Leadership
How I lost Respect for an Executive Because of their Red Pen
I often say that spelling and grammar are not the most important thing to focus on when writing. It gets a very strong reaction from some people who connect spelling or grammar mistakes with poor or questionable content. After all, if someone can’t get the spelling of a word right, how can you trust the […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Dealing with 4 Types of Colleagues Who Don’t Work Well Together
You’ve all met one form or another of ‘the project troublemaker. Whether it was in your early days at school, or current days in the workplace, you’ve had to deal with that one colleague who seems to want to make a project fail–or perhaps worse, doesn’t seem to care either way about the success or […]
About Liam Barrett
Liam Barrett is an expert in management, leadership and online marketing. He currently practices residential real estate in Boise, Idaho, and writes leadership and business content for multiple online sources. Liam focuses on open minded leadership and understanding in the workplace.
Admit You Don’t Know Everything and Get Credibility
As an entrepreneur, manager or business person trying to look like you’re at the top of your game, the worst thing you can do is think you know everything. Regardless of your background and experience, it’s simply not possible to know everything there is about your business, or even your specialty. And by thinking you […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Defining Middle Management As A Waste Treatment Facility
Middle Management has taken a hit over the last couple of decades, seen as a needless layer and targeted during downturns and ‘right sizing’ exercises. Middle management, however, has survived. Even when it’s eliminated it will eventually creep back into organizations as they realize they need this layer, particularly in large organizations. About Michel TheriaultMichel […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Management
Deciding to Fire Someone? Ask Yourself These 3 Questions
The decision to fire one of your employees for performance is a hard one. It may even keep you up at night. You may even be looking hard for ways to keep them or support them so you don’t have to ruin their lives by firing them. But you have a responsibility to your organization, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
4 Ways To Increase Employee Happiness
Being a manager comes with a lot of duties and responsibilities. So many managers are tasked with an extremely busy schedule and are still held accountable for the productivity of their employees. That also means employee happiness. Although many leaders think they’re doing a great job at managing their employees, the majority of the population […]
About Liam Barrett
Liam Barrett is an expert in management, leadership and online marketing. He currently practices residential real estate in Boise, Idaho, and writes leadership and business content for multiple online sources. Liam focuses on open minded leadership and understanding in the workplace.
Are You an Entrepreneur? Don’t Hire Yourself!
As an entrepreneur, you have some very specific skills and attributes that drive you and make you successful as an entrepreneur, but you shouldn’t hire yourself again when you expand. As your company grows, those same attributes and skills are not always suited to building a solid, stable company. For that, you need complementary skills, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
5 Tips to Get your Business Case Approved
Lets face it, you can’ get things done without getting someone’s approval, whether it is simply to go ahead with your idea or more importantly, to get the resources you need, whether people or budgets. So if you want to get things done, implement new ideas, expand your department, develop a product, launch a campaign, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Career
3 Ways to Stand Out During Your Probation Period
You landed your dream job, now what? As you start your new position, navigating your way through the orientation and probation period can be difficult. Learning new skills and processes, while wanting to standout is a tough balance to strike. Bonding with coworkers to promote team-building, defining what success means for both you and your […]
About Jennifer Weiler
As the Principal & Co-Founder of ProperSearch, Jennifer is a 15-year veteran of the recruitment industry, specializing in property and facilities recruitment for the past 11 years. Jennifer is active in the industry and has a proven track record of placing candidates.
You Look Bad When You Don’t Disconnect on Vacation
More and more managers today stay connected to the office and even do work while on vacation. This behavior cheats you, your family, and your company in the end. Vacation time is meant as a reward—a time to relax, unwind, and refresh yourself and spend time with loved ones. It isn’t meant to be another […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Kick Off The New Year with Your Career Path
Often the new year is a time of reflection, a time to see what has happened, where you are and where you want to be with your career path. It is a time when people set up new resolutions and goals, so as we venture into the new year, let’s take some time to set […]
About Jennifer Weiler
As the Principal & Co-Founder of ProperSearch, Jennifer is a 15-year veteran of the recruitment industry, specializing in property and facilities recruitment for the past 11 years. Jennifer is active in the industry and has a proven track record of placing candidates.
Start Your Consulting Career in 6 Steps – Before Quitting Your Job
Walking away from a regular corporate paycheck to start consulting can be a tough yet rewarding transition. As a consultant, you can use the skills and knowledge you developed during your career to help others while being directly rewarded for your efforts. Yet it is also very challenging to get your business running and generate […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Communication
How I lost Respect for an Executive Because of their Red Pen
I often say that spelling and grammar are not the most important thing to focus on when writing. It gets a very strong reaction from some people who connect spelling or grammar mistakes with poor or questionable content. After all, if someone can’t get the spelling of a word right, how can you trust the […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Can’t Write? You Can Fix That
According to James Michener, who has sold over 75 million copies of his novels worldwide, it’s not all about the initial draft, it is about re-writing. The same applies to the business writing you do every day, whether it’s a simple email, memo, proposal, policy, procedure or business case. You don’t have to be […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Create Your PowerPoint Slides With Impact
Delivering effective and powerful presentations is critical to business success. It’s about making an impact that influences your audience, whether you are an entrepreneur pitching investors, a small business owner pitching a product to a retailer or potential customer, a startup presenting a new initiative or a manager asking for budget or staffing resources. Here […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
9 Tips To Deliver Powerful Business Presentations
When delivering presentations to a general audience, senior management in your company or even a venture capitalist, a successful presentation isn’t about the PowerPoint or Keynote slides you create – it’s about much more than that. These nine points will help you deliver a much more powerful presentation, whether you are working your way up […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Strategy
5 Barriers To Getting Brilliant Ideas From Staff
Getting brilliant ideas from staff contributes to everyone’s success. Often, there are barriers to getting ideas, basically filters that everyone has, including you and your staff. Recognizing them and then dealing with them is the key to unlocking ideas that are hidden in the corners. No need to think outside the box, there are lots […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
5 Tips to Get your Business Case Approved
Lets face it, you can’ get things done without getting someone’s approval, whether it is simply to go ahead with your idea or more importantly, to get the resources you need, whether people or budgets. So if you want to get things done, implement new ideas, expand your department, develop a product, launch a campaign, […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Don’t Make The Mistake of Thinking Outside The Box
You’ve probably been told to ‘Think Outside The Box” as if that’s where all the solutions to your problems are. But if you thought finding a needle in a haystack was hard, try making the haystack infinitely large. That’s what it’s like when you “Think Outside The Box”. No matter how long you stare at […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Adopt these 7 Best Practices from Outsourcing Companies
Outsourcing is a huge industry, with outsourcing being used by small and large corporations with local and even international portfolios. There is a reason they are successful in getting the attention and the business from large sophisticated corporations. While their success is based on some very specific advantages that are hard to reproduce in smaller […]
Performance
Writing Procedures is Easy With These 7 Tips
Many people don’t generally like structure, but as a manager, it’s your job to introduce structure to drive results by implementing formal written procedures. They are easier to write than you think and will help you maintain control, ensure consistency, enable training of your staff, improve interaction between functions and departments, avoid issues with legislative […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
How to Stay Productive When You’re the Boss
Our society is obsessed with being busy, but being busy and being productive are not one in the same. Often, when we’re too busy, we’re far from productive. This is why even on our busiest days it can feel like we have accomplished nothing. As the head of your company, you may understand this feeling […]
About Daniel MacDonald
As CEO of filterbutler.com , one of Canada’s Hot Top 50 Startups by Profit Magazine, Daniel is an expert on the topics of management, business operations, marketing and entrepreneurship.
5 Barriers To Getting Brilliant Ideas From Staff
Getting brilliant ideas from staff contributes to everyone’s success. Often, there are barriers to getting ideas, basically filters that everyone has, including you and your staff. Recognizing them and then dealing with them is the key to unlocking ideas that are hidden in the corners. No need to think outside the box, there are lots […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
Get Outsourcing Success – With Performance Management
Outsourcing is increasingly becoming a top strategic management tool as companies focus on their core business. This involves turning over responsibility for work process and results to someone else. The track record of the outsourcing company, combined with effective performance measurements, ensures you get better performance from your outsourcing company than from traditionally managed services. […]
About Michel Theriault
Michel is the founder of Success Fuel for Managers. He is an author, speaker and consultant focusing on topics relevant to Managers and aspiring Managers in businesses of all sizes who want to get results, get attention, and get ahead. He is also a contributor to Forbes and AllBusiness Experts . Michel is available for speaking engagements, training and consulting. Connect with him or send an email.
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