Learning to Communicate Effectively and Be a Better Leader
Master effective leadership with improved communication. Explore techniques such as organizational communication, team feedback & more.
How to Handle and Prepare for Difficult Conversations at Work
A few years back, I had talked myself into a bad situation at work. I was unhappy in a vital role, so I told my boss. They listened to me and moved me into a different role – a role I thought I would really like. Unfortunately, the economy was tough at the time and […]
Don’t Assume an Employee Knows the Rules at Work
Employers, Don’t Assume About Work Place Policies In my many years of consulting with small companies I have seen a lot of mistakes be made by employers, but I have probably not seen as many as defense attorneys have seen. I was reading a post by attorney Daniel Schwartz entitled Things Employment Lawyers Don’t Want […]
Want a Results Driven Culture? Don’t Pull a Marissa Mayer
There comes a time in every manager’s life when they have to get rid of certain team members. Whether it’s because they weren’t getting the job done or because they just don’t fit into the team anymore, giving someone the big pink slip is never an easy situation. However, that doesn’t mean you have to […]
Your Ideas Are Useless
Your Ideas Are Useless I was in a meeting discussing the pros/cons of partnering with a new vendor. The price point seemed reasonable and the functionality seemed awesome but there was concern about our ability to train the staff and monitor it’s usage in light of some other projects we have going on. There was no […]
Where the Wizard of Oz Went Wrong
This is the continuation to a previous post I wrote for PIC: Are you the Wizard of Oz? The man behind the curtain? Would you know? What is so wrong with sitting in a castle issuing orders to your loyal legions of munchkins? Nothing if you are the Wizard of Oz. But if you are […]
