Redundancy Works I have commented before that managers should repeat themselves often. Not so much making the exact same statements, but sharing the same information in differing ways. Multiple times. In a recent article in Harvard Business Review (Effective Managers say the same thing twice – or more, May 2011) Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi […]
Communication, like your golf score or penmanship, can always be improved. Letting people know what you have decided as a Manager is part of the job. Doing it effectively can be tough. When you have come to a conclusion either on your own or with your team, you need to let everyone know the outcome […]
My CAD Leadership class this year is on Change. How to manage it well. Change is going to happen and you need to be leading it. Leading change will draw upon your skills in ways that you may not have fully developed and will continue to develop your entire career. I have broken this topic […]
I am presenting on how multiple generations of workers is impacting the workforce. When working through the data I came up with some conclusion. Five Keys of Understanding the Generations Traditionalists (WW2 generation) and Baby Boomers are as likely as Millennials to be technology contributors. Enhancing and clarifying the old – producing and creating the […]
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One of my classes is on CAD Momentum. It is about making things happen by capitalizing on the energy and momentum of change. Here are some of my thoughts… The Enemies of Momentum. The people and comments below can be killers of your progress. You can hear people saying these things and it will cause […]
Have you ever worked somewhere or with some team that just clicked? Most of us have had this experience at some point. A group of people just hit it off. They are firing on all cylinders. They know what needs to be done, who is doing what,what can be expected from each member and they […]
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Nearing the end of Fayol’s list of 14 principles brings us to Initiative. Many of his principles stand the test of time and especially this one. Allowing personal initiative in employees will garner creativity, energy, personal efforts and more. When people are allowed to work toward an idea that they have come up with or […]
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Stability – specifically of employment. Fayol (read more on him here) lived in different times than we do. He encouraged the retention of employees, planning of transitions and he discouraged employee turnover. These days we see firms that are forced to lay off employees. It has happened to me three times in my career so […]
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Fayol calls it Equity. I call it treating people right. His concept is not to just give people what they deserve, which is justice, but to give them what would be considered kindness. This is being gracious in place of demanding. Understanding in place of legalistic requirements. Treating people and specifically those that work with […]
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