Make Intentional Decisions as a Team – Top 5 Steps
The Top 5 Research-Backed Steps to Make Intentional Decisions as a Team We know from organizational culture assessment data that the ability to make intentional decisions as a team is critical for achieving strategic priorities, building commitment, fostering...
A New Manager Guide to Firing Someone the Right Way
New Manager Guide to Firing Someone It’s never easy to fire someone, but it’s worse to retain a substandard performer if you want to build a high performance team. Think of it this way, if you don’t say goodbye to an underperforming or misfit employee, you...
3 New Manager Tips to Advocate for Your Team
Why Advocate for Your Team? We know from people manager assessment data that most new leaders need to learn new manager tips to advocate for their team. Why? Because one of the most important roles that a manager plays is helping their team to succeed. Employees...
3 Basics of Effective Manager Communication
Effective Manager Communication Still Matters Don’t think for a moment that advanced technology has solved our communication problems at work. The need for simple, clear, and audience-centric communication skills is not out of date. Especially for fast growth...
What Makes 69% of Managers Most Uncomfortable?
What Makes 69% of Managers Uncomfortable?A recent (and somewhat) disturbing Harris poll found that almost 70% of managers are uncomfortable with a very basic requirement for their job - communicating with their employees. And the top area of discomfort is in giving...
How to Build Trust as a New Manager
Build Trust as a New ManagerHow important do you think it is to build trust as a new manager? As part of our new manager training workshops, we have asked tens of thousands of employees what they want most from their new manager over the years. What would you guess...
The Problem with Leadership by Chaos
Leadership by ChaosLeadership by chaos poses a serious problem in the workplace. The chaos theory, originated by Edward Lorenz, states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems there are underlying patterns. Tom Peters in the book “In Search of...
