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Management Is Not a Guessing Game

April 20, 2010

“They say there’s not enough communication…” This is one I hear a lot of from managers. Their staff is complaining that there’s not enough communication going on. As a manager, you don’t want to hear this. For goodness sake, aren’t you doing enough already to communicate? There’s weekly staff meetings. You forward announcements from the [...]

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Yes to Unvarnished Truth, No to “Unvarnished”

April 13, 2010

I’m going to play my 2-year-old self today. “No-no-no-no-NO.” What brought that on? Hearing the proposal for a new website called “Unvarnished.” It allows for employees to be reviewed anonymously, for the world to see, with no way of removing a negative review. Like the sites RateMyProfessors or RateMDs, the intention is to reflect a [...]

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Managers: What Are Your Good Intentions Costing You?

April 9, 2010

Do You Know Diane? Diane is both the supervisor and project team leader for her group. She is finding it hard to count on one of her employees, Robert. He has a hard time juggling multiple priorities. He gets bogged down to the point where he’s paralyzed and doesn’t know what to do next. He shows up in [...]

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This Is Not the Story You Think It Is (Part 2 of How Are You a Manager of People?)

April 6, 2010

Being a People Person Doesn’t Mean Being a People Pleaser Managers labeled as being a “people person” sometimes get a bad rap. Some almost view it with disdain. As a manager it certainly helps if you are friendly or “approachable.” But being a people person does not mean you have to be “friends,” go out [...]

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Managers: Why You Don’t Need Team-Building

April 2, 2010

I have a bone to pick with team-building. In my experience, it often involved ropes, boards, puzzle pieces, the wilderness or all of the above, and I didn’t really get how it would help. It seemed like it was setup with a hope and a prayer that we would all end up liking each other [...]

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Small is the New Big at Work

March 29, 2010

My new Facebook buddy, Anthony McCann recently shared an article from TimesOnline.com, titled, “Small is Beautiful in the New Capitalism.“ Now, granted the article is about small business and entrepreneurs, but I think larger corporations can learn something from it too. “If I’m going to produce something, it should do something really good,” says fashion [...]

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How Are You a Manager of People? Part 1

March 23, 2010

Managers: Can Being Self-Focused Actually Be a Good Thing? One problem I commonly see, particularly in new managers, is thinking they are doing their employees a favor by being a “good guy (or gal).” For example, let’s take Cam, who’s a fairly new manager. He’s having a hard time telling an employee to stop using [...]

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Managers: What Do You Know Now That You Wish You Knew Then?

March 15, 2010

“As a manager/leader of people, what do know now, that you wish you knew when you started?” I recently posted this question in a number of groups on LinkedIn to get a discussion going on management development. I’m getting lots of great answers, like this one from Steve Ibanez of NY (used with his permission). [...]

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