Would you believe that China, the world's most populous nation, is experiencing a serious talent shortage? Believe it. A talent-management "perfect storm" of rapid growth, increasing wages, and a skills lag threaten to derail even established...
OK, it's been decided that growth-whether in terms of revenue, profit, number of employees or customers, market share or number of locations-is essential to your company's future. Before management makes the leap, there are many questions that must...
Emerson is one of the few firms that can point to over four decades of increased earnings. How does Emerson do it? Charles F. Knight, the organization's CEO for 27 of its 43 consecutive years of increased profits, attributes it to Emerson's long-term...
Partnering, collaboration, strategic alliance-call it whatever you want, but the practice of companies working jointly to create new products and services is one of the most compelling trends in business today. Perhaps no company employs collaboration...
You have a big meeting coming up overseas. You've checked and double-checked your proposal, but unless you've also done some research into the country's culture, the deal may be doomed before you set foot on the plane....
Read about AMA/i4cp study on analytics that showed increasing interest in analytics by companies.
The notion of “ghost work” sounds pretty scary, and for many administrative professionals, it is. Ghost work is the extra work—previously done by colleagues who have been laid off—that surviving employees must take on. Management expert Paul Facella offers some strategies to keep the ghosts at bay.
Too much change can cause excessive stress and burnout out.
Have internal politics gotten out of control in your organization? Here are some of the symptoms, from gridlock to grandstanding, that indicate that your company's culture has become infected with the politics virus. See how many sound familiar; if...
Everyone is familiar with the tension that the holidays can cause at home, but the workplace can be similarly frantic and filled with anxiety during the season. "Performance & Profits" gift wraps some suggestions for dealing with holiday stress...