Tools for High-Performing Teams
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10 Tips for Leading and Managing Remote Teams Effectively
Your team members are facing unprecedented challenges as the COVID-19 situation drags on. They’re working from home, dealing with new interruptions and issues, and may struggle to be as productive as they were in an in-office environment. However, we cannot lose sight of the fact that managers are also struggling. They’re faced with new hurdles […]
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People Management Simplified: Tips to Create a More Successful Operation
Performance management would be better termed “people management”. That’s because you’re not managing performance in a purely mechanical sense. These aren’t machines we’re talking about that provide a simple output based on a known input. Human beings don’t work that way. We’re messy. We’re complex. We’re convoluted. People management is what you’re really doing, and […]
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The Manager’s Guide to Conducting the Best Possible Performance Review
When was the last time you were excited about giving a performance review? More importantly, when was the last time one of your team members was excited to receive one? Chances are good it was never. That makes sense, particularly if you’ve been stuck in the rut doing annual performance reviews. Changing to check-ins and […]
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5 Tips to Increase Manager Effectiveness in Remote Work Situations
In many ways, management is something that has to be practiced in person. Many of the skills your managers rely on evaporate when the situation turns remote. However, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be effective. It really just requires a shift in perception. The true effectiveness of a manager is making sure that your […]
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A Culture of People First: How to Shift Your View from Employees to People
Employees are people. That seems pretty obvious. However, too many organizations (and individual managers and leaders within those organizations) see them as somewhat less. They’re employees. Business assets. Potential liabilities. This has a dehumanizing effect that carries over into the workplace. It becomes easy to see your team members as a resource to be managed, […]
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Annual Performance Reviews Are Dead: Long Live the One-on-One
If you’ve missed the news, here it is: the annual performance review is dead, although many companies might not yet realize it. It’s actually been deceased for a long time, and employers have only been propping up its body. The value of these reviews, long questionable, has finally faded away (if it was ever there […]
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Feeling Identification and Management: Building a Stronger Team
We tend to think of hard skills when we picture the ingredients that go into making a good manager. While those are important, they’re not the entire picture. In fact, the best managers are as in touch with their emotional side as they are with their analytical side. Building a strong management team capable of […]
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Remote Team Leadership: Lessons from the Trenches
Most of us are still working remotely with no sign of things changing anytime soon. COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc and disbursed workforces are becoming the norm. While there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it may be weeks or even months away. Many organizations have had to bolster their remote team […]
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Remote Team Tips: Improving Productivity and Keeping Them Connected
Remote work has had an incredible impact on organizations large and small. As most of us continue to work from home, those impacts are only going to grow. While some of those might be positive – more time with the family, for instance – others are not so beneficial. You might find that your team […]
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Improving Performance by Creating a Sense of Belonging in the Workplace
When do you perform at your personal best – when you’re in a strange place, surrounded by people who neither know nor like you? Or when you’re in a supportive, positive environment surrounded by those who earnestly want you to succeed, grow, and thrive? It’s a no-brainer – everyone performs better in a positive environment. […]
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Mindset: One Key to Successful Remote Work
Remote work has become part and parcel of daily life for most of us. And yet many still struggle to make a go of it. They haven’t embraced it in the same way that the rest of us have. What makes for successful remote work and what doesn’t? The challenge here may have nothing to […]
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The Right Company-Wide Practices to Support Remote Working Success
Remote work is here to stay. Even once the pandemic subsides, there’s a very good chance that remote work will remain a big part of your day-to-day. For some, it may remain the norm. However, if you want to ensure remote working success, some specific company-wide practices need to be implemented. Not sure what those […]
