Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?

Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?

When I started my career, I hated following “procedures”. I still cannot stand the “well, this is the way we have always done it in the past” line of thinking. I felt that strictly dictated procedures smothered innovation and opportunities to increase productivity by turning people’s brains off. Over the last several years, I have changed into the object that I once despised…a “manager”. I am a little older and have managed a few more people since my early days…

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Stay focused and forget the concept of “multi-tasking” was ever uttered by a human being

Stay focused and forget the concept of “multi-tasking” was ever uttered by a human being

I love some of my weekend chats with friends. This weekend brought a debate on the concept of “multi-tasking”. Please, oh please, put a nail in the coffin of this bad line of thinking! You cannot multi-task, it is a myth! You end up taking longer on both tasks verses staying focused on one task until completion, and then moving on to the next task. You do not get back to maximum focus (or productivity) on a task for several…

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Some great Blogging Tips

Some great Blogging Tips

I have been surfing around and attempting to decide on what I want to do with my blog hosting and I came a across a good article on “authority”, but I believe more than “authority”, it is just sound blogging advice. It is well worth the read. Bloggers will often refer to other bloggers, and sometimes themselves, as the “authority” in their niche. Often people, both offline and online, compete to become the most “powerful” and respected person/company in respect to…

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I think I am ready to make a jump and I need YOUR help!

I think I am ready to make a jump and I need YOUR help!

Well, our little one is not letting me sleep so I thought I would surf a blog or two and work on my pending posts while she is having a late night snack. I have been looking at several WordPress blogs I visit regularly, and I really like the additional features and more flexible design that WordPress offers over Blogger. Here I sit, pondering what to do. You, most kind visitors of my little blog, Please Help Me With a Couple…

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