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 …
A Manager’s Dilemma – Should I Use Authority or Influence? Am I even in Control Here?? Read More »
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!” …
