Jannike Ohsten — November 16, 2016 Follow @Babington_Ltd— November 16, 2016 Now that you’ve been asked to step up and take the lead, you might be concerned about maintaining the friendships you’ve built with former peers. Managing others goes hand in hand with building strong relationships, and this is something you should aspire to with … Continue reading Should You Maintain Friendships When Managing Former Peers?
Annie Bustos — November 8, 2016 Follow @TechBlocks— November 8, 2016 Similar to other department heads, the CIO has a budget and needs to closely manage spending. They are responsible for a variety of projects that can impact the entire organization and directly create (or reduce) revenue. Here are some best practices for CIOs that … Continue reading Tips for the CIO: Managing the Budget and Spending
Joel Goldstein — October 31, 2016 Follow @joelgoldstein— October 31, 2016 Working with the right distributor can help you build brand awareness, increase sales, and form better relationships with retailers, but first, you have to find a distributor who is willing to work with your product. Distributors may contact you to discuss representing your brand, … Continue reading Avoid These Mistakes When Pitching to a Distributor
by Jacob Shriar Follow @jacobshriarOctober 20, 2016 One-on-one meetings are, in my opinion, the best tool a manager has to engage employees. Naturally, they’re becoming more popular as the concept of frequent feedback becomes more important. Managers are using the one-on-one as a way to build a relationship with their direct reports, find out about … Continue reading 4 Problems With One-On-Ones (And How To Fix Them)
by Liz KislikOctober 11, 2016 Some managers who’ve risen through the ranks become overly controlling once they begin to exercise authority. They squelch subordinates’ ability to take risks, develop, and contribute, both individually and collectively. Here are two examples I’ve worked with recently: The Dictatorial Isolationist Anastasia is a transactional, concrete kind of boss. Relationships … Continue reading How to Help Micromanagers Get Better Results
by Dave Brock Follow @davidabrockOctober 6, 2016 There are a number of thoughtful articles suggesting we get better results in developing our people by focusing on their developing their strengths, not “fixing” them, or criticizing their weaknesses. A recent HBR article, Developing Employees’ Strengths Boosts Sales, Profit, and Engagement, presents compelling data about organizations focusing … Continue reading Focus On Your People’s Strengths, Not Their Weaknesses?
by Dave Brock Follow @davidabrockOctober 3, 2016 I couldn’t believe what I was hearing on the phone. It was a frustrated sales person looking for help. She had reached out after reading some blogs, asking me to be a sounding board for some deals she was struggling with. We spent some time talking about the … Continue reading Managers, How Are You Investing Your Time?
by Liz KislikOctober 2, 2016 Many of my clients are confused and frustrated by the challenges of working with Millennials, including their tendency to expect everything to be easy and straightforward; their need to be “spoon fed” and treated as special; their desire to work from home and have flexible hours; and their need for … Continue reading 7 Surprisingly Simple Secrets to Managing Millennials
by Scott Meyer Follow @ScottmeyerOctober 1, 2016 Marketers may remember when tag management systems started springing up, during the late 2000s and early 2010s. This was mostly in reaction to the proliferation of new digital marketing technologies that required tags. Tags, of course, are the small injections of code – usually javascript – that facilitate … Continue reading How Tag Management Falls Short
by Jacob Shriar Follow @jacobshriarSeptember 13, 2016 Don’t you want to be a leader that employees admire and respect? What if, without even realizing it, you’re making mistakes that are causing you to be a bad boss? Here are 13 signs that you might be a bad boss. You Don’t Give Guidance I get that … Continue reading 13 Signs You Might Be A Bad Boss
