Importance of Time Management: Do We Really Value It?
Continuing our different perspective on time management, we argue that the real value in managing time is when it allows us to invest in real value activities.
Motivational Stories
Motivational stories have the power to go where no business plan has ever been! In business, as in life, stories can captivate the heart, stir the imagination and create the desire to act.
Leadership Stories
Can leadership be learned? We think so and reading our growing collection of leadership stories is an excellent way to illustrate this. They help bring different perspectives to the meaning of leadership.
Motivational Quotes
Looking for inspiration, or simply trying to think differently about something? A quotation can draw attention, bring focus, add humour, and provide insight. Sometimes it can provide just the lift that's needed.
Happiness Goal Setting Tip: Do What You Love
What we do at work can have a big impact on how we feel about life. The majority of us will spend almost a third of our adult lives in the workplace. There probably isn’t one simple key to happiness, but as we spend so much of our time and energy at work, learning how to be happy during those hours is surely well worth the effort. In the article, the Happy Work Cycle provides an excellent framework to help you get more out of work.
- Value of a Good Manager? People leave managers, not companies.
Here's perhaps the best management tip of all. Whilst there may be many things we dislike about our jobs, the relationship between managers and employees is arguably the most critical. Employees who are well managed can forgive many of an organisation's shortcomings. When people are badly managed, there can be unhappiness, reduced efficiency and high staff turnover. When we resign, we often leave poor managers, not the organisation.
Peter Drucker Quotes: Wisdom from the Giant of Giants
Perhaps you’re looking for motivational quotes on management wisdom and insights? Where better to look than here. Drucker influenced management thinking like few others. The Happy Manager frequently draws on the wisdom and insights that Drucker's writing brought to management theory.
Leadership Definition
To us, leadership definition means the shape of leadership, so here you'll find plenty to help shape your understanding of leadership - theory and practice! We bring together ideas that have helped shape the existing world of work, and those which are now starting to shape the future.
Leadership Philosophy: It's the Little Things That Count
If you were asked to consider a basic leadership philosophy, what immediately springs to mind? Vision, inspiration, communication and drive are all important. But never overlook the little things.....
Characteristic of Leadership: Seeing Things Differently
How leaders see things differently is powerfully illustrated by this motivational story about IBM's Tom Watson Jr.
Leadership Quote
In a famous leadership quote Martin Luther King once said: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." In confronting one of his own personal challenges, U2 singer Bono referred to a story about one of the world's most famous civil rights leaders.
Problem Solving Activity - A Question Checklist For Problem Solving
This question checklist is a simple but effective problem solving activity. It's straighforward to use and easy to adapt to any specific circumstance. Using a set of structured questions encourages both broad and deep analysis of your situation or problem. The questions themselves may be simple, but when used as part of the checklist, they become a powerful management tool.
Personal Development Library - Our Must-read Books!
In our opinion, owning your own personal development library is a crucial step towards becoming a happy manager. An effective personal development strategy is based on access to information. Of course, there are many sources for this information including websites such as ours, but there are times when only a book will do!
What's Your Motivation in the Workplace: How Do You Define Your Work?
Two stories, one from Martin Seligman, the other based on a Peter Drucker story, demonstrate that in all walks of life people can make their work more a calling than just a job. How do you define your work? These two stories challenge us all to think again about what we do.
Quotes About Leadership
There's no shortage of quotes about leadership success. Or about successful leaders, from all walks of life. From great socio-political leaders such as Gandhi, Mandela or King, to captains of industry, like Carnegie, Ford or Branson. All are very different leaders. Their differences are what made them unique as leaders, but are there any things successful leaders might have in common? Almost certainly. Here we discuss two great business leaders and one great thought leader, looking for a "common" thread to link the three.
Seven Step Problem Solving Process
Here's a seven step problem solving technique, full of tips to help you arrive at the best solutions to your problems. In this article you'll find several of our other problem solving tools and management tips, brought together to provide a complete problem solving process.
Quotes on Time Management
There is no shortage of quotes on time management, but no doubt a shortage of time to find them! So on this page we've organised quotes on time management to explore four critical questions: why does time management matter?; why is managing time so stressful?; why are we always short of time?; and how do you spend your time?
Free Problem Solving Tools
Download these free problem solving tools, all available in pdf format. Then pass them on to your friends or colleagues. Better still, use them to help with your staff development or training sessions.
Improving Motivation at Work: In Search of Optimum Performance
The manager's role requires constant adjustment of resources, priorities and focus, and that's without that other great balancing act - work and life! It's small wonder so many managers feel stressed. If you feel work is causing you too much stress, or that you're not working at your optimum, here’s a simple analytical tool to help.
Happiness Articles: Free pdf Downloads
Our growing list of happiness articles, now available as pdf downloads. We're serious about wanting to make a difference in the workplace, so here is a page of free happiness resources for happy managers.
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