Confronting your boss – when and how to do it A few years ago, Gallup did a survey and found that only 13% of employees felt engaged by their jobs. And almost a quarter of us were “actively disengaged”, which means we pretty much hate going to work every day. That’s pretty bleak isn’t it? […]
Negative feedback examples – tips to do it better How we give negative feedback at work is one of the most critical leadership skills. In my experience, the long term success of a team is entirely dependant on sustained growth and development, which requires a constant cycle of feedback and criticism. Without negative feedback, there […]
3 tips for managing remote teams I have a lot of experience working from home. I enjoy it immensely for all the reasons you’d expect. It saves time. It’s less stressful. I’m more productive. I can take a 30 minute nap before my next call. There are so many great things about working from home […]
3 Big Moments Most Managers FAIL to Capitalize On Put up your hand if you care about your career … Ok, me too. There is nothing wrong with wanting to do well. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be recognized and rewarded and promoted at work. The reason you invest time reading stuff like […]
The One Question You Should Ask Yourself Everyday In your career, it’s easy to get distracted from what really matters. It’s easy to get locked into a cycle of work and lose sight of the point of it all. It’s easy to fixate on problems and processes and projects. And then you wake up from […]
The #1 Workplace Mistake I Saw in 2016 Every year at this time, like many of you, I set my career goals for the coming year. I find it motivates me and helps me get off to a strong start. My first step when planning for a new year is to start by reflecting back […]
Is It Hard to Promote People at Your Company? 5 Tips to Make it Easier Q – I’ve been managing a team for two years now and every time I try to give someone a promotion it’s like pulling teeth. Between my boss, the HR team and finance, it couldn’t be more difficult to get […]
Why Incompetent People Get Ahead … and What They Can Teach YOU! Q – I think I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve been working my butt off for the past two years and I keep getting passed over for promotions. I swear if I didn’t know better I’d say there was a giant […]
New Manager? 5 Things You Must Do in Week 1 When I got my first management job I was really excited. Of course I pretended like it was no big deal and I tried to act like I’d been there before, but on the inside I was giddy. When you get your first shot at […]
3 Tactics for Managing an Insubordinate Employee Q – I just started managing a new team and one of my staff members is close friends with my boss. I keep noticing them having personal powwows and secret strategy sessions without me. And there have been a couple times where I’m pretty sure he was actively […]
