Here are some of my not-so-random thoughts about sales & marketing, management and other assorted leadership topics. I’d love to hear what you think so feel free to leave your comments!
Understanding Inconsistent Management When you think about inconsistent management, you could look at it two ways. One is about inconsistency in the way that you treat individuals and the other is how managers across an organization can be inconsistent with their...
In my last blog post, I wrote about why it’s important to help those you supervise to build an internal network for their own development and also to increase collaboration within the workplace. I have an example which could illustrate this concept more fully. When...
There are many jobs within the job of being a manager. You’re expected to teach, train, coach, mentor, support, explain, understand, give, direct, instruct, etc. It can be a lot, especially when you have multiple direct reports plus your own full-time job, as many...
Have you worked somewhere where the powers that be say that they are looking for new ideas? Or there is an “Innovation Committee”? Or even giving employees cash for something new? Innovation is an important part of the workplace. New products and services often keep...
Mastering Delegation in Management: Why It's So Hard to Let Go One of the more difficult challenges in management is learning to delegate appropriately, especially when you have a similar skillset to the people you supervise. How many times have we all said that...
It’s hard to combat certain organizational culture issues. One of the hardest is the us vs. them mentality which can play out in a few different scenarios. This mindset is based on the idea that a group of any type can get when they feel as though others have it...