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The 55-year-old millennial

On April 4, 2018 By howard Posted in UncategorizedTagged , absenteeism acronyms always asking questions assertive behavior behavior assessment Change management coaching coaching skills coaching skills for managers colloquialisms Communications conflict conflict resolution consequences dealing with difficult people dealing with difficult situations difficult personalities directive directive behaviors DiSC do as I say not as I do effective questions email facebook facts fair fairness fake news focus gen x gen y generational differences Ginsburg glass half empty glass half full goal setting how to deal with difficult people humor Kagan leadership listening management management skills management skills for new managers management styles managing techies managing technical people managing up measureable miscommunication motivation multi tasking Myers Briggs never new managers objective vs. subjective objectivity opportunities optimism performance appraisals personality powerful questions questions rewards Scalia shift Situational leadership SLII SMART goals SMT goals sometimes specific stereotypes subjectivity supervisory skills supportive supportive behaviors teamwork Thomas/Kilmann time management timely win-winLeave a comment

What assumptions do we make about our employees based on age? The age stereotypes are popular and broad. Millennials get the brunt of the jokes, everything from their wanting applause for just showing up for work to promoting them for everything they do! Baby boomers get chastised for not being […]

Does that make sense?

On February 4, 2018 By howard Posted in UncategorizedTagged , absenteeism acronyms always asking questions assertive behavior behavior assessment Change management coaching coaching skills coaching skills for managers colloquialisms Communications conflict conflict resolution consequences dealing with difficult people dealing with difficult situations difficult personalities directive directive behaviors DiSC do as I say not as I do effective questions email facebook facts fair fairness fake news focus gen x gen y generational differences Ginsburg glass half empty glass half full goal setting how to deal with difficult people humor Kagan leadership listening management management skills management skills for new managers management styles managing techies managing technical people managing up measureable miscommunication motivation multi tasking Myers Briggs never new managers objective vs. subjective objectivity opportunities optimism performance appraisals personality powerful questions questions rewards Scalia Sharon Smiley shift Situational leadership SLII SMART goals SMT goals sometimes specific stereotypes subjectivity supervisory skills supportive supportive behaviors teamwork Thomas/Kilmann time management timely win-winLeave a comment

How often do you use that phrase? The theory behind asking does that make sense? is to see if the person you are communicating with understands what you’re saying. However, its become such a catch phrase to use that the expected answer is yes. Often the person who asks the […]

The key to listening

On January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 By howard Posted in UncategorizedTagged , absenteeism acronyms always asking questions assertive behavior behavior assessment Change management coaching coaching skills coaching skills for managers colloquialisms Communications conflict conflict resolution consequences dealing with difficult people dealing with difficult situations difficult personalities directive directive behaviors DiSC do as I say not as I do effective questions email facebook facts fair fairness fake news focus gen x gen y generational differences Ginsburg glass half empty glass half full goal setting how to deal with difficult people humor Kagan leadership listening management management skills management skills for new managers management styles managing techies managing technical people managing up measureable miscommunication motivation multi tasking Myers Briggs never new managers objective vs. subjective objectivity opportunities optimism performance appraisals personality powerful questions questions rewards Scalia Sharon Smiley shift Situational leadership SLII SMART goals SMT goals sometimes specific stereotypes subjectivity supervisory skills supportive supportive behaviors teamwork Thomas/Kilmann time management timely win-winLeave a comment

How can you be an effective communicator if you don’t listen?! We all know that an important aspect to being an effective manager is to communicate well with each employee. An important part of communication is the ability to listen. Not to you, but to them! In my management classes, […]

Common Sense

On December 1, 2017December 29, 2017 By howard Posted in UncategorizedTagged , absenteeism acronyms always asking questions assertive behavior behavior assessment Change management coaching coaching skills coaching skills for managers colloquialisms Communications conflict conflict resolution consequences dealing with difficult people dealing with difficult situations difficult personalities directive directive behaviors DiSC do as I say not as I do effective questions email facebook facts fair fairness fake news focus gen x gen y generational differences Ginsburg glass half empty glass half full goal setting how to deal with difficult people humor Kagan leadership listening management management skills management skills for new managers management styles managing techies managing technical people managing up measureable miscommunication motivation multi tasking Myers Briggs never new managers objective vs. subjective objectivity opportunities optimism performance appraisals personality powerful questions questions rewards Scalia Sharon Smiley shift Situational leadership SLII SMART goals SMT goals sometimes specific stereotypes subjectivity supervisory skills supportive supportive behaviors teamwork Thomas/Kilmann time management timely win-winLeave a comment

Do you get peeved when an employee doesn’t seem to have common sense?! Common sense – two deadly words for a manager to dwell on. (with all due respect to Thomas Paine!) How come? We all get irritated when someone doesn’t do something that is common sense. For example, they […]