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How Good Are You at Expressing Your Appreciation?

Leaders should regularly be expressing their appreciation for the efforts of their employees. This includes employees who:

Have made significant progress toward achieving organizational, division or department goals. Have proactively participated in helping co-workers achieve goals. Have gone above and beyond in their work efforts. Have collaborated within or external to their department Have shared […]

Awareness of the Need for Change is Essential to Ensure Success in Change

Plan for and implement sufficient communications early on

Simply telling individuals that change has to happen and sharing information around the change initiative about to be launched does not necessarily constitute raising awareness of the need for change.

In order to get employees to adapt and accept a change, they must be aware that the […]

Barriers to Implementing Change in the Workplace

There are any number of barriers that hinder the ability of an individual to implement a required change in the workplace. By understanding what those barriers are, leaders can get employees engaged in change and enable them to more effectively implement a change that they must work with.

Barriers that hinder an individual’s ability to […]

Think of Problems Differently

In order to develop better solutions

I have learned that by stating a problem in terms of an opportunity, it looks at the issue from a more positive perspective and reduces pointing fingers as to who is at fault. It also helps to develop more creative and better solutions overall. Consider the two problem statements:

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How Effectively Are You Managing Your Time as a New Manager?

Try these best practices!

Too often new managers are not provided the skills they need to effectively learn how to manage their time and the time of their staff. This is common especially when a new manager is moving from an individual contributor role to a supervisory role with no past experience managing others. This […]