Canadian Manager articles from June 2004

Canadian Manager archives from June 2004

National President's message.(CIM News)
June 22, 2004... This is my final message as National President. As my term draws to an end it is time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Thank you to Edmonton for hosting the Annual General Meeting and Conference in June 2004. We...

Holiday bonus! Survey indicates vacations improve staff productivity.(CIM Executive Director's Corner)
June 22, 2004... Feeling guilty about spending time away from the office this summer? You may be doing your company a favour. More than half (68 percent) of executives surveyed recently said employees are more productive after vacation than before one. The...

President's message to the graduating class of 2004.(CIM News)
June 22, 2004... Dear Graduate: On behalf of the National Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute of Management, I would like to congratulate you on the successful completion of your Certificate in Management. The time and effort that you have...

C.I.M. Designations.(CIM News)
June 22, 2004... Calgary Candace Suski Madi Tanashi Edmonton Tyla Higgs Grand Valley Joy Belfast-Kum Justin Falconer Carissa Huyge Halifax-Dartmouth Susan Ballard (Hons.) Wanda Lynn Balsor Donna Barrett...

CSM recipients.(CIM News)
June 22, 2004... Grand Valley Kevin Snider Hamilton Edy Almeida William E. Burke Brigida Dimitriou Amelia Fehrman Christopher Hinzmann Jose Manuel Fernandes Richard Field Andreea Florea John M. Hoefken ...

Message from marketing.(CIM News)
June 22, 2004... The National Marketing Committee has been actively promoting the Canadian Institute of Management (CIM) through initiatives that reach out to existing and prospective members. Two of the many ways that the committee has chosen to get our name...

Announcing our new CIM branch in British Columbia.(CIM News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... Saturday April 3rd 2004 saw the Inauguration of a new British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Institute of Management, at the Ramada Conference Resort in Richmond B.C. National President Betty Smith in her inaugural address stated...

To meet or not to meet ... what are the questions?
June 22, 2004... Meetings can be a total waste of time or a powerful and productive communication tool that solve problems, stimulate ideas, promote team spirit and generate action. The results lie totally in how they are run. Organized and well-managed...

Organizations strain to retain high performers: tips for motivating employees.
June 22, 2004... With the steady increase over the past three years in the number of employed Canadians and the rising demand for talented and experienced people, companies are implementing new retention strategies to keep key managers and employees. In a...

The tricky art of criticism.(Message Received And Understood)
June 22, 2004... If there is one business situation that demands highly tuned communication skills, it is the delivery of criticism. Whether you area first level supervisor or a CEO, as long as you have people reporting to you, you will at some time need to...

CIM survey 2003--final summation.(Canadian Institute of Management membership survey)
June 22, 2004... From The National Board of Directors When your National Board of Directors began our survey, we felt that it was important to understand what we are doing right, to identify opportunities for improvement and how to change to better meet...

What's bothering managers?
June 22, 2004... Where do we begin? Tired of playing 'piggy in the middle'? Getting flack from both sides--upper management and the people you 'manage'? Tired of being one of the first to blame when things go wrong? Frustrated by the lack of backup and support...

Talk is not cheap: fuelling knowledge creation and innovation through conversation.
June 22, 2004... For Canadian managers, talk is the work. Research shows about 70 to 90 percent of a manager's day is spent communicating. To put the accent on classical management functions like planning and budgeting misses an important empirical point--talk...

Employee surveys: a key to organizational excellence.
June 22, 2004... When faced with high absenteeism among its 300 employees, Canada Foods (not its real name) initially responded to the problem by tighter supervision. When this failed, other actions including changes in reward systems were initiated. When none...

How to kick start a new business after B-school.
June 22, 2004... From BusinessGateway.ca Introduction Canadians are showing they have the entrepreneurship spirit. In June 2003, the latest period for which statistics are available, 53 percent of Canadian businesses, a total of 1,18 million, were...

Year-round tax planning.
June 22, 2004... From The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario You filed your taxes by April 30 so now you can forget all about them until next year--right? Wrong. "The actual filing of your tax return should just be the culmination of...

Understanding one of your biggest assets--your pension plan.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... One of the best ways to save money is through a savings plan offered to you at work. But, pension plans can be very complicated. In fact, learning about pensions can be like learning a new language. Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution,...

Marketing directory and search engine.(Web Watch)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... www.marketstandard.com Villeret Consulting, an international internet company based in Canada, announces the launch of the site www.marketstandard.com, a marketing directory and search engine. MarketStandard.com is a new website offering...

Crunching the numbers for start-up or expanding businesses just got easier.(Web Watch)(Venture Planning System)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... www.vpspro.com A new, free online system guides research, financial analysis and writing of business plans. Most entrepreneurs are quick with ideas but slow at putting their plans to paper. With the business plan, attempts at obtaining...

First business law webcast series in Canada.(Web Watch)(law@work/droit@vous)
June 22, 2004... www.dwpv.com Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP has announced law@work/droit@vous[TM], Canada's first regular webcast series on topical legal issues. Each webcast will feature lawyers from Davies, a leading business law firm with...

Dealing with Difficult People.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Dealing with Difficult People By Roberta Cava Key Porter Books Limited 70 The Esplanade Toronto, ON M5E 1R2 Web: www.keyporter.com ISBN: 1-55263-574-0 $22.95 US; 217 pages (softcover) Revised and updated for this new edition, Dealing with...

Kingmaker.(Kingmaker: Be the One Your Company Wants to Keep ... On Your Terms )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Kingmaker Be the One Your Company Wants to Keep... On Your Terms By Joanne Cini Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 ISBN: 0-13-184030-4 $32.95 Cdn; 245 pages (hardcover) Your career can't just...

Why Can't We Get Anything Done Around Here?(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Why Can't We Get Anything Done Around Here? By Robert E. Lefton and Jerome T. Loeb McGraw-Hill Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121-2298 ISBN: 0-07-143006-7 $19.95 Cdn; 150 pages (softcover) Sure, your people are busy, but is all their hard...

Jack Welch on Leadership.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Jack Welch on Leadership By Robert Slater McGraw-Hill Ryerson 300 Water Street Whitby, ON L1N 9B6 ISBN: 0-07-143527-1 $15.95 Cdn; 154 pages; (softcover) Jack Welch on Leadership distills the best-selling Jack Welch and the GE Way into 23...