The Best Top Ten Lists on Corporate Concerns

"Every CEO wants to run a business that has not only the power of scale but also the soul of a startup. But bureaucracy gets in the way. The big-company way of doing things gets in the way." Martin Sorrell in Fast Company.

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  1. Top Ten Characteristis of a Leading Edge Organization  As Tom Peters and Bob Waterman discovered after writing their best-selling, "In Search of Excellence," labeling any organization as "excellent" can be chancy at best. A fair number of those fair-haired stars were not glowing so brightly a couple of years later. Still, what's an entrepreneur to do? There has to be some way to identify the factors that lead to long term success. Here are ten characteristics that any CEO who plans to be around for long might consider.

  2. Top Ten Business commandments from Sam Walton  This might be the world's shortest top ten, but sometimes simple is better. When I saw these keywords taken from Sam Walton, I felt like sharing them with everyone as they sure will make a difference if you follow them--he did!

  3. Top Ten Ways to Create a Sustainable Workplace  So many companies today have been downsized without comprehending the long term implications for ongoing corporate success or even survival for those left behind with vastly increased workloads and for those simply left out. Ensure that your company is more than a survivor but a leader, a model of continuing high profitability and inspired staff.

  4. Top Ten Commandments of Business  In the recent business book entitled "Jesus CEO," author Laurie Beth Jones presents Jesus not as a religious messiah but rather as an executive leader. The book is a kind of how-to manual for succeeding as corporate officers. It got me wondering what if a modern-day executive received a Divine Memo? It would probably be a guide that combines spiritual and professional advice, and it might read like the following:

  5. Top Ten Questions to Ask About the Culture of a Corporation or Business

  6. Top Ten Things that make a good manager  How to become the boss everyone loves to praise, rather than the boss everyone loves to hate!

  7. Top Ten Tips for the new supervisor  Becoming a supervisor for the first time can be an unnerving experience. You may feel as if you have been dumped into a trackless desert where people await your leadership before anyone has handed you a map. Here are some signposts:

  8. Top Ten Ways to Empower Your Employees  The word empower is often over-used. Many employers talk about empowering their employees but often employees feel disempowered. Here's a list of the top 10 things you can do that will really empower your employees, according to employees, not employers!

  9. Top Ten Ways to Coach Commitment from Your Employees and Staff  In the current low-employment marketplace, retaining your employees is more crucial than ever. Replacing a key employee can be very costly; keeping your staff members is a smart way to keep your profits, your clients, and your business viable.

  10. Top Ten Tips for Dealing with Employee Problem Behavior  If you've been a manager for long, you know that things can go wrong even in the best of organizations. Problem behavior on the part of employees can erupt for a variety of reasons. Here are ten tips for dealing with it.

"There is less to fear from outside competition than from inside inefficiency, discourtesy and bad service." Anonymous



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