The Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Managers
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Managers We know from people manager assessment center data that technical competence and strategic vision alone are not enough to ensure leadership success. Why? Because leaders must get their work done with and through...
How Top Leaders Handle Uncertainty
In Times of Uncertainty Managers must deal with challenges on a daily basis. The best managers are consummate problem solvers. In “normal times,” most rely on proven processes that have already been established to guide them. But what happens when norms are upended by...
Does Workplace Sensitivity Training Actually Work?
The Goal of Workplace Sensitivity Training Sensitivity training in the workplace should not be just about diversity or teaching employees how to be less racist or sexist; it should be about fostering a healthy workplace environment of mutual respect, accountability,...
Proven Ways to Better Manage Your Team
Better Manage Your Team Every conscientious manager seeks to find better ways to manage their team – from honing their communication skills to improving their performance coaching. But in today’s marketplace where disruptive change is the norm, the best new managers...
How to Connect with Your Audience During a Presentation
Connecting with Your Audience The prep is done. You have practiced your business presentation skills over and over until you feel comfortable with the content and flow. Now it is simply a matter of delivering your message for real — in front of an audience that...
Effective New Managers Are Authentic
Being Authentic To be authentic is to be true to yourself. An authentic person is self-aware, honest, and trustworthy. To behave authentically means that you act according to your values rather than trying to copy or please others. Effective new managers are...
The Traits of a Great Manager
A Fresh Look at Great Managers Most leading companies provide their new managers with access to proven management training programs to help provide the basics to prepare their new people leaders to successfully lead, manage, and coach an engaged and productive team....
