The following article arose from discussions between Mindbench and its clients about where candidates go wrong in interviews. This prompted us to carry out a qualitative survey with clients, candidates, HR personnel and recruitment consultants involved in the management consultancy sector to...
“Management” is an umbrella that covers a host of activities: leadership, working through others, planning, organizing, communicating, controlling, and making decisions, to name a few. How can you grasp all of these things? Fortunately, you don’t have to.
The basis of...
As both an active project manager and a project management trainer, people often ask me what are the fundamental aspects to successful project management. Whilst there have been many great books written on the subject, I always summarise what I believe to be the best practices at the heart of...
Free Your Time
Of course, information rules the world. Modern man deals with e-information. But many inconveniences are waiting for him. If one wants to work with business papers at home, its necessary to copy all the files on flash drives or CD beforehand. But copying can be too annoying...
Eleanor Valentine and Gary Yardley do basically the same job in an engineering company. They are both designers working on the same project and the Vice President has just made an announcement that special bonuses will be paid to employees making the best contribution in their field of...
Modern business takes teamwork. No one can do it alone. That’s why today’s corporate environments are designed to facilitate people working together. Computer networking helps bring employees into sync, but even more important is the sort of face time you can only get by meeting in...
Provide and Survive
By Mike Pagan Straight Talking Business Focussed Professional Speaker
Many Management Consultants and Business Coaches are asked the question Which Industry do you specialise in? or more specifically I want a consultant who specialises in Industry X.
If...
M & A for Insurance: A Signal of International Growth?
In a recent report released by KPMG, the key findings for the expected insurance industry are recapped below.
The international insurance market is expected to see good or very good growth over the next three years, and...
Are you interested in increasing teamwork within your company? Many companies are searching for ways to promote teamwork at their company, however some do not have the funds available to hire an outside company to encourage team building. Are you interested in corporate team building exercises...
Friends ! this is another powerful tip for reducing tension and stress from life. We spend at least 8 hours daily at our workplace. And we have to work in collaboration with other people. These people are our coworkers. Our relation with them can make us tense and angry or it can make us calm...
INTRODUCTION
CHANGING BUSINESS PARADIGM
The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that the worldwide outsourcing market would grow from $100 billion in 1998 to $151 billion in 2003, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.2 percent.
The 1990s witnessed a...
Here are the winning entries from a bad meeting contest and comments on what to do so that you can avoid these problems.
> Short, Expensive, and Useless.
First, she sent a letter to a prospective client in New York, proposing a meeting. Then she phoned to confirm the meeting....