Nov 28 2012

5 Keys to Effective Communication

Being able to communicate what’s expected of your employees is critical. But so is creating a dialogue and relationship that makes them want to execute that expectation.  How you communicate is as important as what you communicate.   What can you do to be more effective?

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Nov 07 2012

6 Ways to Motivate Without Money

Whether you call it motivation or employee engagement, everybody wants the same thing- a workforce that wants to show up and wants to give 100%.  But with incentive pools being cut and raises almost passé, what can you do?

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Nov 01 2012

Staying Positive in the Face of Adversity

For millions of people, the full impact of hurricane Sandy is still being felt.  The NY subway finally opened, but there are almost 5 million people without power.  As a manager and leader in this region, how do you stay positive?

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Oct 11 2012

4 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement

My father use to always say,” You’re lucky if 20% of the managers you work for are good at what they do”.  Turns out, he overshot it.  According to a recent Orion Partners study found in Management Today, less than 5% of employees have faith in their bosses’ leadership. Is it any wonder employee engagement is at record lows?

 

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Oct 04 2012

4 Ways to Make Management More Fun

Managing people is one of the hardest jobs there is. There’s a reason that 68% of managers confessed they don’t like being managers (Berrett-Koehler 2011).  When I had a dozen high performing sales people working for me, I ‘d often ask if they wanted to move into management. Of the 12, only 2 said yes.  But there are ways to make the job not only easier, but fun. Here’s how:

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Oct 02 2012

Who's in Your Blind Spot?

 Steve Tobak's recent blog on blind spots got me thinking about the blind spots so many managers and executives have around people, not just shortfalls around knowledge or politics.  I sometimes tend to exaggerate so I’ll say almost every executive and manager I’ve worked for had at least one blind spot when it came to his or her employees.  See if you can see yourself in these examples:

 

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Aug 29 2012

It's Time to Embrace Social Media at Work

I’ve been pretty vocal about the need for companies to embrace social media, not block it.  So it was nice to come across a Forbes’s article, where digital expert, Erik Qualman, discusses the 4 things companies need to do in the digital future.

Of the four items he discusses, the two that any company and any team could employ today are:

 

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