Do you every feel you’re spinning your wheels? Is there so much to do that when one project gets done there’s at least 10 more waiting for your attention? In coaching supervisors and managers on work productivity, I advocate a doing a priority audit. That means taking time to assess a project, which can be as [...]
“I mean it. I feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven here. If things stay this way, I’d like to spend the rest of my working life for this company. You feel like a real person, not just a number.” This a quote from the book “The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving [...]
Are you seeing a decrease of employee motivation and morale, especially with your top performers? Don’t look for causes and solutions out there. Instead, chances are you’ll find critical employee issues are actually resulting from a host of internal management practices. Here are five “demotivators” - sure ways to dampen the enthusiasm of your best and [...]
How well are you getting everyone onboard the change train as it’s pulling out of the station? Change creates uncertainty for employees about their job, their responsibilities, their livelihood. No matter the kind of change or the extent, it is crucial that leaders communicate with employees early, often and well. Part I provided these first [...]
How do you start out on the right foot so that everyone will get on board the change train quickly? No matter the kind of change or the extent, it is crucial that managers communicate with employees early, often and well. When the change message is not well-defined and well presented, people tend to respond by sitting [...]
“I’ve fallen into this trap too many times. In my mind, I tell myself if I’m busy, I’m adding value. The reality is that we can be busy about the wrong things. And, if we don’t discipline our lives, we’ll find ourselves investing a lot of our time with little impact.” Some leaders have this [...]
“I hate meetings…they are a waste of time. We just talk, talk, talk…nothings gets done!” Are you in charge of leading meetings? If so, what are your meetings like? Does real work gets done or is it just talk, talk, talk? Here are the top three questions that I’m frequently asked by team and project [...]
“It’s now time for a quiz.” said the speaker to a group of managers. He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar and carefully placed a dozen fist-sized rocks into the jar. He then asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone answered “Yes!” “Really?” he said. He pulled out a bucket of gravel, dumped it into the [...]
All companies go through tough times but it’s the way management handles it that makes a difference. For example, Armstrong International, a number of years ago, had to put a wage freeze into effect to get through what looked like a very difficult year. Right from the start, management was up front with the employees talking about [...]
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