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Modifying risk behavior with change management

Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Have you found it hard to get commitment to risk management from your project team, sponsor or other stakeholders? Project practitioners are naturally focused on delivery, and they prefer to think about their next deadline, instead of worrying about something that may never happen. Some project leaders resort to threatening their team into doing risk management ("Think what might happen if we don't do it!") or to bribing team members with promises ("Life will be so much easier if you succeed in managing your risks.").

How much is your word worth in the business world?

Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

Imagine you were going out with someone for the first time. You took off early from work to go home and prepare for the night. At the time when you were about to leave the door, you received a text message from the date, telling you all of a sudden s/he happened to book another important meeting for the night and, as a result, s/he would be happy to go out with you next weekend. What would be your reaction?

Leadership fortitude starts with honest feedback

Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Fortitude (or courage) usually shows up high on the list of attributes of a great leader. Great leaders best display fortitude not by taking bold risks and implementing aggressive programs, but by the honesty with which they deliver feedback to their staffers.

What leaders can learn from their mistakes

Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Did you ever make a mistake, then hide the fact that one was made? Leaders often insulate themselves from others when they do not want admit to a mistake. In fact, many leaders do not want to learn from their own mistakes. Ultimately, this problem will crescendo out of control, and the leader may never recover from his or her mistakes.

6 affordable habits of the wealthy

David B. Mandell and Jason M. O'Dell Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Benjamin Franklin is commonly noted as saying, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." While catching up on sleep may help your health, it would take a miracle to go to sleep earlier one night and wake up with a heap of cash at your bedside.

Bitcoin showing it’s here for the long haul

Ross Lancaster Science & Technology

When the Bitcoin cryptocurrency reached its greatest levels of hype starting in 2011 and continuing through its 2013 valuation peak, its most ardent supporters hailed its appeal to investors and even claimed its potential to usurp and replace traditional, government-backed currency. Predictably, those assertions didn't make too many elected officials in Washington happy, even as such forecasts of a commandeering of fiat currency were fantastical and ill-reasoned.

Your relationship with work: Reinventing yourself

Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

For many people, their relationship with their job is like a marriage. They make a thoughtful decision and once it is made, they are in for good or bad. This characteristic is common in older generations, but it is also popping up among younger generations who feel they can and should be the change they want to see.

How do you track employee engagement? Ask engaging questions

Michael J. Berens Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Lack of employee engagement continues to be a major problem for many businesses. The latest Gallup survey finds less than a third of U.S. working adults are engaged in their jobs. Engaged employees are not only enthusiastic about their work, but they are also purpose-driven and committed to helping their companies succeed.

10 tips for an effective acceptable use policy

D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

With ever-changing technological advances, easy access to employer networks from almost any location and the blurred lines between business and personal use, employers need to review and update their acceptable use policies (AUP).

Your relationship with work: It’s not you, it’s me

Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Continuing with our series on the relationship we have with our jobs, this week we will take a look at knowing when it is time to move on. Relationships can end in many ways and for many reasons.

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