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- Your management style - time for a makeover?
- Over a period of years, most managers develop their own style. Generally, through some trial and error they see what works and what doesn't, then build the successful things into their repertoire for use again. After all, when something works, it just makes sense to keep it -...
- Tags: Style, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Getting fired can be OK
- Many of my clients came to me because they were in danger of getting "taken out." Some came directly, paying for a coach themselves. In other situations, a company who wanted a coach to help save one of their teams retained me. In most cases, if the...
- Tags: Job, Severance Package, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Are you powerful? Or powerless?
- I was working with a woman years ago who was frustrated because she felt powerless in her role. Since then I've heard this complaint many times. From both men and women, although it's increasingly more prevalent across a wide range of industries, roles, and levels of...
- Tags: Subordinate, Manager, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- My subordinate says he "gets it." So why won't he change?
- "I have done everything to get this guy on track. Each time I talk to him I think we've finally got an understanding about what he needs to do; but then - nothing! What do I need to do?" Ever had a subordinate who seems to have...
- Tags: Job, Emotional Intelligence, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Workforce Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Avoid these two mistakes: Then live long and prosper
- Ever feel like you should be working at a "higher level" but keep getting passed over? I heard this comment a lot when I was leading various companies, and since establishing BusinessSuccessCoach.net, I've heard it from many clients who feel the same way. When...
- Tags: Boss, Manager, Professional Development, Career, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- 10+ dumb business decisions that can take a company down
- Hubris, big egos, poor foresight, and lack of humanity kill great companies -- small and large -- every year. We can learn from their misguided decisions, but we need to do it before more of our businesses fail and more of our country's leadership is lost forever. ...
- Tags: Talent, Women, Gender And Diversity, Sales Strategy, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Sales, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Re-organizing? Don't bungle it
- In the past week, I've had conversations with two companies regarding their plans to reduce headcount and re-organize how they do business. This leads me to think that there must be a great deal of discussion in many companies about the same thing currently. We are...
- Tags: Decision, Exec, Roi/Tco, Leadership, E-mail, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Online Communications, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- 5 CEOs' best leadership tips
- Over the last 30 years I've had the great fortune of working with some truly great CEOs. Some of them led brand names like AT&T, Cablevision, General Motors, DIRECTV, and Hudson's Bay Company. Others oversaw companies that were unknown to the average person. Regardless of what...
- Tags: Leader, CEO, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- So you think you know your employees?
- Quick - what's the most important key to employees' overall job satisfaction? Is it money? Relationships? Healthcare? Or something different entirely? A while back Harris Interactive and staffing / recruitment firm Spherion Corp joined forces to poll people at...
- Tags: Team, Employee, Nothing, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Accounting, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Four tips to improve your career track
- Is it time to start looking elsewhere? Career-wise, many execs don't do as well as they could if they'd learn to read the tea leaves. I've seen this from two perspective: First, as an executive coach. I'm usually retained by either a company...
- Tags: Job, Professional Development, Career, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- The US economy is going downhill - time to cut back?
- Recent news items: -Monthly car sales down again. -Homes sales continue to plummet. -Financial markets tank in all sectors today. -US Dollar at lowest levels in 40 years. -Inflation continues growing, and the Federal Reserve Bank can't tame it. Recently, every report...
- Tags: Team, Team Management, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- 3 reasons to use 360 degree evaluations
- Most companies' leaders have a very unrealistic view about how they are assessed by those who are at levels below them. Usually, they think they're "in touch." Usually, they're not. Some years ago, I was working with the COO of a large company...
- Tags: 360-degree, President, COO, Performance Management, Leadership, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Avoid these two leadership styles
- After working with a lot of different organizations over my career, I've learned that many people who run the executive suites and boardrooms are sick puppies. Emotionally and mentally, they are unhealthy. Although there's no research that I've come across, my estimate is that many large...
- Tags: Leadership Style, Boss, Modeling, Research & Development, Leadership, Professional Development, Business Operations, Management, Career, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Got allies? If not, get some
- I'm often asked for ideas which my clients can use to move up the ladder more quickly. This is one I see used more often by men than women -- but neither gender uses it enough. If you don't have one or more colleagues with whom...
- Tags: Women, Ally, Gender And Diversity, Leadership, Human Resources, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- How to "push back" when the boss is wrong
- What can - or should - you do when your boss is short sighted and directing you to do something you know is wrong? Everyone has a boss. Even the company chairman reports to a board of directors and isn't entirely free to do what (s)he pleases...
- Tags: Boss, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Governance, Professional Development, Leadership, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Career, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Real questions from our readers
- Occasionally we receive questions from TechRepublic members asking for advice or input regarding their specific situation. One arrived recently which deals with a question now heard fairly frequently and because of its application to others, we thought it made sense to print it with my response: ...
- Tags: Team, Leader, Team Management, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- How good can a job be?
- Some time ago I was working with a guy who was the business development lead for new ventures and strategic partnerships for his company. It was clear he really enjoyed his job. He was good at it, helping his employer to successfully move into new areas never...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- When it's time to leave
- "How can I tell if it's time to move on to another job or organization?" I hear this question a great deal. More at this time, the start, of the year. It doesn't seem to be limited to bosses either - I hear the same question...
- Tags: Job, Sarcasm, Fantasy, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Is your lack of "Executive Presence" holding you back?
- Most people want leaders who look like leaders and act like leaders. If you're an executive who is choosing a new department head, a company board of directors appointing a new CEO, or simply a voter deciding who should lead the country for the next four years,...
- Tags: Executive Presence, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2007-12-27
- Eat, drink, sleep. Or....
- It's the holidays. For many, it's the time to gain an average of 3.2 lbs. Question: Does the average American gain weight because they are enjoying wonderful times with families and friends for about 12 days? Or do they gain weight because they're trying to deal...
- Tags: Women, Beverage, New York Time, Professional Development, Gender And Diversity, Career, Human Resources, John McKee
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
