Tag: Management
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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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DON’T BRING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT
Performance management processes are designed to be a developmental approach to helping the employee achieve the required standard of performance for the role they are in. This is a remedial process where the manager works with the employee to guide, coach and mentor them to build the skills and capabilities to be effective at their…
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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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WHEN YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING…
If you manage a team there is going to come a time when you need to have a conversation with one of your employees about their performance, or conduct, or both. How you handle that conversation is going to have a few important and lasting effects. It will definitely determine the relationship you have with…
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
It seems to me that much of the focus of HR in dealing with workplace issues is often punitive. It’s all about investigating incidents, collecting evidence, formulating allegations and searching for breaches of the code of conduct or xyz policy. It’s about hitting people with some sort of sanction for not following procedure, issuing a…
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BOSSES BEHAVING BADLY
There is an interesting shift going on at the moment. More and more people are coming forward and reporting their bosses for bad behaviour.
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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IS PROBABLY NOT THE PROBLEM
Many organisations conduct annual employee engagement surveys to track the level of ‘engagement’ in the workforce. The metrics will be based on a range of survey questions asking how people feel about their supervisor, their career development prospects, the recognition they get, the organisational mission, vision and values, and the performance of the executive team. …
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OKAY… NOW WHAT DO I DO?
There is a statistic floating around the internet that we make around 35,000 decisions a day. Seems like a lot doesn’t it? These include unconscious decisions that we don’t even think about, like which hand will I use to brush my teeth this morning? Will I turn right or left out of my driveway this…
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