http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Chris+Herrmann Business Chris Herrmann Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=99563&ca=Business The key to successfully growing bigger and better events is to set up what's called the Marketing Cycle. The first part of the cycle is to promote your event in whatever way you can, such as traditional advertising. The next step is critical. You must collect names and addresses and email addresses... Business Management Chris Herrmann Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61074&ca=Business+Management Performance Management is a system developed out of the best practice of top performing organizations to provide managers with a structured approach to the key retention criteria. Simplistically, most people will feel motivated and will want to stay in their job if their manager: pays attention to t... Business Management Chris Herrmann Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60500&ca=Business+Management The company newsletter hit Ruth Kenyon's desk and there was her picture on the front page under the heading "Employee of the Month". A simple paragraph of text explained that she had single-handedly reduced the debtor days from 39 to 32 in a period of 6 weeks. If others didn't understand the signifi... Business Management Chris Herrmann Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60502&ca=Business+Management Toby Miller is your picture of an all round good guy. He doesn't even consider himself to be much of a star but he does enjoy going to work and he enjoys mixing with his co-workers, making sure that they all smile at least once a day. Of course he does what's necessary to get results but, under norm... Business Management Chris Herrmann Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60501&ca=Business+Management Performance Management is coming under critical fire because the complexity of some of the processes is beginning to over-ride the fundamental principles. However, as Hogan Armstrong knows, elements of Performance Management work well for both employees and managers. Hogan is an IT Service Engineer... Business Management Chris Herrmann Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60503&ca=Business+Management The training administration team at Glasburg Associates perform miracles on a daily basis. Not only are they preparing for next week's batch of training courses, they are assisting in courses running each day and they are covering the phones to sell training to new clients. Their job is never boring... Business Management Chris Herrmann Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60504&ca=Business+Management Of course, we all majored in recognition skills at high school. Being positive comes as second nature to everybody and we never focus too much on faults. Unfortunately there the fairy tale must end. Complaining, it seems, is a much more developed skill than praising and many people find it difficult... Business Management Chris Herrmann Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60169&ca=Business+Management The most effective tool in a manager's toolkit for dealing with poor performance is coaching. Not screaming at them from the stands and withholding rewards but working with them down on the pitch to find out what's causing the problem and building their fitness and stamina like the corporate athlete... Business Management Chris Herrmann Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60171&ca=Business+Management Quin Jerome is Sales Director with a clothing company. He is a talented talker and entertains major clients on a regular basis. One summer he was deputizing while the CEO was on vacation and found an entry in his planner that just said "11.00 - 12.00 Wander". The CEO's PA clarified that it meant wal... Business Management Chris Herrmann Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60172&ca=Business+Management Cameron Timpson is CEO of a medium-sized electronic assembly operation. He makes a point of making a weekly recognition award to the best assembler on the factory floor. "Today," he shouts to the gathering crowd "it is Lavinia Argot's turn" and he turns to her to present her prize. Her mouth is smil...