Practical Practice Management Blog

When was the last time you asked your coworker if they needed help?  When was the last time that you told your boss or coworkers thank...

There are several key “ingredients” that make up great leaders in the workplace.  One for certain is “persistence.”  Although it is an...

Change is inevitable whether it is sudden or planned, it can be difficult to go through. For many when change happens at work and it...

Happy Monday! Since we are going to work today why don’t we try to make the day a better one for our coworkers? There are so many things...

Each day and every moment we get to choose what attitude we will bring to the world. Your heart goes with you no matter where you go,...

The leader(s) of a business need to know the vision for the company and also the vision they have for themselves.  They need to keep...

It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up-...

Whether you work in a medical office, retail store, or factory, it really doesn’t matter when it comes to needing that 5-minute breather...

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...

Over the next few posts I will cover several traits that great leaders posses.  I hope you will not only enjoy them, but will pick up...

I posted this story about Charles Plumb’s parachute a long time ago, but felt it was worth repeating as a reminder that it is not us...

I don’t think I am much different from any other manager when it comes to having a difficult conversation with a staff member.  When it...

Today is the first day of Spring.  When Spring arrives we start thinking of planting a garden, spring cleaning or getting some outdoor...

Problems are always going to happen. Many times when they do happen we will put the problem under a microscope and magnify it to make it...

Starting each day with a positive outlook would be wonderful, but it is not always easy to do. In fact, when things are not going well in...

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...

We need more positive people in our workplace and life in general. We can do this if each of us learns to develop a healthy positive...

“The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.” ~ David Bailey I love to read, and for several years I read...

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...