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- Most managers die with their mouths open.
- I believe that the art of asking questions should be considered a fundamental skill for any leaders. Success without it will be short term at best.For a while it seemed that my premise was a given; however lately I seem to be running into more execs who are more concerned they will look...
- Tags: Performance, Workplace Strategy, Teams, Success, Reputation, Morale, Mentoring, Management, Leadership, Company Culture, Coaching, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Increase your productivity. Take a nap!
- A colleague of mine tells me that most people today are sleep deprived. He's a life coach who focuses on how one's body reacts to stress and how that reaction, in turn, causes our performance to worsen.How can you tell if you're sleep deprived? Here are 3 common telltale signs which are pretty...
- Tags: Teams, Success, Staff, Performance, Morale, Job Satisfaction, Hiring, Employees, Coworkers, Coaching, Career
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Successful negotiations - 7 easy steps
- Whether you covet a new job, a raise, a business deal, a new car, some new bling, or need to rectify a problem with a loved one, the ability to play ‘deal maker' is your secret weapon to achieving the result you want. In my opinion, one of the greatest...
- Tags: Workplace Strategy, Women In It, Success, Performance, Mentoring, Coaching, Career Development, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Team Building exercises -- Are they too contrived to work?
- verywhere you look, you see articles and books that claim to have the secret of effective corporate team building. In fact, consultants have carved out an entire industry deveoted to the subject. Ive been on both sides of this issue -- Ive been on a team and Ive managed a...
- Tags: Co-workers, Teams, Job Satisfaction, Communication, Coaching, Career Development
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
- 7 levels of delegation
- Are you a micromanager? Or maybe one of those generalists whos so vague giving direction that your staff never know exactly what to do? Clients frequently ask if delegation is a style thing that can be learned. Or is it an art thing which is more intuitive;...
- Tags: Workplace Strategy, Women In It, Teams, Success, Power, Performance, Morale, Mentoring, Management, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Company Culture, Coaching, Co-workers, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- 4 outdated ideas. Or maybe not.
- Here are a few things to "noodle" today:1. Does it really matter if a leader has a strong sense of integrity?In a study done by Fast Company magazine last year, 1665 respondents were asked about the importance of ethics in company leaders in todays business climate.The good news: 95% of...
- Tags: Office Politics, Morale, Mentoring, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Co-workers, Career Development, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Got 180 seconds?
- In my last posting I discussed a couple of ways that any meeting participant - at any level - can make that meeting more effective for themself and for the organization. Not surprisingly, I heard from some people that they are "meetingd out". They told me that with...
- Tags: Performance, Meetings, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Employees, Coworkers, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Does anyone take notes in your meetings?
- Last week I led a management development program for a large TV broadcasting network. During the course of the discussion, we landed on the issue of meetings. Of course this is a subject that is discussed all the time. And most people have opinions about them in every...
- Tags: Workplace Strategies, Teams, Success, Project Management, Power, Performance, Meetings, Management, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Co-workers, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Should we trust people to manage their own job life?
- More and more companies are moving toward a work-scheduling system designed to allow individuals at all levels to determine what days, hours, even weeks they will be working on the job or at the office.All evidence points to this becoming the way of the future. Its been well established within...
- Tags: Workplace Strategies, Teams, Success, Staffing, Staff, Reputation, Personnel, Personal Development, Performance, Office Politics, Morale, Mentoring, Management, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Hiring, General, Employees, Discipline, Company Perks, Company Culture, Coaching, Co-workers, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- The best managers? They're not afraid of looking dumb.
- Ever noticed that some managers believe they are supposed to know everything about their area of responsibility? They dont usually last very long. Often their organizations dont either.Great managers and leaders realize that they can never know everything. And theyre comfortable with that. Poor managers...
- Tags: leader
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Can you really have a job you're passionate about?
- Lately, theres a lot of talk about passion. People everywhere are talking about, "pursuing their passion." They say things like, "Im passionate" about this or that.But, have you noticed that most people you ask will admit that what they do for a living is definitely NOT what they are...
- Tags: General, Management, Career, Leadership, Coaching, Performance, Personal Development, Women In It, Mentoring, Career Development, Success, Job Satisfaction, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-03-15
- Managing Up. Not the same as Sucking Up.
- Most of todays more-thoughtful managers believe that the best way to improve their results is to ensure that their subordinates, or team members, are working at their own best levels. Consequently, a great deal of time is spent working with their folks as individuals, or in team meetings. By...
- Tags: Boss, Career, Career Development, Co-workers, Coaching, Company Culture, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Management, Meetings, Mentoring, Office Politics, Reputation, Women In It, Workplace Strategies
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Coping with a screw-up
- At some point, everyone steps on a landmine on the job. Things are going along fine, and then out of the blue, you realize you just did something which makes you feel like a total amateur. What then occurs can range from being fired to simply being scolded....
- Tags: career
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- Is it possible to have a great job and a great personal life?
- One of the reasons there are fewer women than men leading our companies and organizations is that women have usually tended to be more focused on life balance. As a gender, are less inclined to give up aspects of their personal lives to devote more hours to their career....
- Tags: Boss, Career, Career Development, Coaching, job, Job Satisfaction, Mentoring, Personal Development, Success, Uncategorized, women
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Worst Boss Ever
- My clients come from a broad range of industries. But regardless of their specialty - tech, telecom, media, broadcasting, real estate, travel, performing arts, retail, banking, finance, whatever - almost all of them have stories about crappy bosses.Doesnt matter what level the individual is working at; I hear as...
- Tags: Boss, Career, Coaching, Job Satisfaction, leader, Leadership, Management, Meetings, Performance, Personal Development, Teams, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- One size fits all?
- A "one size fits all" approach in management style doesnt work any better than it does with clothes. Every year, the International Coach Federation surveys businesses and organizations about various subjects and issues being faced by individuals and companies. Last year the world’s largest coaching association asked...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Management, Staff, Personnel, Career, Co-workers, Boss, Leadership, Teams, Coaching, Performance, Women In It, Mentoring, Success, Job Satisfaction, Workplace Strategy, marker
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- 2007 - Your Best Year Ever. Part 3 of 4.
- Creating action - without becoming one of them. Far too many individuals are not as successful as they think they should be, or as wealthy as they’d hoped they would be as an ambitious youth looking forward. Not coincidently, very few of people have a personal life action plan....
- Tags: Coaching, Personal Development, Job Satisfaction, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Make 2007 your best year ever. #2
- #2 of a series of 4: Honest self assessment.Companies which achieve their annual plans on a regular basis generally use a fairly simple planning process. It is routinized and ongoing. The long term survivors make a habit of starting the process with a look at the future,...
- Tags: Career, Career Development, Coaching, Job Satisfaction, Performance, Personal Development, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Make 2007 your best year ever. Part 1 of 4.
- Throughout January, I will be discussing some ideas, tactics and tools which Ive seen used successfully by professionals and executives to kick start their careers. Part 1 - a psychological perspective. Its a fact that nearly 86% of all New Years resolutions are broken by the beginning of the 3rd...
- Tags: Career, Career Development, Coaching, Performance, Personal Development, sofa, TV, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Boss on your case? Try these 3 quick tips
- Here are 3 things to keep in mind during the times when all forms of common sense seem to have gone up in smoke and craziness is breaking loose: #1 Results = Rewards. There will be times it seems that form and process are the most...
- Tags: Boss, Career, Coaching, Discipline, Leadership, Management, Office Politics, Success, Workplace Strategy
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
