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The future of analytics: 6 predictions
Dr. Beverly Wright Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAnalytics have become an important part of the decision-making process for many companies in the past few decades, particularly with corporations using data assets as a core competency and point of origin. My work in the past few decades in the data and analysis field has brought forward six predicted trends to watch for in the near future.
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Respond quickly to an unexpected job opportunity with these simple moves
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhether it is a last-ditch effort at year-end or an attempt to get the new year started off on the right foot, leaders often make what seem to be last-minute employment offers around this time of year. If a casual networking event has resulted in an unexpected job opportunity, make these simple moves to take full advantage of the chance. The best place to start is the easiest one for the potential employer to check: LinkedIn. Do a quick check of your profile and make any necessary updates.
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‘Tis the season to avoid office party lawsuits
Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAccording to a new OfficeTeam survey, 93 percent of organizations will provide some type of seasonal activity this year — whether off-site or on-site. Also, 41 percent of companies plan to spend more on this year’s festivities. "Hosting holiday activities is a great way for companies to recognize teams and thank them for their hard work," according to Stephanie Naznitsky, executive director of OfficeTeam. On the other hand, almost everyone has a "Hey, remember that time at the holiday office party when . . ." story about out-of-control behavior.
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Overcoming career setbacks
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe end of the year is not just for stressful mandatory fun or closing out and prepping for the next year. The end of the year is still a common time for companies to conduct layoffs. Here are a few steps to follow if you are faced with a layoff at year-end. For example, with most of us, addressing finances is the most pressing issue when unexpectedly facing unemployment. Tackle this stressor head-on, right away.
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Smart strategies for cutting competition between your employees
Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementCompetition in your marketplace is part of the drill when it comes to doing business. When your employees start to compete with each other in potentially destructive ways, however, your business can quickly suffer. As a manager, it's key to shape your policy so that team success always overrides the personal gain of the employees who work for you — so how do you handle the personnel conflicts that aggressive individual team members can cause?
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Have you considered using ‘stay interviews’ to increase employee…
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHiring interviews and exit interviews are standard HR practices. "Stay interviews" are not as well-known and seldom used. However, they could be the most important interviews your organization could ever conduct. In case you are not familiar with the term, a "stay interview" is simply asking employees: "What makes you stay?" A stay interview can also cover more discrete issues like why an employee stays within a particular department, on a project, or with a particular manager or supervisor.
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Disorganize to increase your creativity
Patrick Gleeson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIncreasingly in this century, researchers and business analysts are paying attention to what increases creativity. What are the approaches and habits you can adopt that will promote and increase your own creative output? Some of the research results are surprising. Although earlier articles and books on the creative process recommended such common-sense strategies as organizing your time and workspace to maximize creative output, more recent data-based research suggests there’s more to It than that — that too narrow a focus on organization can inhibit creativity.
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How to decode your boss’ management style
Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHow I long for the '60s! Back in those days, you could receive a free decoder ring inside boxes of select boxes of Captain Crunch cereal! There were many times throughout my career when I wished I had kept that ring. I could have used it to better understand my boss and our relationship. Consider me your decoder ring! When you have a clear sense of where your boss is coming from, you can adjust your expectations and communication style. By doing so, you can achieve a prosperous and peaceful coexistence with one of the most important people in your life — your boss.
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A radical year-end challenge: 3 steps to end even a bad year on a high…
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhen we have a great year, we can fail to take the time to think about all the work, luck and assistance that had to come together to make it possible. Conversely, when we have a bad year, we often have no problem compiling lists of reasons for why it happened. Regardless of which type of year this turns out to be, taking these three steps will help wrap up any kind of year on a good note. The first step is all about mindset. Even at the end of a terrible year, there was something or someone that shone like a light at the end of the long tunnel.
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The humble board member
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementIs there one quality that is most respected among board members? A quality that supports continuous success? Something that enhances a culture of trust? Humility is the trait that best positions a director for sustainable effectiveness on a board. "When you step into leadership, success is no longer measured by your ability to do the work, but by your ability to set the stage for others to do the work," offers Heather Breen, director of governance, planning, and engagement at the San Diego County Bar Association.
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