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Category Archives: Control
Do This One Simple Thing and You Will Empower, Engage, and Energize Your Team!
One of the most important concepts I have tried to impress upon the thousands of managers, supervisors, and team leaders I have trained and coached over the years is this one: You have WAY more power and influence than you … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Caring, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Control, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Encouragement, Influence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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The 3 Selves—The Secret to Handling Stress, Challenges, Threats, and Growth
The volatility of our times is increasingly confronting the modern workforce with unprecedented challenges, change, and stress. Workers today are faced with the difficulty of performing adequately in their jobs while also forced to deal with added emotional pressures from … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Agility, Change, Change Management, Character, Collaboration, Competence, Conflict, Consideration, Control, Creativity, Credibility, Customer Service, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Failure, Humility, Learning, Morale, Neuroscience, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Point of View, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Stress, Stress Management, Success, Uncategorized, Validation
Tagged Agility, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Flexibility, learning, personal growth, Self Improvement, Self Management, Self-awareness, Stress, Stress Management
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Treat the Company’s Money Like Your Own
More Great Advice from Top Executives and CEO’s. Executive coach Cynthia Shapiro puts this under the heading, Your company’s real motivations: Motivation 2: Money – Their money, not yours. If they feel you value your money more than theirs, you … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Ambition, Budgets, Competence, Control, Creativity, Decision-making, Finance, Frugality, Leadership, Management, Money, Organizational Politics, Personal Success, Productivity, Promotion, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Leadership, Values
Tagged Budgets, Career Success, Finance, Frugality, Leadership, Management, Money, Reputation, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Leadership, team performance
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DOER / MANAGER / LEADER – 3 Roles, 3 LEVELS, 3 Stages – Part 2
In the last installment, we explored these three elements as roles and discovered that we are likely to function in any of them, depending on the circumstances and demands of the situation. The key is to be aware of what … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Career, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Conflict, Consensus, Control, Customer Service, Decision-making, Delegation, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Performance Management, Power, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Risk, Supervision, Support, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Doer / Manager / Leader – 3 ROLES, 3 Levels, 3 Stages – Part 1.
Which one of these are YOU? How you answer the question depends on how you are using or understanding these terms. Each of these three designations can describe… A role you fill in the organization where you work A position … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Authority, Career, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Control, Creativity, Deadlines, Decision-making, Employee Development, Hiring, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Potential, Power, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Professional Development, Promotion, Self-Awareness, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Authority, Change, Change Management, Delegation, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Mastering the Push and Pull of Effective Leadership – Part 2
In the last installment, I introduced a study done by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman that explored two key approaches to performance management—pulling and pushing. Here’s how they introduced the concepts: When you see a task that needs to be … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Control, Decision-making, Delegation, Employee Development, Feedback, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Supervision, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assignments, Coaching Performance, Delegation, Employee Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Style, Management, Management Style, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Mastering the Push and Pull of Effective Leadership – Part 1
Jack Zenger is one of my favorite leadership and management “thinkers.” He and his partner, Joseph Folkman, recently conducted a study on the two key approaches to leadership and management efforts they termed, “push” and “pull.” They wanted to determine … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Control, Delegation, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Satisfaction, Influence, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assigning Work, Assignments, Delegation, Employee Coaching, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Leadership, Teams
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Share Power
It has often been said that power corrupts. My last newsletter dealt with the way leadership power can corrupt—how it can affect our attitudes and priorities as leaders. Here’s the sad reality: POWERLESSNESS also corrupts! Studies in the workplace show … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Collaboration, Communication, Control, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Feedback, Influence, Leadership, Management, Personal Success, Power, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #2
Question #2: How well am I doing it [my job]? If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to answer these questions for EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. The first question is the most important and … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Coaching, Communication, Consistency, Control, Delegation, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Failure, Feedback, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Recognition, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Assignments, Communication, Employee Coaching, Employee Engagement, Evaluation, Feedback, Job Performance, Leadership, Management, Performance Coaching, Performance Management, Performance Review, Supervision, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Don’t MICRO-MANAGE; Don’t OVER-MANAGE; Just MANAGE!
I was reading a recent web article by an executive who was extolling the virtues of what he called “micromanagement.” (??!!) As I read further, I realized he was (in my opinion) misusing the term. And I think his thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Control, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Failure, Feedback, Leadership, Management, Morale, Performance Management, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Supervision, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Employee Coaching, Employee Correction, Employee Performance, Employee Training, Intervention, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Supervision
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