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....
Why Efficient Managers are Often Ineffective
Efficiency Today Once upon a time, efficiency was a much-valued competency in a manager. Of course, it still is. But it often comes at a price that is too high to pay. To be an effective new manager, efficient managers need balance. Task-Focus vs. People-Focus...
How to Be a Fair and Consistent Manager
A Question of Balance As a manager, especially a new manager, do you sometimes feel as if you are walking a tightrope as you strive to be fair and consistent in your decision making? Even the best managers are not fair and consistent all of the time. But they do have...
4 Aspects to Improve Your Self Awareness as a Manager
Leading Well - Self Awareness as a ManagerLeading well requires proficiency in a combination of competencies. On the outside, it takes an unusually strong ability to communicate with and to influence others. On the inside, leadership skills include a commitment to...
Are You Ready to Manage People?
Managers as People Leaders The best managers attract, develop, engage, and retain the best talent (the people side of things) and deliver consistent performance results (the results side of things). To do both, managers need high levels of emotional intelligence and...
How to Assess Your New Team
How to Assess Your New Team Because new managers are often put in charge of an already existing team, they must forego the luxury of building a team from scratch according to their own preferences and needs. Dealing with an established group of employees who are used...
