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Mike Hayden
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Articles by Mike Hayden
What the hell does a Flamenco Guitarist
know about business management, organizational strategies, or technical
documentation?
Read below.
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Articles about Management
Losing
Momentum while others Forge Ahead? Now is the best time for you to create
your action plans. Evaluate and sort your plans into three important
areas. Immediate action produces immediate results! Is your brainstorming
getting the action you want? What is the difference between extroverts
and introverts? Are you starting your new employees the right way?
Lack
of Operations Manuals stunting your company's growth? If your
organization lacks Operations Manuals, your growth and success will be limited.
Here's a format you can use to help GROW your company or department.
How would
you score yourself on these questions? I'll bet these questions
give you some ideas for your business! They will help you develop
a result-producing SYSTEM!
(PDF file) Are
you vulnerable to this hazardous, expensive problem of Vanishing Technology?
The first hint of trouble... Here's a typical scenario of companies
that discover that the hazards of inadequate documentation are an
even BIGGER hazard when times are tough!
Can you use this scorecard for a major victory in your fight against atrophy? My secret plan that made personal history in goal setting. Don't let atrophy stunt your personal development and well being!
How to Streamline Employees' use of a New System How do you face this kind of employee resistance? Solution A or Solution B. Which do you use? Which is better? You decide.
Articles about Organizational Strategies
Trouble
Getting Organized? Why do managers typically neglect to properly design
their organization? Because
it seems too "ivory towered?" DIS-organization means the absence of organization.
What are the symptoms of disorganization? And what can you do to overcome
them?
Trouble Getting
Organized? Struggling to create
your Org Chart? Why do organizational design problems persist? Here
are some basic ideas you can use to build a sustainable organization.
Trouble
Getting Organized? Problems with Organizing Processes? A military-style
Org Chart won't work for certain applications. Why? Because military-style
charts can't show sequential processes, define inter-process communication,
help eliminate bottlenecks, isolate problems, etc. Here's a proven approach
- how can you use it in your company?
Articles about Documentation Projects
How
do you know when your documentation is done? Do you have practical guidelines
for developing and maintaining documentation? We can trace most documentation
problems to poor management of the basic documentation process. Here, I
address both technical and management problems, one at a time. Do these
problems sound familiar to you?
15 Expensive
Mistakes Managers make in Developing Business Documentation Some
people HATE to write, some WON'T write, some CAN'T write. So, you
probably wouldn't give your documentation project to them. But, do you
know what the most expensive mistake is?
The
Value of your Business may slip if you don't watch out! Put your business
up for sale - although you don't intend to sell it! Do you think that
sounds foolish? You might learn, at little cost, that the "value" of your
business (or department) is a living thing, likely to shrivel without the
care and sustenance it needs.
Benefits
of Documentation Could you be missing out on any of these 89 BENEFITS
of documentation? Take a look!
Are
you Maintaining your Documentation Correctly? What is the documentation
life cycle? Documentation projects have their own "life cycle" that
extends from conception to obsolescence. Are you taking the right steps?
Lack
of Operations Manuals stunting your company's growth? If your
organization lacks Operations Manuals, your growth and success will be limited
- but you You can use a SYSTEM to write your Operations Manuals! This format
really works!
Do
you have a documentation SYSTEM that eliminates excuses and embarrassment?
Many managers don't get what they want because the people they must
depend on to deliver documentation frequently deliver EXCUSES instead! Here's
part of a SYSTEM you can use.
Got
an idea worth working for - A Case Study. Businesses don't work by themselves;
people work. And the thing that makes people work is an idea worth working
for. Here's how it worked for us.
The
Mobile Server Project - A Case Study The company has deficient or non-existing
documentation -- and they're scheduled to release the new product -- worse,
all previous work had to be trashed! Here's how tailored solutions solved
the problems.
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