Posts Tagged ‘people skills’
February Management Journey Carnival
Originally published February 2012. Welcome to the February edition of the Management Journey Carnival! Topics for this month’s Management Journey Blog Carnival include time management, employee engagement, project management, interpersonal effectiveness, social business, generational management, innovation, organizational learning, teamwork, leadership skills, customer relations, self-improvement, and other related topics. This blog carnival presents top posts from…
Read MoreSomeone Save Me From My Baby Boomer Manager!
You are a Generation Y (millennial, Gen Y, Nexter) worker born between 1980 and 2000 and you report to a Baby Boomer manager. If you’re finding it difficult working and communicating with your manager, you’re not alone. Gen Y/Boomer generational conflict is increasing in the workplace. It’s a frequent area of concern that clients express…
Read MoreWhere Do You Start When Your Employee Fails?
When we expect certain behaviors of others, we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur. — Robert Rosenthal and Elisha Babad Employees generally rise to our expectations of them. This is known as the self-fulfilling prophecy or Pygmalion Effect. It’s true because we treat people a certain way based…
Read MoreWhat Does George Lucas’s Film Red Tails Teach Us About Leadership?
George Lucas’s latest film Red Tails is the true, inspiring story of the Tuskegee Airmen who were American pilots and heroes in World War II. It recounts the story of American men who wanted to fight for their country in real combat but were not initially allowed to do so because they were considered unqualified…
Read MoreThere is No “I” in “Team”
There is no I in the word TEAM. It’s a popular saying that gets to the core of leadership and teambuilding.
Read MoreJohn Zenger Quote on Leadership
Leaders come out from behind the desk and openly engage in emotional issues that connect them with their followers. John Zenger Written by Robert Tanner | Copyrighted Material | All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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