In the era of digital transactions, having a card payment reader for a small business is not an option but a necessity. Whether you own a brick-and-mortar store or run a mobile business, accepting card payments can significantly enhance the customer experience and elevate your business’s efficiency and credibility. This article aims to shed light …

Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Copyright; Authenticity Consulting, LLC (Note that there are separate topics about How to Design Your Management Development Program and How to Design Your Leadership Development Program. Those two topics are very similar to this topic about supervisor development, but with a different focus.) Sections of This …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Great Confusion About the Term “Leadership” Today Discussions about aspects of leadership today have become so frequent and impassioned that they have become almost evangelical in tone. Leading is a very human activity — everyone’s human — so everyone’s got lots of advice about leading. Leadership …

Guidelines for Reading Leadership Literature © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. There is a recent explosion of literature about leadership. The literature offers a great deal of advice from many different perspectives, which can be quite confusing to readers. (After years of reading leadership literature, I’ve begun to notice that, despite the …

Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Copyright; Authenticity Consulting, LLC (Note that there are separate topics about How to Design Your Management Development Program and How to Design Your Supervisor Development Program. Those two topics are very similar to this topic about leadership training programs, but with a different focus.) Sections of …

Leadership — Related Library Topics Core Competencies Decision Making (selecting a course of action) Ethics Toolkit for the Workplace (with a focus on practical methods) Planning — Basics (establishing goals and how they will be reached) Problem Solving (analyzing alternatives and selecting a course of action) Understanding “Big Picture” of Organizations Guidelines to Understanding Literature …

You do not need to register or give personal information to take this quiz. See Design of Free Management Library’s Quizzes. This multiple-choice quiz is based on the content of How to Lead in Organizations. There can be more than one answer to a question unless otherwise specified. To do this quiz: Answer each of …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. This guide is basic, yet comprehensive, in nature to be useful to new managers and supervisors. Note that many organizations struggle, not from a …

Sections of This Topic Include Descriptions of Mentoring Test – How Well Do You Mentor People Now? Mentoring — Ripe for Training Being a Mentor Getting a Mentor Setting Up a Mentoring Program Also, consider Related Library Topics Descriptions of Mentoring There are many perspectives on the definition of mentoring, especially since the relatively recent …

Sections of This Topic Include Power is Not a Bad Word Influencing — How to Be Taken Seriously Also, consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Power and Influence In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Power and …