#1: The Resistor – “This will never work.”, “We tried this before.”, “It will fail like all the other times.” How to vanquish: Be curious. Explore their experiences. Understand what they noticed then and what […]
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Every. Single. Manager. We were in the middle of a major organizational transformation. Our business model needed to change, the type of skill sets and talent needed to be different and the culture needed to
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My undergraduate degree was a B.A. in Interpersonal Communication and Rhetoric. I loved the major. We studied political communication, social communication, gender communication and marketing communication. We read Aristotle, Socrates and Plato. We argued the
This recent Gallup article “How to Build Trust and Boost Productivity within Remote Teams” is so practical, true and helpful it brought tears to my eyes. If you are a manager or have one in
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Managing employee performance is no joke. It’s hard and often managers find themselves good and stuck… Employee: *does the thing* You: “Hey, remember that the thing is done this way so that everything works right.”
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Did you know you hold your staff’s livelihood in the palm of your hand? Consider your own manager for a moment; the person to whom you report. Given the economic impact of this pandemic, the
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How many problems did you solve today? Or if it’s before 10am, how many did you solve yesterday? If you’re a manager worth your salt, you probably solved a couple few ammiright? How did it
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Most of us who end up with a people manager role know that the job entails planning, budgeting, staffing, leading and evaluating. But did you know that managers are agents of the company which means
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Don’t we have enough going on without having to plan an uncomfortable sit down with a staff member about poor performance? Yes, we most certainly do. However that is no excuse for not letting someone
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A lack of time is the number one reason managers will give as the reason they are unable to manage their employees / direct reports as well as they’d like. Setting goals, providing direction, coaching
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