Are you dying of indigestion or starvation?
Category: Blog | Team
Businesses are more likely to die of indigestion (overeating) than starvation. In startup mode, businesses are often big eater’s. They want to do and try everything. In scale-up mode, that type of over-eating can be dangerous and waste your team’s time. So, how do you control your appetite? I recommend using a document called PSPOT,…
Tags: | management, strategy, team
How is your remote team’s health?
Category: Blog | Team
Leading a remote team is new for many managers. After the last few months, you’ve probably worked out many of the technical issues and settled into a rhythm of remote work. With businesses starting to go back to the office, some team members may remain remote due to childcare issues, pre-existing medical conditions that increase…
Tags: | coronavirus, management
7 Ways to lead your team into an uncertain world
Category: Blog | Leadership
The workplace had changed. As we start to loosen Covid-19 related restrictions, businesses are emerging from Coronavirus induced hibernation. These transitions back to work are gradual. Uncertainty will remain for months as threats of a second wave of coronavirus persist. In this new world leaders must be empathetic to keep teams engaged, cohesive and forward-focused….
Tags: | coronavirus, management
Further tips on managing a remote team
Category: Blog | Leadership | Team
Working remotely is creating a new set of challenges for leaders as they support and stay connected with their remote teams. In previous blogs I have shared tips on working successfully remotely. Here are some further tips I have picked up from clients over the last week as they move to a new way of…
Tags: | management, remote
How to lead a remote a team…
Category: Blog | Leadership | Team
With the onset of Coronavirus more companies are either introducing or increasing remote working. Remote management can feel like a totally different challenge than managing people you work side by side with. Things that work in an office don’t always translate exactly to remote employees. Here are some tips to help you manage remote employees…
Tags: | management, remote
How to manage millennials
Category: Blog | Team
With millennials accounting for 75% of the workforce by 2030, it is time businesses to both acknowledge and accommodate their workstyles Managers often struggle with millennials wanting flexible work schedules and work-life balance, and the fact that they are typically not easily engaged. However, despite their bad press, millennials want to connect with their companies…
Tags: | management
How to fully engage your team
Category: Blog | Team
Over the last year the importance of employee engagement and retention has continued to rise in businesses. Every company wants to attract and keep the best talent. The problem? Many employees in today’s job market quickly feel uninspired by their work, get bored after 2 years and start job hunting for something new. Not surprisingly…
Tags: | employee enagagement, leadership, management
How to stop an employee’s performance deteriorating…..
Category: Leadership | Team
For all kinds of reasons your best employee’s can experience a performance slump at some point. As a manager, you may not always find an obvious way to get someone back on track, but the investment of energy you would need to turn this situation around is still so much less than what would be…
Tags: | management
How discipline can lead to success
Category: Blog | Leadership
Scott Peck in his book The Road Less Traveled says that “without discipline we can solve nothing.” The most successful people in life are disciplined. Fact. Discipline is made up of tools we use to cope with life’s problems and challenges. Below I list some of the key markers of discipline: Hard working. If we…
Tags: | leadership, management
Save time by recruiting great managers
Category: Blog | Leadership
In a recent survey, Gallup found that one in two employees have left a job due to a manager. So why are managers such a problem in today’s workplace? The truth is, managing people isn’t easy. It’s one of the hardest jobs out there. Unfortunately, not everyone has those skills; yet those people end up…
Tags: | management
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