Category: Management/Leadership
Coronavirus Creates Pandemic of Blame: Difference Between Blame And Holding Accountable
Coronavirus isn’t the only pandemic going on. While we live in a society that seeks out people to blame for our problems either personal, corporate or societal, I can’t recall a time where it’s impossible to go even a few…
Here’s How To Make Employee Evaluations Valuable
Small shifts in mindset about managing performance and doing appraisals is all it takes. Despite exhortations to abolish performance appraisals by experts, bloggers, and luminaries such as Edward Deming, and Coens & Jenkins, they are alive, if not well. They…
When Teams Aren’t Important Or Desirable
Teams aren’t always the best or most efficient way to get work done Sometimes Teams Are Counter-Productive On the surface of it, it would appear that effective teams are always good, and that it is always worthwhile to invest in…
From Solo Business To Employer: Two Necessary Psychological Shifts
There are really THREE stages of business growth for small businesses (defined as having less than 100 employees). The first is the solo entrepreneur who starts the business and operates it as the sole person in the business, perhaps sometimes…
Managers — Are You Getting The Information You Need To Do A Good Job?!
OR…Managers — Why Won’t Your Employees Talk To You? It’s a very odd question…but an important one in government. One of the worst feelings a government manager, executive or supervisor can experience is that dreadful sinking feeling that occurs when…
Managers: Don’t Be A Victim Of Your Difficult Employee
Learn why managers all too often delay dealing with toxic employees Here’s a little paradox for you. To manage a difficult person, it is absolutely essential that you avoid becoming a victim of that person. However, to avoid becoming a victim, guess…
