The Problem with RACI Charts
The Problem with RACI Charts: Understanding Their Limitations When it comes to decision making training, RACI charts — an acronym for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed — are a popular tool. At first glance, RACI charts seem like a logical solution for...
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 We know from people manager assessment data that companies need to find ways managers can make better decisions. McKinsey reported the results of their recent research into dysfunctional decision making at...
Why Efficient Managers are Often Ineffective
Efficiency Today Once upon a time, efficiency was a much-valued competency in a manager. Of course, being efficient still is important. But manager efficiency often comes at a price that is too high to pay. We know from people manager assessment data that efficient...
