Practical Practice Management Blog

Are the benefits of doing this job greater than the mental, physical and relational costs to me? Do I feel my life overall will be better...

Having good employees should not be the exception it should be the rule. Finding good employees is another blog post altogether, but you...

Work isn’t always a happy place and If you are like most people, you probably get frustrated with your job every now and then.  At times,...

What do you do when you think it is time for you to receive a pay raise?  Maybe your last raise was a year ago and you are under the...

Are you constantly behind on your work or projects? Do you have a messy desk with several little stacks on it? Is there never enough time...

When any of my staff members come to me with a problem my gut instinct is to immediately help them fix it. (Make things easier for them)....

Today, I heard one of my coworkers struggling with putting a form inside an envelope and asked him what the problem was.  He said that...

Last week I wrote about the “less than good” customer service I received from a couple of hotels I stayed in on a recent trip. Today, I...

Have you ever “slacked off” with your job duties? You know, not really doing what is expected of you? If we were honest with ourselves,...

When working with small business owners and their managers I often will hear that they struggle with getting their staff to really own...

“The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.” ~Helmut Schmidt I was talking with a small business owner recently about the...

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...

With the Holidays being upon us you may notice that some of your coworkers or friends are feeling bit stressed.  This can be caused by...

Training employees can be a daunting task, especially if you do not have a training program in place.  In order for employees to be...

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

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the...

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

I was talking with a woman recently and she told me that she was having a hard time with her job.  I asked her if it was her job or was...