Leadership And Management

Management Styles - List of Different Types Of Management Styles
Management is probably the most used word in the business and professional world today. It has several definitions because there are varied styles of management leadership. Read this list of different types of management styles and see how they have evolved through time.

How to Manage a Team
Managing a team effectively is an art that requires patience and subtle tact. This article attempts to answer the query, how to manage a team, in order to ensure smooth operation and gain higher productivity.

Negotiation Strategies for Managers and Executives
Negotiation is a major part of business tactics that helps the companies to expand their business, win tenders for big projects and sail safely in times of an economic crisis. Negotiation strategies are crucial in cracking big deals. Read on to know more about negotiation strategies for managers and executives.

Benefits of Volunteering
If selfless service comes easily to you, then volunteering would naturally appeal to your line of work. The 'service before self' attitude has a number of benefits attached, most of which relate to personal satisfaction...

What are the Skills Needed to be a Good Manager
A manager has a very important role to play in a company. Take a look at some of the skills needed to be a good manager.

Traits of a Good Manager
A good manager is an effective leader, an efficient delegate and an understanding person. A good manager dares to dream and makes the dream come true. To find out the traits of a good manager, read on…

Leadership and Management
Being manager is not sufficient to be a leader. In fact, Leadership is the nucleus of all managerial and administrative activities.

Leadership and Project Management
One of the more interesting questions I am often asked about project management is: do I need leadership skills to be an effective project manager? And I use the word "effective" carefully, because, to me, all effective project managers have strong leadership skills. So what is leadership, and can you teach yourself these skills?

Leadership: Management Team Network
This article is designed to provide guidance for managers who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations. Here we look at the actions that successful leaders must take in order to create and establish a management teams network to successfully support the organisation’s strategies.

Supervision: Letter to a New Manager
Advice to a young man who's just been promoted to his first management job.

The Immeasurable Value of Executive Coaching
• individual and team leadership development • organization development and renewal • performance and people skills enhancement • meetings facilitation and conflict management.

A Secret No One Tells New Managers
There are lots of differences between being an individual contributor and being a boss. But there's one important difference that no one talks about. That's why it often causes new managers to fail.

Lessons in Leadership: The Business of Busy-ness
Whether you're a corporate executive or a private business owner, boosting the success of your business depends on your ability to maximize staff productivity. This article reveals why poor performance at the fiscal level is the guaranteed outcome when activity is mistaken for productivity and provides management and leadership professionals with insights, tools and techniques for getting greater results from their investment in their people.

How HR Professionals Can Get Top Management to Listen
Human resource professionals can play a powerful role in the leadership of an organization. However, they must be respected by top management. This article outlines key principles in getting management to listen.

Computer Service Company Management Requires a Leadership Style
As a computer service company manager, you need to know about different styles of leadership and learn to use one that will motivate your employees best. While most managers will want to use the democratic style, there are other times when computer service company management has to use one of the others to get a job done correctly.

In Selling - What Differentiates The Top 5% Achievers?
Successful selling has become an exclusive club of highly skilled professionals where, for example, product knowledge, time management skills, objection handling and closing skills are the cost of membership, not leadership.

Sales Force Management & Leadership: Increase Profitability By Understanding Your Sales Team
Some people are wildly successful at selling, meeting and exceeding every goal placed in front of them, while others lack either the self motivation or certain key skill sets to get them to their next level of growth and performance. To improve sales in highly competitive sales environments, leaders must create a growth-oriented atmosphere that thrives on constant improvement, regardless of market conditions.

The Difference Between Management and Leadership
Management is a science that revolves around your employees, but leadership is personal and all about you.

Quick Quiz: Helping Others with Leadership Skill Development
Hopefully a few questions will inspire you in the direction of improved management and leadership skill development.

5 Elements to Customer Service: A Fresh Look
Management leadership training creates a front-of-mind-awareness that determines not only what is important, but also how things are to be done.

The Difference Between Managers and Leaders
One of the hardest concepts to understand is leadership. While we know it when we see it, it is hard to grasp its real essence. This article sheds light on leadership through its contrast with its complementary opposite, management.

Leadership Training: Discretionary Effort the Primary Objective of All Leaders?
The Center for Management & Organization Effectiveness has several courses that we have created or can customize for your leadership training needs.