Tip #1 on Being Professional – Courtesy of the Gossip Trio

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What gossip looks like, and how it can bounce back to hurt the ones who do it. Don’t gossip: it just doesn’t make anybody look good, and it is NOT a career-helper.

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What You Want & By When: Managers, Leaders, and Schedules

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One manager in a recent MBA class was provoked by a discussion about the importance of using schedules, and offered her opinion on the difference between leaders and managers. “I want to be a leader,” she said, “not a manager. What does scheduling have to do with leadership?” Good question, actually. We were talking about […]

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Change Champions: Commitment, Respect, and… Closure   

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Change – organizational or personal – requires a few basics. Commitment, of course. Respect, certainly. And closure – regular status checks to stay on track and support success. Takes a bit of extra time, but it is a good investment.

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Ring Out the Old. Ring in the New.

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What happens when we ditch the negative or outdated parts of our lives? We make room for something new! Sometimes we know exactly what we want, and sometimes we just want to be lighter, more free and relaxed. Either way, something old may need to be given up to somebody else who will enjoy it.

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What is a “Needs Assessment”?

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Almost every HR initiative begins with a Needs Assessment. One HR training specialist announced to a group of manufacturing Operations Managers, “Our most important deliverable to you is the Needs Assessment.” The Operations Managers hooted. “We don’t need your needs assessment! We just need you to train our operators to use the equipment without breaking […]

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Management #1. We Are All Performance Managers

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Management. What do you manage? What is “performance”? How do you improve it? You already know the answers – you do it all the time.

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Getting Clear about “Difficult People” – Don’t Make it Personal

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Difficult people – is it about personality, or about the results they do (or don’t ) produce. Here is one manager’s solution to dealing with “difficulties” between people in the workplace.

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How to Have People be “Purpose-Driven” At Work

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An article reporting on the Workforce Purpose Index findings says that companies with purpose-driven employees have better growth in revenue.  Their study found “three factors that contribute to an employee feeling like they have purpose at work: Independence; Influence when it comes to decision-making; and Recognition for their work. How do you get those things […]

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Lost Productivity: Is the Culprit Social Media or Sloppy Communication?

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Productivity is a big deal – the idea is to produce good hourly output at work, especially if you want to get a raise. An article (Why Your Facebook Habit At Work Makes Economists Worry) says that some people want to blame employees who are using social media for the recent drop in productivity. Another theory […]

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