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Want more tips on retaining your best people?
Join us on April 28th at 2PM Eastern for a free 1 hour webinar on retaining your best people as the job market improves. Don’t miss it! 2010 is here and the job market is improving – is your employee … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, General, leadership, Motivation, Staff Development, Team Building, Tools
Tagged Basics, Communication, effectiveness, leadership, management, Management Tip, Motivation, Team, Tools
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Firing Employees – The New Manager’s Field Guide to Termination
Handling terminations is an unfortunate but necessary component of management. For the new manager, this can be a challenging process. This article provides clear guidance to help make the process professional if not enjoyable. Continue reading
Is it the shoes?
Remember the old Nike commercial with Michael Jordan and Spike Lee? If you don’t, thanks to the wonders of YouTube here it is: So it’s an anti-ad, we all got that part. Michael Jordan would be great in his bare … Continue reading
Your Best People are Updating Their Resumes Right Now
The recovery is beginning and the fear of instability that has held your best people in their seats for two tough years is fading away. Research indicates that 2010 may be the year of turnover – the year that your best people start looking at the job market. Are you doing everything you can to retain your best people? Continue reading
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Emotion and Management – How Much is Too Much?
Caring about your job is a great thing, but when does emotional volatility become a liability to a manager? Are you alienating your employees and damaging your relationships with your team? Continue reading
Posted in Building Relationships, Communication, Conflict Management, General, leadership, Rewards and Incentives, Staff Development, Team Building
Tagged Basics, Building Relationships, Communication, culture, effectiveness, Get Started, leadership, management, Management Tip, managing conflict, New Manager, Self Evaluation, Team, trust
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How to Build a Team
Teambuilding is a key component of effective management. A group of happy, high-performing individuals is not a team. So how do you build a culture of mutual dependence within your team? Find out the top three key components to effective team building for new managers. Continue reading
Introducing GRASP – A New Model for Goal Management
You’ve heard of SMART goals and the GROW model – this post introduces a new way of looking at goal management for new managers – the GRASP model. Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Communication, General, leadership, Motivation, Setting Goals, Staff Development, Tools
Tagged Basics, Coaching, Communication, effectiveness, Goals, leadership, management, Management Tip, Motivation, Self Evaluation, Tools
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The Opposite of Love
Apathy can be deadly to your own career and the productivity and health of your team. Find out how to break the cycle of apathy and keep yourself and your team members happy and productive. Continue reading
Posted in Communication, General, leadership, Motivation, Rewards and Incentives, Staff Development, Team Building
Tagged Basics, Communication, IT Management, leadership, management, Motivation, New Manager, Team
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The Simple Path to Leadership Bench Strength
We all know about helicopter parents – those nuts who start off doing their kids homework and end up filling out their job applications – but what about helicopter managers? I don’t mean micro managers who follow their team members … Continue reading
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10 Tips for New Managers
Transitioning into a management role for the first time can be a shock. The day to day activities of a supervisor are very different from those of an individual contributor. A while back I wrote a list of the top mistakes new managers make, so here is the companion to that list – 10 things you should do when you take on a management position Continue reading
