That Manager

One of the enjoyable parts of managing people is holding brainstorming sessions. These are opportunities to be creative, think of new ideas, approach ideas from a different perspective, or collaborate to solve a problem. A brainstorming session is an opportunity for you to mentor your employees in creativity and find out which members of the [...]

If your team is known as a high performance team, the chances you will suffer employee or budget cuts decreases. You often receive the best projects. People come to rely upon you and have faith in your abilities. Upper management notices your performance and you become a case study for other parts of the company. [...]

One of the mistakes many new supervisors make is being afraid to admit that they don’t know something, don’t have the information, or don’t understand something being asked of them. Many times, they put on a show of bravado, acting like they know everything and can do anything. You Undermine Your Position When You Act [...]

As a manager, you are often called upon to be in a mentoring role for your employees, but how do you identify your mentor role and fulfill it properly? As you mentor an employee, you will find yourself fulfilling one of 6 types of mentoring: 1. Relationship Mentoring Managing interpersonal relationships is a challenge for [...]

Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, projects and tasks due fail, and employees in charge of them fail. If we were all perfect in everything we do, we’d all be incredibly wealthy. As a manager, you must understand how much responsibility to give an employee and how to help an employee handle when projects due fail. [...]

You’ve likely heard that entrepreneurs and senior executives at a company should have an elevator pitch ready to provide a 30 second overview of the company and your primary products or services. The 30 second pitch can be powerful for a number of reasons: it requires something to narrow the focus on what the company [...]