Having the time to effectively manage your people is crucial to the success of your business.

There are a number of areas that you need to understand about your people and these include:

The differences between men and women
Personality types
Generations
Let's look at the various age groups:

Veterans
These people were born prior to 1946 and they would usually stay with the one organization, profession or industry for their working life.

Baby Boomers
The ?boomers? were born between 1946 and 1964. Although many were rebellious in their younger days, when they hit their 30s and 40s they tend to become conservative.

Generation X
They were born between 1965 and 1979. They're independent yet want lots of feedback so they can be better managers than their managers.

Generation Y
Born from 1980, want to work in an environment of mutual respect and enjoy collaborative work environments.

Around 59% of workers today are Generation X and Y. Therefore organizations big or small need to develop management styles to attract and retain these people. Both these generations want feedback and access to learning and development opportunities.

Technical and product know-how aren't enough. If you want people to be an asset to your company, incorporate personal development. If you want them to stay you'll have to do more to keep them. If you want them to be a liability then do nothing!

Managers need to develop themselves first, then develop their people. Unfortunately many managers and business owners are ?too busy? to even look at this very important aspect of their business.

So if you're having people problems then look at yourself first then take the necessary action to learn how to become better. Our Masterful Manager's Intensive Coaching Program will accelerate your success and arm you with the necessary skills to get organized, boost you and your team's productivity and maximize your abilities to manage and retain a high performing team.

By the way, if you're not getting better, chances are you're getting worse!

Have a great week!

Lorraine Pirihi is Australia's No. 1 Productivity Coach. She's also a dynamic presenter and a leading business and life coach. Her business The Office Organizer specializes in showing small business owners and managers, how to get organized at work so they can have a life! Lorraine is also a dynamic speaker and has produced many products including "How to Survive and Thrive at Work!"

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