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The biggest barrier to your team’s development? You |
Years ago I had a peer (I’ll call her Nancy) who complained constantly about her team. We were both managers of large sales teams, worked for the same overly demanding boss, and had to manage in a period of never-ending »
Tips for handling toxic team members |
We’ve all been there. A new initiative is announced and you’re tapped for the project team that will handle planning and implementation. You may be excited about it or dreading it. And some of that may relate to whether you »
Five lessons from the UConn Huskies on achieving goals |
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”~Vince Lombardi
If you follow sports as I do, then you have no doubt heard about the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. Just a »
User’s Manual to your manager |
There is increasing interest in the business world in “onboarding”, the process by which managers and executives are oriented to, and integrated into, an organization. Books like The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins have become bestsellers, and organizations of »
We bring who we are to work |
Henry Ford reportedly once complained that all he wanted from a worker was a pair of hands, but that he had to deal with the whole person instead. Each of us brings our whole self to work each day, whether »