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15 April 2009
Let's get creative with employees
With limiting resources and having to do more with less it's important that managers inspire their employees to "think out of the box". This phrase has been used for quite awhile and now it may mean more than just a buzz phrase. Entrepreneur.com has a Read More...
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06 April 2009
Change must involve the people and must not be imposed on the people.
I read this line on businessballs.com and it made me really stop and think. Often times when changes happens, or comes down the pipe it definitely involves people, but is it involving the right people, while imposing the wrong ones. In a perfect world Read More...
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01 April 2009
5 potential retention mistakes
We've gotten some really good feedback both positively and negatively on the issue of retention during a recession. This is not an easy time for anyone, but there is always something to be learned. Like my father and grandfather used to tell me, "Tough Read More...
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31 March 2009
8 ways to retain talent in a recession
CIO Insight has a great slide show illustrating ways to retain your talent during this insane economy. With budgetary cut backs and other cost saving measures being put into practice it's easy to lose sight of a company's most improtant assest-it's people. Read More...
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24 February 2009
Effective learning for you and those you manage.
As companies tighten up and work groups/teams scale down in size we may find ourselves being asked to take on new roles and responsibilities. Some of us have even taken this economic downswing as an opportunity to stretch ourselves and take on new projects, Read More...
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27 January 2009
Managing through layoffs.
It more than obvious that our economy is in trouble and hopefully will we see an upswing in the second half of the year. Unfortunately, many of you have had to be the bearer of bad news and let employees go, or you have been let go yourself. This weakened Read More...
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12 January 2009
The #1 responsibility of a people manager is __________ (fill in the blank)
Empower and Grow individuals! I am very passionate about this. I fully believe that everything else I am responsible for takes a back seat to making sure the people on my team can be successful and move forward in their careers. That those individuals Read More...
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09 January 2009
Manage by Results - Managing remote employees part 5
This is the last installment of our 5 part series on managing remote employees. Managing remote employees is not easy and just like being a remote employee it is not meant for everyone. Hopefully through this series you have been able to take away some Read More...
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06 January 2009
Build a Sense of We! Managing Remote Employees - Part 4
Goal: Establish strong relationships to fuel motivation, collaboration, and productivity. Recent research from the Gallup Organization’s Tom Rath shows that people with strong friendships at work are more motivated, loyal, collaborative, and productive. Read More...
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05 January 2009
Managing Remote Employees - Part 3
Happy New Year and welcome back from the holidays. We are going to pick up from where we left off and discuss tactics and advice for managing remote employees. Communication is extremely important when working on a team and having remotes makes it that Read More...
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19 December 2008
Managing Remote Employees - Part 2
The traditional office and the 9-5 days have morphed into home offices, teams in different countries and no standard set hours. Some employees flourish in a remote role, while others are just not cut out for it. It takes a certain type of individual to Read More...
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18 December 2008
How to Manage Remote Employees - Part 1
Due to the globalization of today's business managers are faced with having to manage remote employees. This can be a daunting task especially if you are new to managing people let alone remote folks as well. Throughout the next couple of weeks TechLeaders Read More...
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15 December 2008
Manage Team Workload
When you think about work-life effectiveness, do you think of it as a destination, or as a continuous journey of juggling priorities? Does it mean working long hours during the week so that you have all weekend off for adventures? Or do you work a 9-5 Read More...
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05 December 2008
The Decline and Fall of Agile
One of our the TeachLeaders, Paul, recently sent me a link to the following blog post regarding the Agile/Scrum methodology which is quite interesting. In terms of developing and leading a team does the makeup of the team determine the methodology? Are Read More...
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02 December 2008
How do you, as a manager, maintain your organization’s trust, while also being transparent in uncertain times?
I fully believe the best and possibly only way to do this is with transparency, as you say. Individuals know that we are in uncertain times. In the absence of a ‘dialog’ individuals will ‘create their own reality’ or make assumptions/guesses wrt how things Read More...
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