Category Archives: Team Leadership

5 Questions Every Boss Needs Answered by Their Subordinates – #1

If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to get clear answers to five essential questions—from EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. This series is an expansion of the principle I shared in my last post: If … Continue reading

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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #5

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 fundamental:  WHAT’S MY JOB? The second question follows the first: … Continue reading

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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #4

The first question is the most important and fundamental:  WHAT’S MY JOB? The second question follows the first: HOW WELL AM I DOING IT? The third question is more profound: WHAT AM I PART OF? The fourth question is about … Continue reading

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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #3

This advice is adapted from Jerry R. Wilson’s book, 151 Quick Ideas to Inspire Your Staff.  If you want to be an effective leader, you must be able to answer these questions for EACH OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. The first … Continue reading

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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

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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #1

Question #1: What’s my Job??? It’s the beginning of a brand new year, and I’m back in the saddle to bring you more practical, down-to-earth insights, tips, tools, and techniques to help you become a better leader—wherever you serve! This … Continue reading

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If not YOU…WHO???

The Imperative of Leadership Succession What is the difference between MANAGEMENT and LEADERSHIP?  That’s a question that often emerges in my training seminars.  One way I help students think about this is by describing management as focusing on the status … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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