Practical Practice Management Blog

At a recent meeting I was talking with a couple of office managers and the topic of employee policy manuals came up.  I asked them if...

It often happens when an employer or manager notices that an employee has a change in work behavior they fail to address it, hoping it...

Persistence is a quality of all great leaders.  If they were not persistent no one would want to follow them.  Humans want a leader they...

Happy Friday!  Statistics show that by the time Friday, the end of most work weeks, gets here employees who work Monday through Friday...

Are Sue and Annie at it again?  You can always tell because the desk drawers close a little harder, the phone is hung up a more abruptly...

Most of us have had a day when our work performance has been less than our best, but this is a rarity not the norm. As a manager or...

Recently, at a conference I was talking with some office managers and the issue of employee accountability kept coming up. It seemed as...

No matter how hard we may try to provide a positive work environment, stress seems to find a way of slipping in the door. According to...

Have you ever worked with a blamer?  This argumentative, personality is a very difficult one to deal with. People who are like this truly...

Being in a management position is not for the “Faint of Heart.” (Definition: Lacking courage to face something difficult) Understanding...

I was having a conversation the other day with a manager of a small business.  We were discussing how to handle employee problems, and...

Being in a management position I cannot say that I enjoy confrontations with my employer or staff members. Although, over the years I...

Far too often we allow the day to bring what it may and we try to make it work with what we need to accomplish.  This does not work well,...

When a group of people working together realize that it is their combined knowledge and effort that makes the difference, they then are...

Do you have a hard time achieving goals you really want?  I have often wondered if we really want to obtain a goal, why is it that we...

People will follow, trust and work harder for managers who they believe have their best interest in mind. Ethical managers make their...

Working with people who are highly emotional can not only be difficult, it can be quite draining. They wear their emotions on their...

When speaking with a group of managers recently, I asked what were their top employee issues.  I was very surprised that many of these...

The best way to manage people is not to manage them, but to manage systems. Once you know what the expectations are of you, the manager,...

Lack of respect in the workplace happens more than we would like to think.  One would hope that people would demonstrate respect for one...