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How Managers Should Plan For A Return To The Office

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by drjim
Are you ready to keep your team members safe in the office?

As more and more companies reopen their offices managers are going to have to be willing to work with team members and help ease them back into the office

Categories Leadership Tags apps, counseling, Covid-19, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, office, personal responsibility, return, spiritually, talk, technology, workplace

How Managers Should Do Performance Reviews During A Pandemic

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by drjim
Is this the year that you should ease up on your evaluations?

: In the year when everyone is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, managers are rethinking how they handle year-end performance reviews

Categories Management Tags bonuses, Covid-19, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, manager, mid-year review, pandemic, performance review

How Managers Can Boost Their Stage Presence During Videoconferences

December 17, 2020 by drjim
Managers need to understand how to have stage presence during a video conference

Managers who find themselves doing a lot of video conferences need to take the time to make sure that they are coming across well

Categories Innovation Tags Covid-19, eye contact, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, occupy, pandemic, screen, smile, video conference, voice

How Can Managers Get Creative When It Comes To Team Member Burnout Issues?

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 by drjim
Team member burnout is real and managers need to be able to deal with it

Managers need to get good at detecting when members of their team are starting to feel burnout and then they need to take steps to deal with this

Categories Management Tags burnout, cope, Covid-19, feelings, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, manager, pandemic, stress, team member

Bill Gates Suggestions For How To Become A Better Manager

December 3, 2020 by drjim
The secret is to not just manage people

Managers should take time to listen to what Bill Gates suggests for ways to manage their teams during the current pandemic

Categories Career Tags Bill Gates, Covid-19, empower, human, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, mental health days, Microsoft, pandemic, perfection

How Can Managers Network During A Pandemic?

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by drjim
Meeting new people is very hard when there is a pandemic going on

With the arrival of the pandemic, managers now need to do their networking online and this comes with a new set of rules in order to be successful

Categories Career Tags career, connected, Covid-19, follow up, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, networking, online, online tools, pandemic, proactive, social distancing

How Managers Can Use Technology To Find Their Next Job In Trying Times

November 7, 2020November 5, 2020 by drjim
If you go looking for another job, let technology lend you a helping hand

Managers who may be thinking about switching careers can use the current pandemic and shift to online to check out what their options are

Categories Career Tags assess, career, change, Covid-19, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, online, options, pandemic, technology, test out

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

Categories Leadership Tags Covid-19, disappointment, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, listening, manager, meetings, morale, pandemic, rally, setback, team

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

Categories Leadership Tags Covid-19, creativity, innovation, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, office, pandemic, physical, team, work from hoe, Zoom

How Can Managers Stay Focused While Working Remotely?

September 17, 2020 by drjim
The goal is to find ways to boost your concentration

Managers who now find themselves working from home have to understand that there will be distractions and they need to learn to keep their focus

Categories Career Tags boundaries, breaks, Covid-19, distractions, environment, focus, IT manager skills, IT manager training, IT team building, pandemic, plan, work from home
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