Managers Discover The Power Of Emotional Intelligence

Successful managers need to learn how to show emotional intelligence

So how good are you as a manager at showing your emotional intelligence to your team? A lot of us would say that we’re not very good at doing this, but then we’d follow this up by saying something like “I’m not that type of person.” It turns out that you’d be wrong. We can … Read more

How Managers Can Make Sure That New Employees Don’t Quit

Once you’ve got ‘em, you’d like to be able to keep ‘em

Oh my goodness – can you believe just how hard it is to find the right person to join your team? I mean think about it: we craft the perfect job description, wade through a pile of resumes, use our manager skills to interview far too many people by phone, invite a few in to … Read more

Should Managers Lie To Their Teams?

Image Credit: miss.killer! When was the last time that you lied? I’m willing to bet that you probably did it today. Or if not today, then you most defiantly did it yesterday or the day before. Let’s face it – we lie all the time. No, generally speaking our lies are not all that big. … Read more

Mood Management For IT Managers

I’d like you to think about a traffic light for a minute. When you approach a traffic light you automatically take a look at it to determine what color it is. If it’s green, then you’ll keep going. If it’s red or amber, then you’ll start to press on the breaks and prepare to stop. … Read more