Topic: employees

New Capital, Please

If you don’t do your job you cannot do it badly - but you can still fail. More »

Eight Solutions To The Recession

The IMF announcement of a toxic asset hole of probably $4 Trillion is shocking but not unexpected. Some of us believe that the statement is a ‘warmer’ and that there will be more to come. It is said that worse figures have already been presented in Washington. More »

Make Your Employees The Best

A long-term friend and former colleague of mine who now runs his own successful business told me recently: “In the last two years I have come to realise that being a CEO means being a Mentor, too. We have to connect with our employees on both the work and the home front. It is no longer good enough just issue orders and train people to do their jobs; bosses must take a real interest in their employees’ lives, their problems and their aspirations.” More »

In-Company Mentoring

Now that mentoring is widely recognised as the way to motivate, develop and keep employees, the role of "in-company" mentoring is being explored by those aware of the profit improvement it bestows. It is a big topic so I am devoting two articles to it. More »