At work a co-worker emailed me a link they felt I would find interesting. It was a post by Karen Burns on Money and Yahoo Finance, 7 Things Never to Say to Your Boss and 7 Things your Boss Should Never Say. I found both pretty good. What about the items that should be said? I think [...]
Posts Tagged ‘managing’
Words That Should Be Spoken
April 20th, 2010 
Steve 
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations 
Tags: communication, goals, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, relationship, trust 
1 Comment »Guilty, No Question About it.
March 24th, 2010 Steve Last week, I was out on vacation! The past seven years, I have wrestled with the question – Should you work while on vacation? I have been extremely guilty in the past of doing too much work, while on vacation. I have to think way back, when being connected was impossible to really remember when [...]
Taking A Little Break From Managing
March 6th, 2010 Steve Due to recent reorganizations at work, I have been asked to fill-in on a role that is an individual contributor role. I get to take a break from managing people. Well, on paper that is… I think I went through the normal reactions that people have to changing positions that they did not ask for [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: coaching, fear, fun, goals, listening, managing, people, performance planning, relationship No Comments »A Tale of a “Bad” Boss
February 27th, 2010 Steve Ever have one of the “those” bosses? Hate to go to work? See how you used to work, change (not for the better)? How about when you are talking with others and you hear them complain about their work situation? There usually is one common theme – they work for a terrible boss. I have [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: managing, mission, motivation, people, thoughts, Vision 2 Comments »What’s Next?
February 17th, 2010 Steve After 27 years of managing teams, shifts, departments and such – I am now leading one, myself. I still have focal and other things to close up, but for the most part the day to day coaching, assisting and helping manage people is no more. Not sure why I wanted to write a blog post [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: change, coaching, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, people, relationship, thoughts No Comments »Motivating Employees
December 22nd, 2009 Steve Last week, I was meeting with a brand new manager. On his request, he wanted to ask a few questions. His first questions took up all of our time together. “How do I motivate my employees?” Wonderful question – one that I first told him to step back and look at the overall work situations [...]
Posted in Leading Teams Tags: coaching, Leading Teams, listening, managing, motivation, people, Vision No Comments »How Do You Influence?
September 10th, 2009 Steve As many can tell from many of my posts, my career has been mostly as a manager. I have a somewhat easier route to influencing my direct reports. I’m the manager who coaches and mentors his employee’s. I’m the manager that writes and determines their compensation. I have more direct connection to my employee’s. Influencing [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: challenges, Leadership, Management task cycle, managing, performance management, trust No Comments »Experience: My Learning’s
September 7th, 2009 Steve I wrote an internal blog post to share with other managers in my company – about a year ago. I was reading it the other day and felt like a top ten list of what I have learned would be a great summary of my experience. I got that moment of well, I really don’t [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: Leadership, Leading Teams, listening, managing, people, traits, trust No Comments »Ever Get One Of “Those” Projects
September 1st, 2009 Steve My previous post was some therapy for me. Reflecting on the past week’s activities and how I handled them – is always good from time to time. At least, I enjoy it. Well, this post is just an extension of my therapy, but I need some help. Over the past 2+ years, my team and [...]
Keep Talking, I’m Listening – NOT
August 5th, 2009 Steve Something from time to time catches my eyes (or ears) that just does not sit right. It could be the no so subtle comment about you or your team, it could be the back of the hand compliment, or maybe the way folks act. They are all around, microinequities. You have to first define it [...]
