Practical Practice Management Blog

There are many areas of a workplace that can become dysfunctional.   From workplace culture to demanding workloads a dysfunctional...

“YOUR REPUTATION AS A HIGH-INTEGRITY, ETHICAL, AND HONEST PERSON ARE KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS.” Why would you lie at work? Perhaps you might...

Yesterday was Mother’s Day I had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with each of my now adult children.  It is amazing to see and...

You’re a manager who is a firm believer in “Team Work” and all of the effort that goes into creating a winning team. But, what if one of...

When you work for a small company, in a small building it can be difficult not to become too personal with your coworkers. Maintaining...

If you ask any manager they will tell you that it is almost impossible to give an actual accounting of what each employee does, every...

In my ongoing journey to learn how to become a great manager, and to teach others, I came upon an older article in the Harvard Business...

If I have said this once, I have said it 100 times, “when you are working with people you will always have people problems.” There is...

Whether it be at work or in your personal life there is always room to learn how to communicate better.  At work it is especially...

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy...

Today, the employee issue I am going to discuss is one that I do not tolerate in my practice.   It is Friday the 13th and this employee...

I came across this post from about two years ago and as I read through the qualities that I should possess one jumped out at me, number...

This week we have covered two of the three keys traits of a successful manager: 1. The Ability To Manage Yourself 2. The Ability To...

Continuing from yesterday’s post on The Ability to Manage Yourself, today we will discuss the second key factor in successful management,...

Happy Holidays to you all! I just finished reading a great book by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller called “The Secret, What Great Leaders...

As a manager there are times when we must tell an employee they have done something wrong and it should never happen again.  If the...

According to Gallup, in an article posted in their business journal August 7, 2014,  managers can build stronger teams by measuring...

The role of the office manager is multifaceted and whether you have a staff of one or fifty, there are three key qualities that need to...

Ken Blanchard’s quote “None of us is as smart as all of us” is one of my favorites that I use often when consulting or lecturing. It is...

Getting enough sleep is vital to being a functional person at work.  Sleep deprivation not only affects our work ability it can cause a...