Succeed in Business in Germany and Switzerland
Leonore Clauss, Lionel F. Laroche
Interactions with the Germans and the Swiss may seem easy, but it's important to understand their way of thinking and their approach to doing business.
Leadership Skills
Sparking Creativity
James D. Weith
Try some of these strategies to light your creative fires and to fan their flames.
What's Your Decision Style?
James D. Weith
Understanding how you and those around you make decisions is a first step in improving interpersonal relationships and team efficiencies.
Closing the Gap Between Engineers and Management
George Buckbee, P.E.
Work-style and communication differences often result in a disconnect between managers and engineers. Bridging this culture gap will allow managers to make better business decisions and bring engineers the understanding and recognition they deserve.
Keeping Global Teams Going
Lionel F. Laroche
Global teams can maintain their effectiveness by using the right communication tools, following good communication practices, working at building and maintaining trust, and taking cultural differences into account.
Work More Effectively With Others
Doug Hissong
Learn ways to improve your interpersonal and communication skills so that you can work more effectively with others, and increase your own productivity and effectiveness.
Learn by Wandering Around
Ross Topliff
Walking, listening, and learning are three easy steps that promote good communication and can yield high dividends.
So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
Nancy Passow
Recruit for Retention
Partick Ropella
The most successful employee-retention programs begin with recruiting and hiring the individual who best matches the position and best fits into the company's culture.
Caught in the Act
Jody Urquhart
To acknowledge people in a meaningful way, catch them doing good things and recognize their efforts.
Succeed in Business in the Far East
Lionel F. Laroche, Susan Morey
Understand what is expected of you when traveling to this burgeioning part of the world.
Leadership: The Skill Most Needed
Stanley I. Proctor
Do you have leadership potential? This article explores the differences between leadership and management, the qualities of a good leader, different leadership styles and where they are effective and not effective, and other issues.
Succeed in Business in Eastern Europe
Lionel F. Laroche, Susan Morey
Eastern Europe is a significant potential market for Western corporations. There are plenty of opportunities for success if you learn to do business in a way that meshes with Eastern European expectations of how business should be done.
Professional Excellence: Beyond Technical Competence
September, 2008
Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry
September, 2000
Many companies that stray too far from their core business fail. So how is it that General Electric, a major electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers—with 1998 sales of $6.6 billion? In Unlikely Victory, Jerome T. Coe, a retired 40-year career employee...
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