Despite the efforts of a good manager, there are times when an employee’s performance falls below the acceptable line. When this happens it is important to address the issue sooner than later. Based on personal experience, I can tell you that this is true. I have waited too long and it just makes the situation … Continue reading »
Putting off thinking about projects, deadlines or commitments can be very draining to your mind and cause you to become unproductive in other areas. The reason for this is that your subconscious mind knows those things are there and not being dealt with yet. Take a few minutes during your most productive time of the … Continue reading »
Managers who hold frequent “town hall” meetings with their staff are more likely to keep the avenues of communication open during difficult times. The definition for a town hall meeting is: A town hall meeting is an informal public meeting that gives the members of a community an opportunity to get together to discuss emerging … Continue reading »
Workplace culture can be quite interesting. You may fit in very well, or you may not. Then there is the instance where you really do not want to fit in. What happens if you like your job, but don’t fit in with the culture? Maybe the workplace culture is pretty chummy, and co-workers go out … Continue reading »
There have been times that my boss will ask me what a certain employee is doing. If I do not know, which I may not at that very moment, he wonders why. Ask any manager and they will tell you that it is almost impossible to give an actual accounting of what each employee does, … Continue reading »
Many times a manager’s focus is on getting their team to function like a team. There are hundreds of books that discuss the how to’s of making a team, but even if there were step-by-step instructions the actual task can be quite daunting. The task becomes more difficult when a new hire is added to … Continue reading »
When I notice that one of my staff has a problem they are dealing with, I want to step in to help them fix it (make things better for them). Training and helping them is part of my job as a manager. Stepping in all of the time is not the right thing to do … Continue reading »
What should be done with an employee who tells “little white lies” often at work? Their coworkers are becoming very upset by this as they are always very honest. They feel like they are being played as being dumb because this employee thinks they are pulling the wool over their coworker’s eyes with their lies. … Continue reading »
Management personnel must realize that those that work under their supervision may want and need to know how they are doing. Not only how they are doing at their job, but they want to know what is the meaning of their work. Stop and think about how you would feel if you came to work … Continue reading »
One of the worse personalities types to work for, or with, is a control freak. If you have experienced this, you know what I am talking about. You never can do anything correctly, unless it is their way. Many employers think that having a control freak in a management position will keep things under control. … Continue reading »
