This article was featured in the Wharton Magazine Blog As a manager, giving and receiving feedback are both critical. Managers play an important role in fostering a productive, inclusive and engaging work culture. They are responsible for recruiting and retaining talent, engaging employees, developing their team, and setting performance goals. “To be really great at […]
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4 Strategies To Be A More Effective Manager
Every manager would like to engage their team and have employees who are excited and enthusiastic about their work, feel connected to the company’s purpose and feel like they are making a difference. The question is how can managers achieve this simple but not easy goal. The trouble is that most managers are not given […]
Mastering Feedback
Most people want to get better and improve. One effective way to improve is through feedback. The challenge is if you accept the feedback. The process of feedback can be a raw and difficult one because sometimes the feedback you receive may not be what you wanted to hear. It’s tough to give and receive […]
What’s Your Management Style
I had the opportunity to work with a group of 35 managers this week in a full-day strengths based leadership training event. One of the first questions I asked was for each person to describe their management style in one word. Obviously you might need more than one simple word to describe your style but […]
Managing the Millennial Factor
Millennials are an important part of the workplace. There are 73 million millennials who were born between 1980 and 1996. Their voice matters and if companies, teams and people are going to be successful, managers need to understand this growing segment of the workforce and manage them more effectively. When people are not engaged at […]
Strengths Partnering for Greater Success
If you had to list 3 things that annoy and frustrate you about people you work with or 3 strengths and ways the people you work with add value and contribute to the team, which would be easier for you? When I ask this question in my Leveraging Strengths for Success Team Seminar, the answer […]
Developing As A Leader
Are you ready to step into the CEO role for your life? A theme that continues to emerge this week with my clients is LEADERSHIP. Whether you run a business, your life or your family, there is a need for leadership in your life. The question is what type of leader are YOU? And would […]
