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Author Archives: thebossdoctor
When you DELEGATE, you gotta COMMUNICATE!
This post was prompted by a number of questions raised by managers and supervisors in my management training seminars. It brought a very common management blunder to the surface, and I realized it was something that needed to be addressed … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Delegation, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assignments, Authority, Communication, Delegation, Leadership, Management, Supervision, Team Leadership
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If you stop drawing from the Well of Creativity, it will dry up!
This post is a bittersweet tribute of sorts – advice from Dr. Orval Butcher, a former boss of mine who became a friend, advisor, mentor, and spiritual touchstone. A few years ago, I had the privilege of saying goodbye to … Continue reading
Learn from the Legends
This is a secret I learned from a highly effective CEO I worked with, as a member of his executive team. Earlier in his career, he had attained the presidency of a local college while still in his thirties. All … Continue reading
Posted in Ambition, Career, Competence, Leadership, Learning, Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Professional Development, Promotion, Success, Vision
Tagged Knowledge, Leadership, leadership development, leadership training, learning, personal growth, professional development, professional growth
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Have a Plan
I was reminded of this sage advice while reading a recent article in Harvard Business Review about James Rogers’ experience interviewing for the job of CEO of Public Service Indiana (now Duke Energy), which had just taken a $2.7 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Decision-making, Events, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Personal Success, Planning, Problem-Solving, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Decision-making, Persuasion, Planning, Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking
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Learn From Failure
The April 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review is a theme issue on the topic of Failure and is a treasure trove of wonderful articles and keen insights. I highly recommend it! One of the gems is an article by … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Character, Competence, Decision-making, Failure, Honesty, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Risk, Success, Uncategorized
Tagged Failure, Innovation, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Risk-Taking, success
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Address Failure Ruthlessly
I’ve written about failure and mistakes before. (I’m happy to do so—to provide helpful concepts and tools that will help ANY LEADER address and manage failure effectively and professionally!) Recent events in Afghanistan have prompted me to revisit this important … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Character, Competence, Control, Decision-making, Failure, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk, Staffing, Supervision, Termination, Trust, Uncategorized, Values
Tagged Failure, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Mistakes, Problem-Solving, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Supervision
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Learn From Managing Millennials
This is the advice from Nancy Lublin of Do Something, who champions Millennial workers in an article published in FastCompany magazine. Instead of bashing this young and audacious generation, she vouches for their uniqueness and potential for impact. She says, … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Celebration, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Recognition, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Coaching, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Recognition, Management, Millennials, Supervision, Team Leadership, Team Recognition, Teams
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Take Control of Who Goes INTO The Pipeline
Recruiting and Hiring Better in the Public Sector When I am teaching management students how to hire, I’m often accosted by those in the public sector who tell me, “I don’t have any control in the recruiting process—that’s out of … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Recruiting, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
Tagged Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Recruiting, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Stacey’s Rule of Three for Hiring Young Workers
Since we’re in this series of blogposts on hiring, I’ve decided to add some more hiring insights to the series, including this gem from my own daughter. My daughter, Stacey, is a GenX entrepreneur who partnered with her older sister … Continue reading
Posted in Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Recruiting, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Recruiting, Staffing, Supervision, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Team Success, Teams
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It’s Everyone’s Job to Help Find Good People for the Organization
At one point in my career, I made a strategic decision to work with a particular executive, because of what I knew I would learn from him, specifically in three main areas of executive skill—budget and finance; how to work … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Recruiting, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Collaboration, Hiring, Interviewing, Networking, Recruiting, Staffing, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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