Personal conflict is a fact of every team, you will run into it. That doesn’t mean that it has to suck all of your time and energy dealing with it. Many managers feel it is their duty to get involved in the he said, she said of team conflict and that just isn’t the case. […]
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Ever feel like a job description all but had your name on it, only to see it go to someone else? That might be because it actually was written for someone else. That might be because it was. Jobs are hand written for specific people all the time. You won’t see statistics on this and in
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I had lunch with an aspiring people leader recently and it hurt because I knew I’d have to burst her perfect little bubble. It made me smile at first. Here she was, starry eyed and full of excitement. She shared all of the changes she was going to make for the team she was interviewing
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We were all sitting around the table when Karen said, ‘This isn’t working. We never should have done it that way in the first place. Tell the team to pivot. They really should have built a process that all of the leaders had a stake in in the first place.’ The rest of us just
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I’ve seen the dread on hiring managers and new supervisors alike. There is a new manager starting, or even a group of them, and no training planned for them. We focus so much on getting technical training right for employees that we never prioritize leader development. As a result we create an army of supervisors
There are New Leaders Starting and No Training Developed, Now What? Read More »
I was recording a podcast recently and was reminded of a time in my life where I dreaded going to work every day. My role had gotten stripped down to the extent that it wasn’t fun anymore. My boss was demeaning. No one really seemed to care what I thought or what I brought to
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Ever gone on a trip with a group of people and noticed how long it takes to get the day started for everyone? You want to see all the sites and can’t wait to get started. You’re ready to go but have to wait on everyone else. Do they have their water? How many will
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As you spend weeks, months, and even years working side by side with an amazing team, you develop relationships. And that’s good right?! You want those office besties to help you through the projects, problems, and venting sessions. You want to do the same for them. According to Gallup, the global analytics and advice firm,
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Recently while working with a group of leaders one of them got really vulnerable and said, ‘What if I just can’t lead that way?’ He was referring to a complete 180 in his leadership style. I think most of us leaders have had some moment like this. A moment where we thought, I am not
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If you’ve ever tried to teach someone something, you know it takes way more effort than to just tell them what to do or how to do it. Even something as simple as tying your shoe. You could tell someone how to tie their shoe in a matter of seconds, but teaching, that could take
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