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The Complaining Team Member

Do your employees complain but don’t want to help find a solution?

Do you have members of your team who frequently complain about others on the team, but seem to not want to do anything to resolve the situation? Or, to leave it entirely up to you to resolve, therefore absolving themselves of all responsibility?

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The Value of Training for Your Employees

I was speaking with a client at dinner recently and she mentioned to me that her organization was looking to cut training because they couldn’t see the value in it. She was frustrated as you can imagine. Her boss believes that employees would rather have a few extra dollars in their paychecks rather than take […]

Quick Tips for Problem Solving Performance Issues with Employees

When performance problems arise with employees, work collaboratively with the employee to solve the problem. This creates a partnership between you and the employee and makes the problem a learning situation.

Begin with stating the problem in terms that are understandable for the employees: impact on the team, impact on credibility of the employee, impact […]

Changing Your Mindset Around Performance Reviews

It’s that time of year for many organizations – performance reviews! Three of my clients are in the middle of performance reviews and for each of them it is a dreaded project!

How you behave as a manager impacts your mindset around performance reviews. For example, if you see yourself as a partner with your […]

Is Your Organization Ready for Change?

Before you launch that next big change initiative, consider whether your organization is ready for it. If they aren’t ready and you proceed, you’ll have a difficult time bringing it to a successful conclusion. Take the time before you launch the change initiative to ensure the organization is ready to move forward.

Consider the following:

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