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Meetings can be an excellent use of time when they are well-run. Unfortunately, the converse is also true, and it seems that time-wasting, poorly run meetings are far too common.

Being able to hold a successful meeting is an issue of great importance when it comes to being a good manager. That is why we at Manager-job.com have prepared 6 following questions every manager should ask himself in order to avoid any kind of trouble and to raise the quality of his company’s meetings to a completely new level.

1. Why am I calling this meeting?
It is an unfortunate fact but the most common reason meetings are convened is to exchange, collect, or pass on information. Be careful. This can be a real waste of time. If more than 25% of your meeting’s time is informational, there is probably a more cost effective way to accomplish this, such as e-mail or memo.
That said, here are some very good reasons to call a meeting:

• Ensure that all parties have the same understanding around an issue
• Surface new issues
• Develop strategies and/or action plans
• Address people’s reaction to new information, announcements or changes in plans
• Solve problems/make decisions
• Reconcile differences
• Assemble different perspectives and gain commitment

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As being manager in nowdays companies it is your responibility for the result your company has reached. The decisions you make will influent on each and everyone in company and also on everyone you cooperate with. In the times of crisis it is even more important to stay focused on some basic rules to avoid casualties and perhaps even to amend your marketing.

1. Enlarge amount of money, destined to marketing and promotion
In times of crisis managers usually follow one aim: to reatrain money and assets in the company. Nothing wrong with this idea so far. But you should be very careful when talking about marketing and promotion. Think wider: all your competitors will decrease the sum of money, destined to promotion. Ergo, now is your big chance to become known to wider public with your unique advertisements.

2. Do not lose your good coworkers because of lower salary

There is sometimes presure to reduce salary for few percents. But you should be very careful on influence wich will be evident. Human resource is one of the key resources today. Are you sure you can afford losing your best workers and letting them to concurence?

3. Make products with high value added
There is quite a competition on market when talking about mass production. Almost everyone can today sew jackets. But not many companies can produce for example medical devices. Perhaps you should think about starting again in a new type of industry.

4. Stay in close connections with your business partners
Your business partners are the heart of your company. Do not let them leave you when the time is not on your side. You should understand, that they have some difficulties too. Why not than inviting them for a released dinner or perhaps showing them how important they are for you. Maybe you can even pay them a percent or two just because of good relationships. You can be sure, that next time you will be first on the list of discount. Read the rest of this entry »

Never before have the words “turbulence” and “uncertainty” made so many business headlines. Virtually all industries are being affected by the turmoil we now face. With this level of uncertainty affecting your business and your career, what management competencies do you – a manager – need to develop to best manage your business and your employees now and during the next three years?

For years human resource professionals, corporate trainers, recruiters, managers and others have known what sets apart the average performers from the stars. It is not technical skills, nor intelligence. It is something else, something that you knew it if you saw it, but which was difficult to clearly define. It was people skills. After many years of talking about people skills, those of us in the business of training, coaching, managing and hiring have been vindicated. We can replace it with an objective, measurable term—emotional intelligence. Those who have never valued the ability to read people and understand emotions because these were soft skills and could not be measured, will have to rethink their stand. Emotional intelligence is a set of abilities.

We can classify emotional intelligence into four related parts:

• Identifying emotions – the ability to correctly identify how people are feeling
• Using emotions – the ability to create emotions and to integrate your feelings into the way you think
• Understanding emotions – the ability to understand the causes of emotions
• Managing emotions – the ability to figure out effective strategies that use your emotions to help you achieve a goal

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