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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Aligning Team Goals with Organizational Objectives
How do you develop alignment between team goals and organizational objectives? Make sure you get the facts from the source so you can be more effective as a manager. Continue reading
FREE Goal Planning Toolkit!
Get a free four part goal planning toolkit including a SWOT analysis, personal development exercise, SMART goal template and year long goal management tracking sheet! Continue reading
Posted in Motivation, Setting Goals, Work/Life Balance
Tagged Free Tools, Goals, Management Tip, Motivation, SWOT
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Motivation
Understanding employee motivation and opening up a conversation about job satisfaction can help you retain your high performers. Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Motivation, Staff Development, Work/Life Balance
Tagged Communication, Management Tip, Motivation, New Manager, Team
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Prioritization Using the Eisenhower Method
Learn how to use the Eisenhower Grid as a tool for prioritizing your tasks and improving your time management skills. Continue reading
Posted in Delegation, General, Prioritization, Time Management
Tagged Basics, Delegate, Get Started, Goals, Time Management
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Understanding Communication and Personality Styles
To be effective as a manager it’s helpful if you understand and adapt your own communication style when you are interacting with other members of your team. As with time management there are many tools and instruments to assess communication … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, General, Staff Development
Tagged Basics, Communication, Management Tip, Team
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Evaluating Your Strengths
A great exercise for any new manager is to do a personal SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis. This framework is useful for analyzing many different types of scenarios including new product proposals, individual contributors and vendors, but in … Continue reading
Posted in General, Setting Goals, Staff Development
Tagged Basics, Get Started, Goals, Management Tip, New Manager, Self Evaluation, SWOT
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Building a Business Case for IT Spending
IT management is a cost center for most organizations. It is considered to be necessary spending in most cases, but the goal is to spend as little as possible to effectively meet the needs of the organization. As such the … Continue reading
Posted in Calculating ROI, General, Technical Management
Tagged Business Justification, IT Management, Management Tip
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The Currency of Leadership
As an individual contributor, your primary method of adding value to your organization is the quality and quantity of your work. Your ability to work as a team member and support others is a great bonus, but most companies will … Continue reading
Posted in Setting Goals, Time Management
Tagged Basics, Get Started, Management Tip, New Manager, Time Management
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