Archive for the ‘Resource management’ Category

Tips To Help Your Growing Business

Friday, January 20th, 2012

If you are a part of a small to medium-sized business and have been looking everywhere for tips on increasing productivity, search no more. Whether you need one suggestion or perhaps ninety-five, a recent blog post provided plenty of tips for you to choose from!

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This Is Urgent!

Monday, January 16th, 2012

How many times have you heard that? Someone asks you to do something, and it is urgent.  You consider your calendar, the day’s pressures, expectations, commitments, and whether you can drop what you’re doing to respond. At that moment, you’re weighing the various components of response.

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Setting Our Sights On 2012

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Today many of us will spend the final hours of the year wrapping-up the business process improvement projects and tasks we set forth in 2011. The question is, come Monday, what is your plan?

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Tremendously interesting, but not too much

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Did you know there are degrees of “interesting”? Sure, we’ve all met someone who is NOT interesting, but have you ever met anyone who is TOO interesting? If not, it is my honor to introduce myself to you: My name is Scott, and I am too interesting. Read on »

Just Another Day’s Work

Monday, December 26th, 2011

For most of us, a usual day at work revolves around some combination of  emailing, computing, meeting, processing, selling, calling, writing, testing or perhaps creating. Yet, for one young man, a day at work is all about adrenaline and the only important function is staying alive.

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Empower Employees To Win Customers

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Banks aren’t known for making exceptions. If the employees of a branch had acted reasonably however, they might have kept the business of a notable Indianapolis resident.
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Campfire Stories, Part 3

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Business process analysis is a complicated process, but the result is often easily retold. Once again we’re featuring some “campfire stories” of great business process improvement here on The Methodology Blog.

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Action and Allergic Reaction

Friday, November 25th, 2011

The other night I landed myself in the emergency room with a severe allergic reaction. Despite the terrifying journey, I certainly learned one important lesson: to avoid troublesome reactions, take preventative action.

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Conference Calls Almost Always Stink

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Perhaps the most unproductive part of modern business is the conference call. They are almost always a complete waste of time.
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Self Checkout: Smart or Not?

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Self-checkout kiosks are popping up just about everywhere: airports, movie theaters, subway and bus stations, photo labs and even supermarkets. And while the technology has improved productivity and efficiency in some of these venues, it has lagged in at least one.

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