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Managers Need To Have A Plan To Deal With An Active Shooter

April 8, 2021 by drjim

Nobody wants to think about it, but you do need to have a plan

I really wish that we did not have to have this discussion. No matter how much manager training you’ve had or how sharp you think that your manager skills are, none of us is ready to deal with a life & death situation that having someone in our office with a gun creates. In the … Read more

Managers Need To Know If They Are Confident Or Overconfident

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by drjim

There is a fine line between being confident and being overconfident

So manager – are you overconfident? I’m pretty sure that we all know that being self-confident is one of the manager skills that we all need in order to be a great manager. However, it turns out that there is a dark side to this trait – we can easily become overconfident. When we are … Read more

How To Be A Manager During A Time Of Grief

February 11, 2021 by drjim

Managers need to use times of grief to find ways to strengthen their teams

During this time of pandemic, managers need to understand what their team members are going through and take steps to provide them with the support that they need

Managers Need To Learn How To Get Rid Of Low-Priority Work

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by drjim

Managers are busy people, we need to learn how to get rid of work that does not matter

Managers who now find themselves working from home also have to take a look at the work that they are doing and make sure that it really matters

What A Manager Needs To Do To Boost Their Team’s Morale

November 1, 2020October 29, 2020 by drjim

What a manager does can end up rallying a team to be successful

Even in these trying times managers have to find ways to keep their team’s morale up as we all work remotely

How Managers Can Keep Their Teams Creativity Going During A Pandemic

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by drjim

Virtual team members can still show innovation even in hard times

Managers who want their teams to become more creative even while they work from home need to take steps to boost their team’s creativity

How Should Managers Deal With Bringing Employees Back To The Office?

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 by drjim

Different approaches have to be taken to get workers to come back

Managers are on the front lines of company’s desires to once again reopen offices even as the Covid-19 pandemic is still going on

What Managers Can Learn From Michael Jordan’s Leadership Style

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by drjim

There’s no question that Michael Jordan was a great basketball player; however, managers want to know how he got such great performance out of his team

What Are The Traits Of A Successful Manager?

July 9, 2020 by drjim

Do you have what it takes to be a great manager?

There are a lot of managers out there. However, not all of them are great managers. If you would like to become a great manager, this of course brings up the question of just exactly what you will have to do in order to make this happen. It turns out that there is not just … Read more

Managers Need To Know How Do You Deal With Risk?

June 18, 2020 by drjim

Managers need to know how comfortable they are with risk

In a perfect world, a manager would have all of the knowledge, manager skills, and manager training that he or she needed to have when it came time for them to make a decision. With this information they could be comfortable that the decision that they were making was the right decision. However, as I’m … Read more