Manage Yourself
So many books have been written about managing others; many more than have been written about managing yourself. But,honestly feel that unless you can manage and deal with yourself...
Focus On Results Not Activity
What’s your main purpose in managing? After many years of deliberation, believe it comes down to one main thing: the results or outcomes you achieve. Many mana...
Ways Younger Managers Can Build Their Credibility With Older Staff
There are common stereotypes about millennials that are often unfair, and on the whole mostly untrue. Some of these include being lazy and constantly wanting more, whereas oftentim...
Important Elements Of Positive Performance Management
The days of the manager who says, ‘My way or the highway!’ have certainly changed. Managing through fear belongs back in the dark ages when the autocratic manag...
Principles - Lead To Better Performance
Here are some ideas to get the best performance out of others: Make sure that everyone knows what is expected of them. This should include things like what tasks they should work ...
Create The Conditions That Drive Performance?
One of your main activities as a manager is to get your people performing to their best abilities. Unless you’re a one-man-band, you need people to contribute to the overall ...
Ways To Generate Improved Performance
Ways that you can get better performance, not only from your team, but also yourself. 1) Set Expectations One of the most significant blocks to effective performance is a lack of c...
Helping Team With Their Personal Problems
If you are an empathetic and thoughtful manager, chances are that at times your staff will approach you with their personal problems that might be affecting their work, or home lif...
How to get a win-win wage settlement
*How to get a win-win wage settlement* A good settlement is never the outcome of a good negotiation, but of the investment made in the process Over 90 per cent of the industrial di...
Understanding Your Leadership Style To Get Results
Are you a mushroom, a kipper or a seagull? Don’t worry; this isn’t about what you were for last years’ Halloween party. These are commonly used leadership st...