Being A Great Manager Is Not A Popularity Contest
For five years I lived with 70 teenagers from towns and Aboriginal communities all over the Northern Territory. Those five years taught me 100x more about management than anything I had done to date. In that microcosm, it was well known which staff were liked and...
Do Your Staff Practice Absenteeism or Presenteeism?
Do you have staff who suffer from the “Sunday Scaries”? Of the people who say they suffer from the Sunday Scaries, 95% of them believe it’s due to heightened anxiety. 75% of those say the anxiety stems from their relationship with their boss. Not surprisingly, 89% of...
Is This What’s Holding You Back?
I did a session on goal setting with a bunch of swimmers recently. I don’t usually work with teens; however, I relish the opportunity to plant seeds that grow into strong trees early in life, plus I’ve known some of these kids since before they could swim. So I pulled...