Nov 16
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Tips for Setting Team or Organizational Goals and Priorities
- Ensure you’re following the three keys to effective goals and priorities: 1) Follow-up; 2) Follow-up; and 3) Follow-up.
- Continuously communicate how your strategic imperatives connect to your vision, values, and purpose. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 13
As a leader in your organization, do you add muda or subtract it?
Muda is a Japanese term for waste. One of the prime tenants of the Toyota production system, to which much of that company’s outstanding quality and profitability can be attributed, is to reduce muda. The organization is built on constant striving to identify and eliminate anything that does not add value for the final customer. The Toyota processes are now used worldwide, often called LEAN processing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 05
The comments and questions from many of my workshop participants and coaching clients often reveal that their basic concept of leadership is about being in charge - i.e. obtaining a position of power, having the most information, and giving orders. The classic boss. From this viewpoint, effective leadership requires having the answer to any question brought to you by someone lower in the hierarchy so you can tell them the right thing to do. What leaders do is make decisions and give marching orders. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct 27
By Linda Feinholz
There are a lot of techniques we can bring into our business from other areas of life. Each has the capacity to significantly shift the way we’ve been approaching business. For instance, once a year, every year, I have a personal day “off” - off from business, off from play, and off from my normal activities. It’s Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of self-examination.
I make it my commitment to stop my automatic way of living and being with others. I try my best to look honestly as what my challenges have been, how I’ve dealt with them and what I’d prefer to do differently going forward. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep 27
I met with a prospect the other day and he asked me “What do high performance managers do differently than average managers?”
I paused for a moment, scanned the long list of behaviors in my mind; distilled my answer down to the critical few things and told my prospect… Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep 20
By Ed Oakley
The business world asks a great deal of its managers today, and it’s completely unrealistic to suppose that a manager is going to have every answer at the tip of his or her tongue. A common mistake that managers make is to feel like their fingerprint has to be on every aspect of what happens day to day in the operation of a business.
As a manger, if you’ve done a good job of hiring talented employees, sometimes being involved in every decision large or small can hinder the overall operation of the business. But if you really want to learn how to be a great manager, learn to let go! Letting go of some control and allowing the people around you to influence decisions and find creative solutions to problems can be a key in becoming a great leader. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sep 04
By Duncan Brodie
As a manager, your role is to get results through others. The role of manager in many ways a manager is very similar to the role of the conductor of an orchestra. They organise things, they plan, they co-ordinate, they bring the best out in people, they listen, they communicate, they look for improvements and ways of changing things to name just a few.
Yet in reality, many managers struggle to stop being the musician and stepping up to the role of conductor. Why do they struggle to make the transition from musician to conductor and what can you do about it? Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 22
By Tony Jacowski
There are roles such as Champions, Master Black Belts, Black Belts, Green Belts, and other team members. The Champion and Master Black Belt are at higher responsibility levels.
Let’s take a look at the roles of Champions and Master Black Belts.
Champions
The simplest way to explain the responsibility of the Champion is that of removal of roadblocks, which the Black Belts cannot handle alone. They are generally members of middle management and are responsible for the initiation of projects. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 22
You are getting ready to do one of your least favorite management tasks: have a performance discussion with a poor performer. But before you have this discussion, you want to organize your ideas so you can clearly describe the problems and state your expectations for improvement. You have a standard approach that you use, but your past discussions have not gone particularly well. Consider trying the BID approach:
B-Behavior: Describe specific unsatisfactory behaviors. If the issue is “poor customer service,” describe what the employee does, or does not do, that makes the behavior unsatisfactory. Ask yourself: Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug 22
The Pros of Interim Managers
By Bryony Roe
Interim managers are essentially temporary workers that have a higher level of experience and a great deal of knowledge. The affect of an interim manager on your company may prove to be exceptional.
An interim manager can be a great asset to any company. An interim manager is a temporary manager who will usually step into a company on a short term basis, usually when the business is beginning a merger or acquisition. Read the rest of this entry »
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