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5 Ways to Engage Employees through MACRO Management



Posted by Sally Abdel Sayed, CRHA at Diabsolut
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 @ 08:44 AM

Consequences of micro and macro management have been the topic of business case studies for years. But the reality is: only extreme behaviours of either management styles are truly harmful to a business. In fact, the key to employee engagement within a successful organisation, amongst other things, is a balanced combination of micro and macro management as well as vision.

Often times, micro-management is perceived as a dysfunctional management style. Micro-managers are frequently portrayed as being far too detail-oriented...
 
APR
05

Tracking Your Team's Time – Are You Leaving Money On The Table?



Posted by Everett Turpin, Director, Cloud Solutions Strategies at Diabsolut
Thu, Apr 5, 2012 @ 04:09 PM

Let’s face it; most of those within your company (your “departmental employees” for lack of a better term) are not using timecards. In my university days, I worked part-time for a kayak manufacturer so I can appreciate the concept of clocking in and out, which of course was tied directly to my paycheque. The simple premise of clocking in and out was to ensure that money was not left on the table and you are paid for the time that you put in.

Fifteen years later, as a business consultant, I find myself meeting with more and more companies who are leaving money on the table...
 
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08

Culture, Lunch and Strategy



Posted by Joe Diab, President & CEO of Diabsolut
Thu, Mar 8, 2012 @ 09:07 AM

You may have already heard of the famous quote “culture eats strategy for lunch”.  In my experience, that’s absolutely true in the context of a strategy that doesn’t take into account the corporate culture. Any strategy has a large chance of failure, noncompliance or even sabotage, if it isn’t clearly aligned with the culture of the organization.

Understanding an organization’s corporate culture and making provisions for it, at both a strategic and tactical level, is how you diminish any chance of not achieving the desired results.
 
FEB
01

Business Process XYZ - what is the hullabaloo about?



Posted by Puneet Mahajan, Change Management & Process Consultant at Diabsolut
Wed, Feb 1, 2012 @ 12:36 PM

If the topic interests you, chances are that you are either a manager wondering what it takes to rethink, re-strategize, realign your operations or you are a practitioner in the job of convincing your clients why it is good for them. It is indeed a paradox that while all Business Process Improvement efforts focus on making processes streamlined, more efficient, leaner and simpler, there is so much terminology floating around (sample this: Business Process Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Re-engineering, Business Process Management, Business Process Optimization) that it makes the task for anyone trying to understand or explain what it is all about, anything but simple...

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