Comments for Management Skills BlogIt's not a lesson in learning to be nice to people. Management is about leverage and impact.Comment on A Deeper Need by Jonathan Burrough- September 18, 2008 People need to feel that they are apart of something that is bigger than themselves. If work feels like a job, in the sense of needing it to be complete, then a group of unsatisfied workers is what you will get. Leaders need to create an atmosphere to where people can buy in and feel significant. Your job should add to every area in your life. Your job should make you a better all around person; When your job accomplishes this feat then you "need" (in a positive sense of the word)your job.http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/18/a-deeper-need/#comment-28360 Comment on A Deeper Need by Bill Kent- September 18, 2008 People need to "belong" to groups. in each of our lives, there are family groups, church groups, nation groups, state groups, and in the end, with the desire to use their skills and knowledge, most people need to belong to a Business group. that's where the culture of the group, and the relationship of the manager, come into play. Managers need to understand that they have a large influence on the quality of their work groups!http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/18/a-deeper-need/#comment-28317 Comment on A Deeper Need by Manuel Bollue- September 18, 2008 I'd say 'self actualisation', the satisfaction you get from accomplishing something: solving, creating, coaching. You often see demotivated people when they feel they don't add meaning to things. It seems philosophical, but do the test around you ...http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/18/a-deeper-need/#comment-28291 Comment on What is a Job by VS- September 14, 2008 The reason youngsters are looking for a job and not for career is the fact that they understand importance of money and not that of a career - especially in their initial years. In fact even I was pondering with this very question some time back and my thoughts are captured at www.alagse.comhrhr4.php The focus of organizations must be on designing careers. Emphasis must be on career at every point starting from recruitment, training, appraisals, lateral moves, advancement and so on and so...http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/10/what-is-a-job/#comment-27636 Comment on Contribution by jesus benitez- September 12, 2008 When you are retired and you have enough money to live and pay for your toys and trips, you find yourself looking for something to do and work. Obviously, it has a lot to do with the satisfaction, the adrenaline, the dealing with capable people, the negotiating part of it, the continuation of what you have done for forty+ years. Professional development for what you have worked so hard, gets to an end, then the real value of working comes across.http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/12/contribution/#comment-27299 Comment on Why do People Work by Matej Sakoman- September 11, 2008 P.S. not saying it is a perfect theory, but person who is hungry works for a different reason then one who has 5 children to support. Or upper class person who has to find meaning in work - sense of purpose and meaning, inner joy, acchievement, power...http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/11/why-do-people-work/#comment-27033 Comment on Why do People Work by Matej Sakoman- September 11, 2008 One of the theories that can explain why people work - - This is Maslow's theory of needs. FINAL ANSWER - depending on our currant position we work for different reasons- univerally. Maslow has set up a hierarchy of five levels of basic needs. Beyond these needs, higher levels of needs exist. These include needs for understanding, esthetic appreciation and purely spiritual needs. In the levels of the five basic needs, the person does not feel the second need until the demands of the first...http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/11/why-do-people-work/#comment-27030 Comment on Why do People Work by Thom- September 11, 2008 People work to live. Since most people have to work for approx 40 years what we choose a profession that is both rewarding and provides the means to enable a prefered lifestyle. A job needs to be rewarding to capture our interest and provide self satisfaction since we have to do it for so long. Our job may not be what we want to be doing to make a living but it is the next best thing.http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/11/why-do-people-work/#comment-27019 Comment on The Contract by Manuel Bollue- September 9, 2008 'The best' is relative. How to align it: see what your (internal) clients needs. Do your best is then: work as efficiently as possible to give the client a little more than he needs. 'The best' can be misleading. "Sometimes people settle for a downgrade," I heard a local guru once say. It's all about knowing the priorities of whom you work for and levelling your work efforts in that direction. So, the more you know these priorities, the less hungry you'll get I guess ;-)http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/#comment-26495 Comment on The Contract by kurt- September 8, 2008 Tom, you keep me a bit hungry.(but that's the whole point of the blog, right ;-)) I think we all agree that employees should do their very best all day. But how do we measureallign this according towards our companies deliverables How do we translate the "best" towards real life results The aswer is probably: 'Be patient my boy, the hour is near...' ;-))http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/#comment-26237 |