Practical Practice Management Blog

1. Ethical Standards 2. Punctuality 3. Paying attention 4. Learning to do your job well 5. Being organized Each of the attributes that we...

I supply all of my employees with notebooks for their personal note-taking from day one.  It is impossible for anyone to remember...

“This was posted earlier this year.  It is a great topic and is one that we will put on the back burner because there are so many other...

Below is a true story that is so touching to the soul Dear friends, The short Christmas story below was originally published in the...

“Yes! A wonderful alternative to no!”  ~ Jeffrey Gitomer” When I was in high school I worked in a toy store during the Christmas Holiday...

How do you let your boss or co-workers know that you do not feel like you are worth much when you are on the job?  Feeling inadequate...

Most often this does not happen because of how we try to get the information from others in the first place.  For example, you want to...

I recently was talking with a law enforcement officer who told me that she would be ready to finish her shift and someone would not show...

“The more you use your reins the less they’ll use their brains.” ~ The Horse Whisper Eventually many managers will come to the...

I have had the opportunity to lead multiple office manager workshops where the subject of outstanding employees always seems to be a hot...

It is good management practice to have a standard pay increase policy that employees are told about when they are hired, eliminating the...

When she was hired she was led to believe that the company was headed down a road that she was willing to invest in and looked forward to...

According to an article on About.com  the average person changes jobs ten to fifteen times (with an average of 11 job changes) during his...

Making a special trip to the office supply store he was excited about picking out items that he thought would make the staff work more...

It is a known fact that you cannot make an employee a great one, just by paying them a great salary.  Jim Collins the author of the best...

“Happiness is an attitude.  We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong.  The amount of work is the same.” ~ Francesca...

When I purchased my first home, I just couldn’t believe that I was a homeowner.  I spent most of my waking hours, when not at work,...

“Beware of the barrenness of a busy life” ~ Socrates Becoming overly busy is usually a gradual process that we become caught up in, and...

There is just something “juicy” when you get the chance to hear a “tasty fact” about another person and it is not from them, but another...

This can happen for many reasons, like an increase in business so you are doing what you do normally, but just more of it.  Or possibly...