What Managers Should Do If Team Members Are Too Engaged
Managers want their team members to be engaged with their work, but it turns out that we need to be careful to make sure that they don’t become too engaged
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Managers Prepare To Use AI As Their Offices Start To Open Up
As offices start to open, managers are going to need the help of AI based tools in order to coordinate the return of team members to the workplace
Managers Need To Learn How To Move Slower
As managers we always want to find ways to use our manager skills to get more things done. Our to-do lists just seem to keep getting longer and people are always asking us to accomplish more things in less time. Our bosses are willing to send us to manager training where we’ll learn how to … Read more
What Do Managers Have To Know About Working From Home?
Managers who find themselves working from home need to change the ways that they do work in order to remain productive
How Can A Manager Build A Happy Team?
Ok manager, so you are in charge of a team. What would you like to do with that team? If you are like most of us, you’d like to be able to use your manager skills to create a happy, very productive team. The studies have shown us that happy teams score higher on productivity, … Read more
How Can Managers Get Workers To Stop Looking At Their Phones?
So here’s a quick quiz for you. How many times each day do the members of your team take out their phone and look at them? It turns out that the answer is 2,617 times per day that we all tap, poke, pinch, or swipe our phones. From a manager point-of-view, just exactly how much … Read more
How Managers Can Achieve A Sense Of Calm
Let’s face it: being a manager can be a very stressful job. People are always asking us for things and we are trying to do our best to use our manager skills to manage our team. If we are not careful, the stress associated with the job can become so much that it starts to … Read more
How Should Managers Deal With Workplace Suicides?
So let’s face it. Talking about someone ending their own life is never a pleasant discussion. However, as a manager you need to be prepared to deal with this kind of event if someone on your team decides to take their own life. If we can step away from the hard and cold fact that … Read more
Managers Need To Start Dealing With The Problem Of Bullies In The Workplace
Can anyone remember going to kindergarten? Way back then life was a lot simpler. We all had a set of rules that were given to us on how to behave (say “thank you”, be kind to others, listen to what the teacher has to say, etc.). Now perhaps not everyone followed each of these rules … Read more
Do Your Team Members Need “Me Days”?
As an IT manager, you need to always be searching for ways to use your IT manager skills to get the most out of the team that you are managing. Your team is made up of highly trained IT professionals and with a little luck, they come in each day and really apply themselves to … Read more