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Using the Six-Sigma Methodology to Improve Wafer Fab Productivity
As a result of consolidation of operations and significantly increased production requirements, Intersil's main Fab was facing bottlenecks in supply versus demand... (read more)

The Truth About Performance Reviews
Now that it is January, many of you are putting together, or have just finished putting together your annual Performance Appraisals for your staff... (read more)

Retail Operations - Effective Branch Manager Support and Guidance
Performance and behaviour management is by far the most difficult aspect of any manager? job and the reluctance to? rasp the nettle?when performance or behaviour issues emerge is certainly a concern in many organisations... (read more)

Performance Reviews - Seven Stupid Things Employees Do To Screw Them Up
In previous articles on the topic of performance management and appraisal, we covered the ten stupid things managers do to screw up performance appraisal, and a similar article on ways human resource departments screw up the process... (read more)

Performance Appraisal - Ten Stupid Things Managers Do To Screw It Up
Performance appraisals aren't fun. But a lot of the time they are agonizing because managers do really dumb things, ending up destroying a process that is important to everyone (or should be)... (read more)

Change and Performance Training May Not Be The Answer
Introducing new products or services, bringing new people on board, developing a new process or procedure, installing new equipment, change seems to be the one constant in... (read more)

Partnering for Performance
?he difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says,? o!??a leader says,? et? go!? -E. M. Kelly* Are you a boss or a leader?* Do your employees see you as part of the team or as looking over it?* How would your team members define your management... (read more)

3 Strategies to Profit When Click Prices Increase (Part 1 of 3 Series)
Although the degree of increase varies among industry resources, a recent survey conducted by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) indicated an average 26% increase in bid prices in 2004... (read more)

Successful Call Center Performance Management System
Establishing an effective performance management system, with-in the call center/customer service arena, is critical when you desire to deliver "best in class" service and sales... (read more)

Improve PC Performance - 6 Tips You Must Know
Are you frustrated with your PC?Is it feeling sluggish or crawling at a snail's pace?Are programs running slower than they used to?Are you just plain fed up with frequent slowdowns, freezes or crashes?Then it's time to stop what you're doing and... (read more)

The 10 Biggest Mistakes People Make Managing Organisational Performance
mistake #1: rely just on financial statementsProfit and loss, revenue and expenses these are measures of important things to a business. But they are information that is too little and too late... (read more)

Four Steps to Better Performance Reviews
Direct reports?eople who need direction and leadership?ely on their leaders to give them feedback and mentoring, not just management and evaluations... (read more)

Optimizing Portfolio Performance with Equity Styles
1) Equities can be grouped into six "equity styles"2) Returns of each equity style can vary significantly with trends persisting for months and years... (read more)

Effective Negotiation Skills: A Practical Application
Negotiations are often associated with labor union contract, with strongly held positions, or with conflicting situations. However, looking at negotiating from a better perspective, we are surprised to find that it is much a part of our daily life... (read more)

Change and Performance - Training May Not Be The Answer
Introducing new products or services, bringing new people on board, developing a new process or procedure, installing new equipment, change seems to be the one constant in business today and change always seems to drive a need for training... (read more)

How To Take The Pain Out Of Performance Reviews
The Painful ApproachFor many years, "performance management" was of an annual event dreaded by both the management and the workforce... (read more)

How to Make Big Money Safely in Stock Market
(1) Stock Market is Tough Place to Make Any Money ConsistentlyNASDAQ or SP&500 averaged about -6% per year for 5 years between 1999 and 2003. Many individual investors who made killing in the internet bubble period got wiped out during those 5 years... (read more)

Kiss the T.O.A.D. for Sales Effectiveness
There is a fairy tale told about the Princess who kisses a FROG. An ugly FROG. In fact, it was so ugly, most people believe it was really a TOAD... (read more)

Eliminate Performance Anxiety Forever
You?e had many years of training in your craft as a performer, singer, actor etc. but if you still feel haunted by the ravages of Performance Anxiety your career may be in serious jeopardy... (read more)

Investors Lose Buying Market Leaders Stop Chasing Performance
You read right. Millions of investors guarantee their failure by selecting mutual funds and stocks based on quarterly or annual performance records... (read more)

Conversion Metrics 101 -? efining Success
?f I told you once, I?e told you twice, I?e told you a thousand times?was my mother? remark when it appeared that I wasn? listening to her advice. To my defense, I often was listening but the amount of advice exceeded my capacity to process it... (read more)

You Didnt Use Brainstorming to Select Your Measures, Did You?
IntroductionWhen Alex Osborn invented the creativity technique called brainstorming, I wonder if he had any idea just how extensively business would apply it... (read more)

Improving SQL Performance
How do you know how much hardware is really needed by your applications? And what do you do when your applications are overloading your system? The answer lies with improving your SQL performance... (read more)

The Power of Effective Coaching Skills
The most valuable assets of a 20th century company were its production equipment. The most valuable assets of a 21st century organization? will be its knowledge, workers and their productivity... (read more)

The Key to Successful Performance Objectives
Have you ever tried to drive somewhere without proper directions? This almost always turns out to be a frustrating experience... (read more)