Energize Your Team at Work: The Top 8 Tips
Energize Your Team at Work — The Top 8 Tips Organizational culture assessment data tells us that high performing teams can be the driving force behind high growth, innovation, and a thriving workplace culture. But we know from project postmortem results that...
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...
Top Delegation Risks and How to Mitigate Them
Delegation RisksWhile delegation risks do exist, face it; you simply can’t do it alone. We know from new manager training participants that it can be especially challenging to assign tasks to others when you are used to doing them yourselves; it’s also hard to trust...
Best Practices for Meeting with Your Boss
Meeting with Your BossWhenever you are meeting with your boss, your one-on-one sessions should be productive for both you and your manager. We know from people manager assessment data that leaders spend over 20 hours per week on average in often wasteful meetings. ...
How to Help Transition from Individual Contributor to Manager
How to Help Transition from Individual Contributor to Manager We know from people manager assessment data that becoming a first time people manager can be exhilarating and fear-provoking. The transition from individual contributor to manager requires a shift in both...
