Canadian Manager articles from June 2000

Canadian Manager archives from June 2000

NATIONAL PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.(Jim Peacock ends term as president of the Canadian Institute of Management)(Review)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Well... the time has come for the last chapter in the book of Jim Peacock as your President for the last 4 years. I set the goals for myself and this Institute high. I've had my ups and downs as any other individual would setting these goals,...

Where Will You Be In Five Years?(career success assured by long-range planning)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Survey says people with a career plan are more successful Having an answer to the question, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" will do more than impress an interviewer, suggests a new survey. Eighty-two percent of workers polled...

Our New President.(Betty Smith new president of)(Canadian Institute of Management)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... At the C.I.M. Annual Convention, Betty Smith, a member of the Lake Simcoe Branch, became the first woman, National President, of the Canadian Institute of Management. Betty has been a member of the Lake Simcoe Branch since 1988, when she...

NEWS FROM NATIONAL.(Canadian Institute of Management holds conference on future planning)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... CIM Vision 2000 In 1995, at the National conference in Halifax, the National Board of Directors began the necessary task of review and renewal in order to ensure that the Institute would enter the next century as a progressive...

Strengthening Our Current Team.(training necessary for team development)
June 22, 2000... "A manager's job is to make the strengths of his people effective and their weaknesses irrelevant." Peter Drucker in "Managing for the Future" More than ever before, training is the key determinant of an organization's success. The...

KEEP YOUR SALES CAREER FROM GETTING CAUGHT IN THE NET.(Internet threatens traditional selling methods; suggestions made to adapt sales career to changes)
June 22, 2000... "Salespeople are scared." This is how one executive describes the dark shadow cast by the Internet across the careers of those in sales. There's every reason to be frightened. A radio commercial for an insurance Web site features a...

Understand The Organizational Climate.(using surveys)
June 22, 2000... START MINIMIZING YOUR WORKFORCE PROBLEMS Introduction Although many U.S. businesses are experiencing increased demands for their products and services, it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to maintain an elevated status...

The Internet at Work: An Employment Danger Zone.(improper use of Internet at work can create legal as well as personal problems)
June 22, 2000... Internet and e-mail access at work have unquestionably created new and difficult challenges for managers and employers. Consider the following workplace examples: * A company provides Internet access at home to certain employees. After a...

There's No Limit To What You Can Do!(goal setting crucial to success)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Have you ever thought about what you could do, if you really decided to? I'm not merely talking about what your skills, education and talents are capable of. I'm talking about what is really possible for you. There is a very real...

11 POWERFUL WAYSTO EXPAND YOUR LIFE.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... 1. Define your future. Describe the life you'd like to live. The future you see defines the person you'll need to be. Identify the traits and qualities you'd like to acquire. Think bigger than yourself. An acorn that only thinks as an acorn...

Ten Ways to Retain High-Performance Employees.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... In many cases, organizations can avoid the disruption of employee turnover by taking a number of steps to select and retain top performers. There are two types of employee turnover: unavoidable and avoidable. Unavoidable turnover results from...

Looking for Qualified Job Candidates? Check the Internet.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... "Managing your human resources," say many prominent CEO's, "is the source of your competitive advantage." However, what if you're having a hard time bringing enough qualified candidates in the door to fill the open positions? The Internet...

Creating Shareholder Value: Impossible Dream or Achievable Business Objective?(empowering employees leads to profits)
June 22, 2000... Business magazines, newspapers, and journals are replete with articles exhorting managers to adopt the creation of shareholder value as their prime directive. The concept of shareholder value is not new. It is at base the concept of...

PEOPLE -- NOT TECHNOLOGY.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... The Biggest Concern for Companies Tackling E-Business The next two years are going to bring unprecedented change to the way work is organized within large companies around the world, according to a Towers Perrin survey on the impact of the...

Building a Dream.(Review)
June 22, 2000... A Canadian Guide to Starting Your Own Business, 4th Ed. Walter S. Good McGraw-Hill Ryerson Trade Division Publicity Department 300 Water Street Whitby, Ontario L1N 9B6 ISBN: 0070862710 $24.99 (352 pages,...

How to Become an Employer of [Choice.sup.sm].(Review)
June 22, 2000... Roger E. Herman Joyce L. Gioia www.employerofchoice.net Oakhill Press www.oakhillpress.com How to Become An Employer of [Choice.sup.SM], defines the latest buzz phrase "Employer of [Choice.sup.SM]" and describes how...

Online Trading for a Living.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Chris Farrell Wiley Trade Publishing 22 Worcester Road Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 1L1 ISBN: 9-471-33120-1 $44.95 -- 224 pages The explosive growth and low cost of online trading has created a new class of investor who...

The New York Public Library Business Desk Reference.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Wiley Trade Publishing 22 Worcester Road Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 1Ll ISBN: 0-471-32835-9 512 pages -- $30.95 Now available for the first time in paperback, this unique business reference brings together vital information...

The Innovation Premium.(Review)
June 22, 2000... How Next-Generation Companies are Achieving Peak Performance and Profitability Ron Jonash Tom Sommerlatte 575 Lexington Avenue Makovsky & Co. Inc. New York, NY 10022 Innovation is more important today than ever...

The Five Temptations of a CEO.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Patrick Lencioni Raincoast Books 8680 Cambie Street Vancouver, B.C. V6P 6M9 ISBN: 0-7879-4433-5 134 pages - $31.00 Believe it or not, one of the most common causes of executive failure is the need to be popular....

7 Steps to Fearless Speaking.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Lilyan Wilder Wiley Trade Publishing 22 Worcester Road Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 1L1 ISBN: 0-471-32159-1 256 pages - $21.95 (softcover) Lilyan Wilder is a top communications consultant whose client list is a veritable...