When I’ve been working with people managers to help them apply effective leadership practices to improve employee engagement and performance, I’m often astonished by how many say that they “don’t have time to do this”. They’re in paid employment as people managers, and they’re telling me that they don’t have time to manage people!
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Who Else Wants to Easily Solve Problems?
March 23rd, 2012
An effective leader doesn’t need to solve problems. Your job is to see to it that problems get solved. So instead of being a good problem-solver, you need to be a good facilitator of problem solving
Read more...Feedback is Personal. Here’s What to Do About It.
February 23rd, 2012
Swift, specific and accurate feedback is essential to continued improvement. So it may come as no surprise to you that the Corporate Leadership Council’s (CLC) research has discovered that fair and accurate feedback on performance, from a knowledgeable source, is the single most effective performance management lever available to people managers.
Read more...Effective Leadership Reduces Sick Leave
May 17th, 2011
Effective Leadership reduces sick leave. At least that’s what I’ve long believed based on client results
Read more...People Managers Don’t Need All the Answers
April 13th, 2011
When he was on the campaign trail before becoming President of the United States, Barack Obama was quoted as saying, “Leaders don’t need the answers. They just need to know what questions to ask.”
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