How Managers Can Tell Their Boss That They Are Burned Out
Managers who find themselves feeling burned out need to have a talk with their boss about what can be done about this situation
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Should A Manager Ever Be Friends With Their Boss?
Managers need to pick their workplace friends wisely and need to decide if they want to be friends with their boss
What Does It Take To Be A Good Manager?
An interesting question that many of us may not have spent a lot of time thinking about is what does it take to be a good manager? All too often in today’s fast paced world of business, many people find themselves in management positions with little to no manager training and no manager skills. Additionally, … Read more
3 Things Managers Need To Be Aware Of When Hiring
There are a lot of parts of being a manager that are tough. One of the most challenging is when it comes time for us to hire someone to join our team. The world is filled with a lot of people and there will probably be many who want to get a job at your … Read more
How Can A Manager Get A Promotion?
When a manager wants to be promoted they need to understand what it will take to get their boss to agree to the promotion
Getting Along With The Boss: How To
As a manager you are in charge of a team of people who have to do what you tell them to do. However, at the same time you work for a boss who can tell you what to do. What this means for you (and your career) is that you’d like to be able to … Read more
Managers Need To Know How To Mange Up
What’s your plan for getting promoted from the manager position that you currently have? You’d like to get kicked upstairs, but just exactly how are you going to go about making that happen? A lot of us hope that the quality of the work that we do will speak for us and our bosses will … Read more
IT Manager Authority: When To Use It And When Not To Use It
Doesn’t it feel good to be an IT manager? The people who are running your company have determined that you have the correct IT manager skills and have put you in charge of an IT team and your word is now law. How cool is that? However, before you start cracking the whip and throwing … Read more
How IT Managers Deal With The “N” Word – “Nepotism”
Just exactly how did you get your IT manager job? Did you get it because you worked hard and you showed the powers that be that you had IT manager skills and just how good of a leader you could be so that they promoted you? Or did you get promoted because of who you … Read more
2 Rules For Being A Better IT Manager Boss
When I’m working with new IT Managers I often run into the buddy / boss problem. It’s perfectly understandable that any person newly placed into an IT Manager position would like to establish a positive relationship with the people that they are managing. This is all well and good, but it’s all too easy for … Read more