by Joe Driscoll | Nov 17, 2009 | Management
Can we talk? Yes, but…….. Technology has created a communications revolution Despite the various technologies that have contributed to the development of FAX messages, voice mail, and desktop publishing, the “meeting” remains the central arena...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 17, 2009 | Management
Bo knows baseball. Bo knows football. But does Bo knows business? You bet he does. Bo the baseball player, Bo the football player, and now, Bo the business consultant. “Just do it.” That’s the advice that Bo gives us in his well known ads for the...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 17, 2009 | Management
A magnet is a seemingly ordinary piece of metal that is surrounded by an invisible field of force which affects other magnetic materials nearby. A manager is an otherwise ordinary individual that, when working, appears to be surrounded by an invisible field of force...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 17, 2009 | Management
“Control”. The word itself has negative connotations. Most control systems are viewed as an intrusion by those being monitored. Few of us like being “controlled”. The purpose of any control system is to insure that plans are being followed and...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 17, 2009 | Management
The changes that impact a business range from a simple moving of the coffee pot to the relocating an entire business. Change comes with the adoption of new technologies, different markets, new bosses, altered schedules and modified standards. Regardless of the...