Category: Management
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OFF DUTY BAD BEHAVIOUR
I have received a complaint from one of my staff about one of their colleagues who has, let’s just say, been misbehaving out of hours. Now the team are all pretty close and they tend to socialise together quite a bit in small groups. The problem is that this particular employee has apparently been drinking…
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DO I HAVE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST?
I have a new starter who has informed me on her second day that she’s going to want to work part time three days a week as she is a single mum with a four year old. Do I have to approve this?
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YOU CAN’T WEAR THAT TO WORK
As the summer sun blazes and temperatures soar, the workplace often becomes a melting pot of varying fashion choices. Throw in a number of years of largely remote working and it’s understandable, almost expected, that dress standards might tends towards a more relaxed image.
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YOU CAN’T SAY THAT STUFF AT WORK !
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴘʀɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ…
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5 THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN RECOGNISING PERFORMANCE
You know that you need to recognise good performance in the team but what if doing so makes someone uncomfortable or embarrassed in front of their peers. Should praise and recognition be done in public or privately? Well, it depends on the person doesn’t it?
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WHEN IT’S NOT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE…
There are times when the relationship just isn’t work out for either person. It doesn’t mean that one or both are bad people, it just means that they weren’t quite right for each other and they should end the relationship and free each other up to go and be with other people.
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ANY CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS IN YOUR TEAM ?
As a manager, you’re not just leading a team; you’re also part-time psychologist, mediator, and sometimes, a traffic cop trying to navigate the chaos.
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LETS TALK ABOUT HOW WE TALK TO EACH OTHER…
Lets start from the assumption that both managers and employees, generally, want to be able to come to work and do a great job, get along well with each other, and succeed both as teams and as individuals. The key to that is going to rely, in part, on the good intent of both sides…
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BE QUICK TO FIRE, SLOW TO HIRE (Part 2)
You know what is worse for your business than a vacant role? The wrong person in the role. Even more damaging is when they stay and stink the place up for years, doing just enough to keep getting paid and not get themselves fired.
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GOOD TO GREAT MIGHT HURT A LITTLE…
Liam loves being in the spotlight, will put his hand up to lead projects, talks the most in meetings, and has stated a number of times that he needs to ‘build his resume’. He is young, ambitious and looking to climb the ladder. The problem is that Liam is, as my client described him, all…
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