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5 Quick Tips for First-Time Managers
Tweet 1. Employees want to be told how they are going and what is expected of them. 2. One big complaint across many companies is lack of communication; consider what you can do to improve...
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Recruiting For Your Own Team: Start the Short Listing The Right Way
TweetAs the manager of your team, group or department, do you have to do your own recruitment? While the HR department, if your organisation has one, may or may not assist, there are things you can do...
View ArticleNo Risk Allowed!
TweetI wrote a blog post about good risk and bad risk: asking what you and your managers do to reduce bad risk and how to ensure you do take the good (calculated) risks. I want to explore risk a little...
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Lessons from the Crappy Boss
TweetBecause some days we need to have a laugh… I’ve recently been introduced to @CrappyBoss on Twitter. The tweets certainly live up to their name and I can’t help enjoying the cheek of it all!...
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“Treacle People”
TweetNot long ago I heard my father-in-law refer to people slowly dawdling in front of him as ‘treacle people’. I’m not sure if the phrase can be attributed to him but that was the first time I’d...
View ArticleManagement Delete
TweetI was listening intently on a webinar, where the presenter was talking about pitches and sales; she stated the following statistic (I’ll paraphrase): … Decision makers take approximately 2.7...
View ArticleManagement Coaching Moment #6
TweetI responded to a question asked in a discussion forum and as I read the question, I thought to myself, ‘if I had a dollar for every time this type of question gets asked, I’d be very rich.’...
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I hate being a manager!
TweetAt a recent presentation on management skills, as part of the opening I asked the group who is currently a manager and of that group who knows they do not like managing. It was great to see an...
View ArticleAn uncomfortable hour versus years of poor performance?
TweetDo you know your company’s/organisation’s policy for performance management? Every leader needs to be aware of it so they can act in accordance with it’s guidelines or steps. Chat with your HR...
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P&M 15: What can HR do for me?
From my very first day of full time employment I have always come across someone who grumbles a remark such as: “HR are all just policy and paperwork pushers!” “I have no idea what HR do apart from...
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