Posts Tagged ‘people skills’
Leading with Questions!
Leaders ask questions. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. Robert Half Leading with Questions! Good communication skills are essential to effective leadership. Leadership communication is more than setting direction and inspiring others through one’s words, however. It is equally about asking the right questions of knowledgeable people to…
Read MorePeople Skills: Not More Of That “Touchy-Feely” Stuff!
Organizational development efforts that involve improving people skills often bring resistance. The raised eyebrows, folded arms, stiff half smile or other skeptical body language of doubting managers say the following: Not more of that touchy-feely stuff! Resistance and skepticism come with the territory, however. HR professionals, consultants and trainers frequently have to address this resistance before meaningful…
Read MoreWhat Employees Want In Difficult Economic Times
We all know that the downturns in the economy affect the entire country. For organizational leaders and operational managers, it makes their already difficult roles even more complicated. Keeping staff members motivated and managing the organization’s talent pool are particularly tough when over 60% of US firms have taken four or more cost saving actions. This statistic…
Read MoreFive Common Human Barriers to Effective Delegation
Effective delegation is a critical management skill. Often, the most difficult barriers to effective delegation are personal factors.
Read MoreSeventy Five Percent of New Executives Lack Interpersonal Skills
A study by the Institute for Executive Development and Alexcel showed 75% of newly hired executives are having trouble with interpersonal skills (the ability to build relationships, collaborate, and influence others). A troubling finding of the study is that many of these executives had both strong technical skills and years of previous management experience and yet…
Read MoreFour Leadership Lessons From The Emperor’s New Clothes
Childhood is full of stories that are passed down from one generation to another. These stories often allow adults to both coax their high-energy kids to go to sleep while also teaching some life lesson. Like most children, I loved to hear these stories (even if I did not always get the life lesson). There was that…
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