The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

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Do Your Performance Management Systems Support Performance?

In working with various clients lately, we're seeing a common problem: Each organization has performance management systems that, as currently designed, create problems. These systems create the types of employee behaviors and unsatisfactory performance the client is trying to eliminate!

Your Real Competitive Advantage

“The one thing competitors can't quickly access is the brains of your work force.” Bingo! That's exactly what I've been telling my clients for years.

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.

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.

Calm The Rumblings

Do your job and immediately calm project team rumbles to prevent team explosions and projects going off-track.

It’s Time to Change the Relationship

I provided a leadership training program recently to a client as part of their year-long Leadership Development Program for Women. My program was entitled, "Effectively Leading By Managing Difficult Situations and People."