Geneva Technical Services (GTS) is an  IT Staffing Solutions organization focused on providing our customers with the best personnel available in the  marketplace today. We assist clients with “contract to hire” or  “permanent hiring” solutions in the areas of IT Infrastructure  and Application Development.

With the immense pressure managers are under today to get more work done with less personnel, in addition to keeping moral as high as possible, it becomes quite difficult to gauge the right balance of intensity they put on their staffs. As they are pushed from upper management, managers can unknowingly change the way they operate, which can decrease productivity and cause dissention within their teams, dissention they surely don’t need at this time. With this in mind, I have selected the first two articles to help you avoid this pitfall. The last article was chosen because I know you are probably dealing with the issues of headcount justification/reductions, and this article may provide you with some useful tips on how to deal with your upper management on this issue.

I hope you enjoy this month’s selections, and they help you in your day-to-day thoughts.  

Mark Yario
Owner/Geneva Technical Services
myario@genevatechnicalservices.com

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Ten Tips to Avoid Micromanagement
Micro Management is often just a symptom of ineffective planning, too much compassion and the inability to judge performance and develop bench strength.
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Five Sure Fire Ideas to Help Good Employees Become Great Employees
The ability to manage people well is a skill that requires constant attention and diligence. More importantly, it requires training and a genuine desire to help people grow.
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Why IT Leaders Shouldn't Cut Staff
Experts say the dollars saved reducing head count could ultimately cost an IT department exponentially more.
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