This week the Wily Manager guys discuss the use of the Leadership Skills to encourage creativity, and help with problem solving. These are used best in companies with high levels of trust, and a tolerance for making mistakes. Would it work in your organization? Monday’s Tip (The Strawman Proposal): Make sure everyone knows it’s only [...]
Here we learn about: • What is the Vroom Yetton Model?• How the Vroom Yetton Model is different than other decision making models• The five decision making styles of the Vroom Yetton Model• How to choose the appropriate style to your situation What is the Vroom Yetton Model? The Vroom Yetton Model is a decision [...]
Below we discuss: • What a Strawman Proposal is• Why you may want to create a Strawman Proposal• Exactly how to create a Strawman Proposal What is a Strawman Proposal? • It’s a problem-solving tool used with groups.• The point of building a Strawman Proposal is to knock it down and rebuild something better.• The [...]
Most people now prefer to work at home that is why more and more virtual offices are now being set up across different countries. There are several advantages of working from home that beats traditional office hours and a formal work environment hands down. Working from home means no more traffic or specially prepared work [...]
Some managers have a process for making decisions. Others flip a coin. This week the Wily Manager guys talk about contingent decision-making using the Vroom Yetton Model that challenges managers to think about their situation and choose a style of decision making. Monday’s Tip (The Vroom Yetton Model): Don’t assume people always act rationally. Many [...]
It is possible to find areas that cannot deal with street cleaning expenses. Street cleaning is not that cheap of a service because of what it entails including the purchase of numerous water tanks where the prices depend on the vehicle types people choose and about 70 to 150 thousand dollars can be spent on [...]
Even with a percentage of 70, the water that makes up our planet is not entirely safe for drinking and only a fraction of this 70% is actually potable. For some people, they could only dream of clean drinking water as they have no access to it and this is why water is a precious [...]
The idea of covering water tanks is becoming more and more popular these days because of the growing need for protected water resources not only in countries surrounding Europe. There are problems such as drought not to mention pollutants trying to get into the water reservoirs that people try to maintain and this is the [...]
Essential for settling tank cleaning is the emptying out of sludge but this is one major problem in this case. The sludge can be flushed out manually or by gravity but until this is done, it lays in a hopper after being accumulated in several sludge collectors. It is the digester that has to be [...]
The art of asking good questions is an important leadership tool that has become more and more difficult to find in use. Join Bob & Jed this week, as they discuss how and why good questions can be effectively used as leadership tool. Monday’s Tip (The Art Of Asking Questions): Use empowering questions. Empowering questions [...]

.gif)
