by Kim Olver | Sep 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
The management style of the industrial age no longer suits the informational age. The bureaucratic, top down, authoritarian style is not effective with today’s workers. People are no longer motivated by rewards or fear of punishment as much as by being connected to...
by Kim Olver | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
This book was copyrighted in 1998 and I still love it and find it applicable today. I really enjoy books that are told as parables for the business world. In Gung Ho! Turn on the People in Any Organization, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles write about teamwork from...
by Kim Olver | Aug 3, 2012 | Relationships, Uncategorized
Sometimes your partner might want something that interferes with your ability to have what you want. It is a challenge when this happens because usually your instinctual response it to attempt to get him or her to give up what they want so you can be happy. The...
by Kim Olver | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
No person can actually cure another person’s addiction; they have to recognize they have lost power over their own behavior and recognize the need to change. There are some experts who will recommend you either make them quit or you leave. This may work...
by Kim Olver | Jul 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Leadership Simple by Jill and Steve Morris is a wonderful book for business consultants who are often brought in to solve employee conflict, manage resistance in employees, mediate a manager/worker conflict or just generally work on team building. Leadership Simple is...
by Kim Olver | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Q: I was recently promoted within my department to a position where I am now supervising my former colleagues and I don’t think they are giving me the respect they should. I ask them to do things, and they don’t comply. They think they are still my...
