Archive for the 'Leadership' Category

How Can Managers be so Oblivious to the Obvious?

Oblivious Managers

5 Indicators of Leadership that is Killing Culture and Engagement Leaders are meant to be just that – leaders. Unfortunately, in many organizations leadership training is notoriously absent and this lack of leadership leads not only to poor management but also to disengaged employees and financial losses. Without correction, poor leadership can kill a positive Read the full article…

Make Difficult Conversations Easier

Making Difficult Conversations Easier

Signs that Leaders Create More Communication Challenges than they Solve. Workplaces, no matter how harmonious, are filled with people of varying beliefs, opinions and points of view. Even when employees like each other and get along well, difficult conversations will come up between them, but how these conversations are handled makes all the difference to Read the full article…

Resolve Crazy-inducing Workplace Communication Issues

Resolve Crazy-Inducing Workplace Communication Issues

Key questions to assess interaction challenges and identify offenders Workplaces are filled with diverse groups of people with equally diverse communication styles. It’s no wonder there are so many personal interaction issues in the average organization, but how a company deals with them is what matters. Given people’s different styles, tendencies and habits, communication issues Read the full article…

7 Skills that Separate the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Bosses

Good, Bad and Ugly Bosses

Don’t be the manager pushing employees out the door All bosses – the good, the bad and the ugly, have unique opportunities to impact the lives and careers of employees. This can be positive or negative. On the positive side, bosses can enhance skills, make daily work more pleasurable and may even find themselves the Read the full article…

Seven Signs of Managers Creating Conflict

Seven Signs of Managers Creating Conflict

Keep staff happy by identifying and resolving poor supervisory skills In a perfect world, bosses would be motivating, understanding and inspiring. Employees would be energetic, loyal and enthusiastic. The world isn’t perfect and sadly, even when employees aren’t, there is little tolerance for the imperfect boss. Workplaces will always be filled with a certain amount Read the full article…

Preventing the Tipping Point of a Workplace Crisis

Preventing the Tipping Point of a Workplace Crisis

How employees shine the light on an ineffective manager Company workplaces are similar to family households. Both require the people in them to communicate well, cooperate on tasks and have consideration for each other. Whether the group is made up of managers and employees or parents and kids, the commonality both groups share is that Read the full article…

5 Signs Employees are Stuck with a Bad Communicator

5 Signs Employees are Stuck with a Bad Communicator

Spot the managers likely to cause missed targets and bad relations The young-gun that excelled at his job was seen as someone with potential by the executive ranks. He was promoted into a management role, but his glow quickly faded when employees began complaining, turnover was an issue and department targets were missed as often Read the full article…

Death to Meeting-Crazy Managers

Death to Meeting Crazy Managers

Strategies to Create Better Meetings and Bosses If I had a dime for every time I heard employees say meetings are useless, I would be a zillionaire. Team members know how useless meetings are, but managers remain unaware of how they waste the time of their most valuable resources – their people. Too often, managers Read the full article…

Managing Employee & Operational Needs Effectively

Ever felt stuck somewhere between a rock and hard place when you need employees to be present and productive yet they want time for personal lives?  As a manager, it can seem impossible at times to balance the needs of the business with the wants of the employees.  Just think how challenging it is to Read the full article…

Improve Communication for Better Collaboration

Ever felt stuck somewhere between a rock and hard place when you need employees to be present and productive yet they want time for personal lives?  As a manager, it can seem impossible at times to balance the needs of the business with the wants of the employees.  Just think how challenging it is to Read the full article…