5 Attributes of Great Manager Conversations
Difficult Conversations Great managers are great communicators. Check out these attributes of great manager conversations because even great managers dread certain difficult conversations about: Pay Inappropriate behavior Poor performance Resolving conflict...
Do You have a Manager Point of View?
Leadership The best leaders at any and every level have a meaningful “point of view.” Whether or not they know it consciously, great leaders know what they stand for, how they want to lead, and how they want to be perceived by their followers. In short, they have a...
5 Ways to Influence as a New Manager
There are 5 Major Ways to Increase Your Influence as a New Manager So, you have been promoted to management. Maybe you even attended new manager training. Now you are in charge. Or are you really? To effectively lead and manage others to new heights, new managers...
How to Encourage More Collaborative Teams
Do You Need More Collaborative Teams? Every day at most of our clients’, people are asked to lead or participate in different projects. Some of those team members have worked closely together on the same team for years, and others may reside in completely different...
How Managers Should Communicate in Times of Uncertainty
Uncertain Times COVID-19 has thrown the world into turmoil. Every day we are bombarded with statistics of new cases and new deaths. We are all suffering to some degree from the uncertainty of where the virus will hit next, how serious it will be, and how long it will...
6 Immediate Steps for Effective Group Decision Making
Management’s Challenge One of the most critical responsibilities of managers is to make and carry out decisions. Some decisions are best made by the manager alone but many more are best arrived at with others involved. The main danger of coming to multi-participant...
How Managers Can Make Better Decisions
The Consequences of a Broken Decision-Making Processes Companies need to find ways managers can make better decisions. McKinsey reported the results of their recent research into dysfunctional decision making at organizations, and those results should concern us all....
