Understanding the people in our team is a huge part of our job as managers. In this series of four articles, we use four simple personality categories based upon those discussed in People Styles at Work by Robert and Dorothy Bolton. (more…)
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How much does change of mood affect your team? Extremely positive and upbeat one moment as things seem to be going well and then something goes wrong which brings you down again. (more…)
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We have experienced many situations on our training courses or during coaching sessions where people have moaned about their boss. Have you ever considered whether you are the manager that employees love to hate? I can hear some managers now saying, ‘I don’t get paid…
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Giving instructions and bossing people around is easy when people do as you say. The problems come when we realise that we are dealing with people and not robots. Managers are paid to manage and motivate real human beings and this is bound to involve…
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At a time when traditional businesses are being challenged by tough economic conditions, it is the entrepreneurial leaders who are leading the way towards recovery. So what can we learn from the behaviours we have observed of successful entrepreneurial leaders? Compare and contrast the following…
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As the world gets smaller it becomes more common to manage people who come from different cultures. Whilst these different cultures may be represented in just one country it is also becoming more prevalent to have responsibility for people who live and work in other…
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One of the best and bravest ways to assess your effectiveness as a manager is by seeking feedback from the people who work for you. The biggest challenge in achieving this is getting your team to be honest. There is always a danger that people…
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Some managers undertake what is known as transactional management. This is where the manager believes that everybody should just do what they are told because they are paid to do a job. This type of manager believes that it is not up to them to…
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The days of the manager who says, ‘My way or the highway!’ have certainly changed. Managing through fear belongs back in the dark ages when the autocratic manager was king. (more…)
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One of the most popular sessions we cover in our management training is managing poor performance. We are asked many questions about specific people in their teams who are just not performing as they should. (more…)
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Improving your management skills is a key factor in the success of any business and department. You can’t stand still in today’s business world; to be successful, you not only need to be as good as you possibly can be, you also need to maintain…
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You will have heard of the roles that people play when they are in teams, and how those roles can be very beneficial to a team or can cause lots of problems. Members sometimes attempt to satisfy some individual needs that are irrelevant and often…
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