In a negotiation it’s important to avoid opening first if you can, because if the other person opens first it might be good news for you, and that would be good news that you would never have received if YOU had opened first. For example, if I can get the potential Vegas conference to open […]
Handling Passive-Aggressive People
The difficulty with both passive and passive/aggressive people is that the channel of communication isn’t there. At least with aggressive people you know what they are thinking, and you know what they want! Meanwhilewhile the passive person is just sitting there with everything bottled up, and the passive/aggressive person is taking it out behind your back, […]
Which vegetable is yours?
Use this chart to find the Management Vegetables for the subject you want to learn about: Leadership The Plum of Performance The Coaching Cherries The Carrots of Motivation The Banana of Boredom The Iceberg of Ignorance The Leeks of Leverage Marrow’s Heirarchy of Swedes The Situational Seagull The Freedom Frog The Leadership Tadpole Management The […]
The Freedom Frog
These are the four levels of freedom that you can give a person who works for you: Can you move people up a step? It’s better for them and for you! Can you persuade your boss to let you go up a level for some of the things you do? onwards and absolutely upwards! CC […]
The Scorpion of Stock
The Scorpion of Stock will sting you when you don’t expect it! Stock is much more harmful than you might expect and here’s why: Storage cost – space heat and light, racks, forklifts Capital tied up in the stock itself Obsolescence – becoming ‘last year’s model’, or there’s a change and suddenly nobody wants it […]
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