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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How Managers Can Attract The Job Candidates That They Want
Managers need to understand how to attract new job candidates while at the same time what they need to do in order to retain the workers that they have
Managers Want To Know Why Their Team Members Will Leave
As though you didn’t have enough else to worry about as a manager, it turns out that using your manager skills to keep your team together is an important part of what the company has hired you to do. We all understand that the people who make up your team are always getting calls from … Read more
Is It Time To Quit?
Managers who are thinking about quitting their job need to be very careful and consider what it is going to take to make them happy
What Managers Need To Do Before They Quit
So what’s the worst thing that could happen to you as a manager? The list of things could be quite long, but I think that we could all agree that finding yourself trapped in a job that you don’t like would have to be close to the top of the list. We can probably make … Read more
How Bad Managers End Up Driving The Best Employees Away
With a little luck, most of us spend our time trying to become good managers. However, we realize that the world has a number of different types of managers in it and this means that there are both good managers and bad managers out there. It turns out that one of the main reasons that … Read more
How Managers Can Make Sure That New Employees Don’t Quit
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
What To Do When You Don’t Get The Job
As an IT manager you go to work every day, you do the best job possible using the IT manager skills that you have, and you hope that your boss notices the good work that you are doing. We all hope that when a more senior position in our company opens up, because of the … Read more
Do You Have Enough Grit?
Can we take just a moment and have a talk about grit? No, I’m not talking about the buildup of sand and dust from an industrial process. Rather, I’m talking about the stuff that motivates us. That causes us to keep striving to achieve a goal. This all sounds like good stuff and the kind … Read more