, 2009My wife and I are taking off for Tuscon Arizona tomorrow (Monday) and I may miss a few blog postings this week. It is only a 100 degrees here in California while even hotter there. I don’t mind the heat so much since I don’t have a lot of insulation on me (as you can [...]
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