Is Civility The Management Tool That We All Need?
Managers have different ways to try to motivate their teams. Some use fear. However, the smart ones use civility in order to get the most out of their teams
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Should Managers Adopt A “No Jerks” Rule?
: Managers that discover that their team has a jerk on it need to take steps to fix the issue
Dealing With The Aftermath Of A Layoff
I have a number of friends who are IT managers at Verizon. The other day Verizon announced that they were going to go through a round of layoffs and they were going to be targeting 6,000 current employees. You can only imagine the level of chaos that this caused. It does bring up an interesting … Read more
What IT Managers Need To Know About Giving A Great Speech
One of the primary IT manager skills that an IT manager needs to have is to be able to communicate with others. There are a lot of ways to go about doing this (email anyone?); however, one of the most effective happens when you give a speech. Yeah, yeah – I fully understand that many … Read more
The Reason That Innovation Isn’t Happening In Your IT Team
How many times do you have to tell your team: it’s time to start innovating again? The global recession is over, if your part of the IT department is going to start to grow and be successful, then your team is going to have to be out in front and leading the charge. Since budgets … Read more