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- Manager's Corner - Afraid To Be A Leader - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2008 from Liz WeberIt's happening again. I'm witnessing a new "leader" become ineffective and the senior team's confidence in him is starting to lag. The leader is losing his effectiveness even though he's already implemented several much needed programs for the organization. He's losing his effectiveness because ...
Views: 832 - Manager's Corner - Communication Is A Beautiful Thing - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Liz WeberA beautiful thing happened during a client work session this week: the management team experienced the value of clear, honest communication. For some time this client has been under the incorrect assumption that its management team communicated well with each other. Yet invariably when I'd have ...
Views: 830 - Manager's Corner Article: I Want My Life Back! - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2008 from Liz WeberYep, I heard it again. A new client, a CEO, told my team prior to our first work session, "I want my life back. I love working, but I've got to stop working 90-100 hour weeks. Something's gotto change around here." Sounds logical and completely reasonable to me. But how do youget your life back ...
Views: 813 - Manager's Corner - Be Fair And Share - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2008 from Liz WeberAre you being fair with your managers? Are you sharing critical information with them in a timely manner? Are you developing performance standards for them and the company and then not sharing those standards with them? If you answered, "Yes, Yes, and No" that's great. But stop and really think ...
Views: 808 - Manager's Corner Article: Get Customers. Get to Know Them - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2008 from Liz WeberI recently received a thank you note from Matt, one of my nephews. I had helped him revise his resume and practice for interviews, as he needed to "get" a co-op in his final semester of college in order to graduate. Matt wrote that he had "gotten" a great co-op position with a company that has ...
Views: 807 - Manager's Corner Article: Developing Your Future Leaders: It's Your Responsibility - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2008 from Liz WeberMany business owners still believe their Human Resources (HR) department is primarily responsible for developing their respective organization’s future leaders. However, the longer business owners keep this limited mindset, the further behind their organizations become. You see, this ...
Views: 800 - Manager's Corner - Retain And Grow / Retain And Pay - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2008 from Liz WeberI recently read the McKinsey & Company Report on Global Leadership in which they site the two primary concerns for global executives: 1 - The Economy; it's recovery has not been as strong and doesn't look as if it will be as strong as anticipated six months ago, and 2 - Retaining Employees: how ...
Views: 798 - Manager's Corner - Who Do I Want As Customers? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Liz WeberWe've been doing a lot of work with clients lately on fine-tuning their marketing efforts. A crucial step in this process is getting crystal-clear on just who they want as customers. Now I know this sounds like a somewhat strange activity. But you'd be amazed at the number of businesses who ...
Views: 769 - Manager's Corner - Show Up - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Liz WeberI learned this week that a client started a program in which every manager is part of a team to help less-experienced staff learn basic project management techniques. Each team will identify and work on a project collaboratively. The overall intent is to not only enhance the project management ...
Views: 671 - Be Nice: Fire 'Em! - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Liz WeberWe've all had this experience at least once in our professional lives: We've held off firing an employee because we didn't want to be mean. We didn't want to hurt the person's feelings, cause more disruption in his or her personal life, or we simply didn't want to have that difficult ...
Views: 642 - Manager's Corner Article: Why Don't They...? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Liz WeberHave you ever gone into a store and had a heck of a time trying to find what you wanted? You finally had to have someone lead you to it because the store's signage was poor. Like me, you probably thought, "Why don't they just put up clear signage?" Have you ever tried to reorder from one of your ...
Views: 632 - Smooth And Easy Sells - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Liz WeberThis is going to sound a bit "touchy-feely", but one of the tricks in writing marketing copy and designing marketing pieces is to ensure the "subtle" side is addressed as well as the overt message. To help your prospective customers not only UNDERSTAND what you're selling, the prospects also ...
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