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It’s Time for Collaborative Working: Making is a Team Sport
Thankfully, the future of how teams work together—simple, invisible, integrated—is here. The barriers are now gone, and teams can do everything from concept to design to fabrication in one cloud software ecosystem.
An Off-Site That Motivates Employees to Inspire
I wake up in the morning rested, alert, happy and excited to start my day. If I didn’t, I know exactly what I wouldn’t do: attend a typical off-site retreat jam packed with unproductive discussions not aligned with my objectives and goals.
Is Your Leadership Style Alienating Your Team?
Your toughness, single-mindedness and take-no-prisoners attitude helped you become a successful entrepreneur. But now, just as it should all be coming together, something is not right.
When First Becomes Last
Lately we’ve looked at placing other peoples’ interests first and how, far from being self-sacrificial, it’s actually the key to building successful business and personal relationships.
Yes, You Should Care Whether Your Employees Like You
Some leaders will say that they don’t care about being liked, but I can tell you from personal experience that making an effort to win over your employees, earn their trust, and make them happy can make a huge difference in your company.
Incentives and Unintended Consequences
Incentives can be a mighty force in any organization. When properly structured, incentives can cleanly and clearly align the goals of the individual with that of the organization.
Don’t Manage “What” without “Why”
Empowering your direct reports with the reasons for your orders gives them incentive to act, motivation to accept authority, and purpose behind action. I try to teach this with the simple phrase that is the headline of this insight.
Focus on Character Not Competence
In my experience as a leadership change consultant, character always wins—too often people are hired for competence, but fired for character. This is why it’s important to ensure your recruitment process is focused on finding and hiring people who share the same values as your organization.
Do You Tell Your Direct Reports HOW to Do a Job?
Unless your job is to teach, attempting to tell your direct reports HOW to do the job you’ve asked or ordered them to do will be a disincentive, will remove some of the authority you’ve delegated, and definitely reduce their motivation to act and lead.
5 Tools That Make You a Better Manager
When it comes to managing staff, you want every tool in your toolbox you can get. To that end, there are plenty of apps, software programs, dashboards, and technology tidbits that can cut down on your admin time and help you be the best manager possible.
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