Tag: teamwork
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TIPS AND TRICKS #1: SETTING EXPECTATIONS
Employees all over the world, over several decades, have delivered a clear and consistent message. “If you do these things for us, we will do what the company needs of us”. This first Tips and Tricks #1 kicks off the twelve part series and deals with the single most important thing managers can do to…
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MY TEAM HATE ME…
About a week ago I received some feedback (from my team but through HR) about my management style and the culture of my team. Some of it was good and great to hear, but much of it was quite negative. I’m pretty upset about it. I have always considered myself to be a good manager,…
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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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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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AUTHENTICITY IS NOT A FREE PASS…
Pick up a leadership book in the airport or listen to a leadership podcast on a long flight and you are going to come across some expert promoting the concepts of authentic leadership and/or radical candour.
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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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