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Manage Conflict among Employees

Conflict is inevitable in the workplace. Anytime you have more than one person you are going to have conflict. Just because it is inevitable, however, doesn’t mean it should be managed. When conflict is not managed it just grows and causes:

Decreased productivity Increased stress Increased employee turnover Decreased employee engagement/job motivation

Conflict erodes trust […]

How Good Are You at Expressing Your Appreciation?

Leaders should regularly be expressing their appreciation for the efforts of their employees. This includes employees who:

Have made significant progress toward achieving organizational, division or department goals. Have proactively participated in helping co-workers achieve goals. Have gone above and beyond in their work efforts. Have collaborated within or external to their department Have shared […]

Engaging Stakeholders – A Mini Case Study – Part 3

Feedback from the Marketing Group

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of the case study.

The project launched and was certainly successful from the perspective of coming in on time and within budget. Additionally, the marketing group was regularly engaged throughout the project. Both Sam and Jacklyn told Alex that they were happy with the […]

Engaging Stakeholders – A Mini Case Study – Part 2

Talking with the Marketing Group and Developing the Communication Plan

Read Part 1 of the case study.

The day of the meeting with the marketing group arrived. Sam introduced Alex to the group and told them that Alex was leading the project to update the marketing portal. Sam also noted that Alex was interested in […]

Engaging Stakeholders – A Mini Case Study – Part I

Alex was about to undertake a project in the organization that impacted the marketing department. It was not a large initiative at all and was only expected to last 2 – 3 months in duration. The initiative was to update an internal portal used by marketing for managing campaigns.

During a PMO meeting, one of […]