If you’ve been a manager for any period of time, I’m guessing you’ve had a day like this:x recruiting for that vacant role for the third time in 6 months. Yet again, it’s a pile of resumes from the desperate and dateless x there’s a faint smell of a grass fire...
We are all aware that mental health is a growing challenge we face, particularly at work. As a manager, whether we like it or not, mental health issues don’t get left at the front gate in the morning. If the phrases people management, productivity and strategic...
I was speaking with a client recently. He has a staff member he is contemplating performance managing. Not a process anyone enjoys or encourages. My corporate coach ears pricked up when my client said, “I should have listened to my guts when they said blah, blah,...
There are many ways to engender great results from your staff, but this is my favourite; Defer to their authority! Your staff are the people at the front-line of your operation. It’s they who see the challenges and solve the issues (probably without you even knowing...