The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

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Category: Leadership Development

Share Your Lessons Learned: Develop New Leaders

My client's goal was to develop their next generation of leaders. At a recent meeting I wasn't surprised to hear every group of senior managers complain about the weak or under-developed personnel management, delegation, strategic thinking and personal accountability skills in their direct-report managers.

Who Is The Project Manager?

A brilliant and gutsy move for leaders is to continually develop his or her managers' project management skills. When this happens, the leader is ensuring the organization's future.

Do YOUR Job

A manager approached me this week after a work session to seek my advice on how she should address one of her employees. This employee is increasingly becoming Trouble (with a tall T).

It’s Time to Sync Your Team

When was the last time you sat your entire team down and simply compared To Do lists? That may sound like a waste of time, but I'd encourage you to make it a priority if you can't remember the last time you did this or you've never done it.

Kissing Leadership Communication

It happened again. As I started a work session with a client group recently, I asked them to bring me up to speed on what's been happening with their company since our last session.

Over-Communicating vs Talking Too Much

Managers know they're supposed to communicate, communicate, communicate. In fact, managers are often told to "over-communicate." That's great advice - in general. However, where many managers run a muck, is they confuse over-communicating with talking too much.

Remember: They’re Watching You

No matter how many times you tell your team, "We're going to change." "We're going to become more efficient and do things differently around here," they're not going to believe you. They also know that by "We" you really mean them. As a leader, if you expect others to change, you need to change first.

Credibility – Now More Than Ever

Your organization's credibility with its customers is what will help it make it or break it in business -- especially when times are tough.

What Do You Mean "Management Doesn’t Trust You"?

If you're a manager, you've heard it at least once in your career, "You don't trust me," or "Management doesn't trust us." Now if you're honest with yourself, when you've heard either comment, you've tried not to roll your eyes as you've thought to yourself, "Whiner, whiner, whiner." Be honest. We've all done it.

Complacency – The Creation of the Micromanaging Leader

Complacency and micromanagement seem to be two diametrically opposed ideas. Yet complacency leads to micromanagement. And micromanagement causes team complacency. They feed off of one another and yet they are mortal enemies.