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Vantage Human Capital suggest there are five pitfalls in how businesses manages their people. The indicators of bad people management practices are: * Ignoring your staff, sitting in your office and admiring the view * Trying to be a pal, not a ... More...

The New Brain for Business Institute Diane Marentette and Richard Trafton, Ph.D.

If you’re like me, you are probably in the middle of some change effort right now, either business or personal. If you are like most people, you also have quite a history of change efforts. Who hasn’t? What business hasn’t? To steal from Dr. Phil... More...

Resilient Managers and Jerk Bosses One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is working on leading her boss and helping her to do her job better. I am coaching a several middle managers to better lead their boss, and help team members ... More...

Managers on the Way Up One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is becoming better at leading her boss and helping her to do her job better. I am coaching a several middle managers to better lead their boss, and help team members beco... More...

My years as a litigation attorney provided me with excellent insight into failed business and employment relationships. Here are a few critical questions business owners, managers, and employees can ask themselves to make sure that their thinking is ... More...

It's when times are toughest that everyone most clearly sees authentic leadership. This is when much-repeated claims like "our people are our most important assets" ("leaderspeak") are proven true, or just so much hollow rhetoric.... More...

Compassion, mindfulness, playfulness and hope are the four qualities of an effective leader according to Dr. Richard Boyatzis. He argues that managers must learn how to regenerate themselves before they can expect to get the best out of others. A... More...

Sometimes when I'm talking with managers about providing close guidance, direction and support for their employees, when I tell managers, "You've got to use checklists every step of the way," sometimes managers will say to me, "Are you... More...

By Leadership IQ Note to managers: Employees want a lot more attention and feedback from you, even if it’s sometimes negative. According to a new study by Leadership IQ, 66% of employees say that they have too little interaction with their b... More...

If there is a best practice, it should be a standard operating procedure. If there is a standard operating procedure it should live in a checklist. Checklists are your friends. You show me a workplace in which things can't go wrong and I'll show y... More...

By: Bruce Tulgan A lot of times managers tell me, when they are brand new to a team, they walk in the door and they inherit a team. They try to hold people accountable and one or more members of the team will take them aside and say "Hey, liste... More...

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TOP FIVE PITFALLS OF MANAGING PEOPLE

Your Brain on Autopilot! Change is hard. Here is one reason why...

Resilient Managers and Jerk Bosses: Dealing with a Jerk Boss

Managers on the Way Up: Assertive Diplomacy

Asking the Right Questions

Leaders Inspire by Example

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE

"Delegation is the True Antidote to 'Micromanagement'"

New Study: Managers Are Ignoring Their Employees

"Check-lists are Your Friends"

"How Should You Handle the Situation When YOU, the Manager, are New to the Team?"

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