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If Managing People Were Easy…Everyone Would Do It! Part II

Managing people is not easy. In most businesses there are certain processes and procedures that must be followed; and in many cases flexibility in how you handle human resource issues is just not practical or feasible. If you haven’t read Part I yet, please read it first. In Part II we’ll look at some [...]

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If Managing People Were Easy…Everyone Would Do It! Part I

I was having a conversation with someone I met at a conference recently who told me that she was promoted to a management role about a year ago. She manages a staff of 10 and she recalls how excited she was when she was promoted. She isn’t any longer. She recounted this story about [...]

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Setting the tone: 10 tips for leadership

We’ve all been put into situations where we need to take control of a situation early on. Otherwise, we’ll find ourselves constantly looking up at a perch of credibility and respect we’ll have to work hard to climb up to, if we can even get there at all. With that in mind, I came [...]

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Supervisor Readiness

I recently had lunch with a client to discuss how to best determine if newly hired or promoted supervisors/managers were ready to take on their role overseeing employees and how to ensure they get what they need to be successful. It reminded me of a conversation I had with another client only about a [...]

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10 Things Every Manager Should Know

In working with clients over the years to develop programs for new supervisors/managers – there are some skills, knowledge and competencies that rise to the top of “must have’s” for someone in a management role. These are in no particular order, but all are of equal importance to be successful in a management [...]