The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP
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Stop Rewarding Perfect Attendance!
I heard another manager suggest it this past week:
"I think we need to start rewarding our employees for perfect attendance. It's the least we can do to show them our appreciation for their dedication!"
What would you do if you were the Pilot in Command, your plane full of passengers is stuck at an airport because of bad weather, and... You're not going anyplace soon?
When was the last time you had a true belly laugh with your team?
Does the thought of having lunch with your team -- with no agenda or brown bag lunch topic planned -- make you nervous?
With so many companies struggling to attract and retain staff who can perform well, why do so many companies do such a lousy job in training their new staff? Why do they think training is an expense and not an investment?
Why is it so hard for so many managers to simply talk with their employees about less-than-expected performance?
Why do so many managers become mean when they simply need to make employees aware their behaviors are taking them down the path towards disciplinary actions or possibly -- termination?
Performance Reviews – They’re Not Just A Once A Year Thing
A client was experiencing some employee performance issues and asked us to present training to their managers on their new employee performance evaluation form. Terrific. However, they weren't thrilled when I told them that the training should focus
It’s a really neat experience to watch management and team-building theories prove themselves true. It’s incredible to see the power a leader has just in his or her subtle behaviors to either develop a team or to crush one.
I started focusing on what I call the Middle Management mess after I read an article in the March 2006 issue of the Harvard Business Review by Robert Morison, Tamara Erickson, and Ken Dychtwald entitled “Managing Middlescence.”
