What Is Next for You?
If you are questioning if there is something more fulfilling for you to be doing, you are not alone. This article will get you started in finding answers.
If you are questioning if there is something more fulfilling for you to be doing, you are not alone. This article will get you started in finding answers.
Tell The Story of Contribution Workers around the world report in studies that the primary reason they remain engaged in their jobs is that they feel their work is making a meaningful contribution. Conversely, employees who feel that the work they do has no value and is making no meaningful contribution are more likely to …
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The Manager’s Tool Box As Manager, you have access to more approaches to get things done than your direct reports have: You have power or Authority to make decisions and to act for the group. Due to your base of power as a Manager, you have Influence. You might have some Control – a greater …
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Any situation can seem bigger and more threatening when the stakes are high and certainty is especially low. Maybe you’re getting a new boss, your division is going through lay-offs, or your company is being purchased. Whatever the cause may be, stepping through a period of uncertainty and high stress requires equal parts focus and …
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The core competencies of managing people may be described in different ways by universities, associations and companies but everyone’s list will contain elements from areas such as business and financial acumen, analytical analysis, strategic planning, negotiating, relationship building, communication, presentation, motivation, delegation, coaching and emotional intelligence. The list of areas to develop skills and experience …
I grew up in self-help culture: My dad was a management consultant who spoke at seminars on various improvement topics, my mother and grandmother read M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled and Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking. We listened to tapes with titles like “Success Comes In Cans, Not in Cannots!” …
Gravitas as a concept has an air of power and mystery about it but gravitas is something that can help managers and executives become more respected leaders. The dictionary meaning of gravitas is simply ‘seriousness’ and when we speak of ‘executive gravitas,’ we picture someone who is steady, grounded, confident, and at ease with themselves …
STRUGGLE TO STAY CONNECTED AS A TEAM Managers of remote teams are struggling. Most managers have had to learn how to work remotely and how to lead others new to working remotely, during one of the most challenging times in our history. I have tremendous respect for all managers and their commitment to building better …
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