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Ok, hopefully we can all agree that the basic management stuff is pretty easy for just about anyone with manager skills to do: sign time cards, have an annual review, keep things on track. These things don’t require a great deal of manager training. I like to think of management as being the process of … Read more
When a manager is looking to use their manager skills to add someone to their team, what are the qualities that we should be looking for? Sure, we often go looking for a future team member who will be driven, aggressive, and focused on reaching their goals. However, is it possible that we’ve been getting … Read more
The world of management is filled with a number of different buzz words. One such word that we’ve been hearing for a while is “emotional intelligence”. The reason that managers should start to pay attention to this topic is because evidence is showing that emotional intelligence plays a big role in workplace performance if we … Read more
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
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
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 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
Even in these trying times managers have to find ways to keep their team’s morale up as we all work remotely
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
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