Building a strong culture of performance through performance management is critical to meet challenges, promote innovation and develop top performing teams. A strong culture of performance fosters a vision of "One Company, One Team" in your company. This vision will lead to teams and departments actively seeking proactive ways to drive value to the business and promote new levels of … [Read more...]
Do You Manage Like an Out of Control Bus Driver?
To reach your goals or your vision of success you need to get people onboard your bus, not run them over on the way. Don’t be so hard-charging that you actually run over your employees and colleagues on the way to your destination. In the movie “Speed” they could not slow down or the bus would blow up. If you are a motivated and driven manager or leader you may feel this way about your goals … [Read more...]
Credibility Can Make You or Break You
The measure of a mans worth is only as good as his word. Your credibility with your employees, your boss, your customers and everyone else in your life is only as good as your word is. What you say can make you or break you. This is why building and maintaining credibility is important. If you are credible you are seen as trustworthy, honest, someone who can be counted on. These are all … [Read more...]
How To Create a Culture For Learning
For a company to stay on the cutting edge you need to create a culture for learning. The technology that drives IT departments is in a constant state of change. Your employees need to continue to obtain the knowledge and training needed to implement and support both present and new technologies. As a manager or a member of leadership it is your responsibility to encourage your employees to … [Read more...]
10 Things Winning Underdogs Can Teach Us About Success
March Madness has returned with the NCAA tournament. Year after year we see underdog teams win games against better teams. With some it is luck, but with most I think the overwhelming reason they win is the attitude they bring to the court. The business world is competitive so there is a lot we can learn when we look at how underdogs win. They face more talented, better trained and more … [Read more...]
Ten Things Your Employees Want
As managers we get so busy with our own work we can overlook the needs of our employees. Do you know what makes your employees happy? The best employee performance management program will fall short of your goals if you fail to meet the basic needs of your employees. Why should you care? Employees who are happy in the job are more productive and more content. They have fewer sick days, better … [Read more...]
Communications Skills – How to Be Specific
To be a successful manager you must be able to communicate effectively with others. One way to become a better communicator is by being more specific with your message. Do you talk with a team member about an issue but the behavior or problem continues? Do you assign tasks that are not done they way they should be? If so the problem may be you are not being specific enough when communicating … [Read more...]
20 Leadership Principles Every Manager Needs
IT Managers need to be a good leader to be successful and manage successful teams. Whether you are a project manager, a department manager or a team manager learning the some basic principles of leadership is essential to becoming a better manager It is what you do that makes you successful. That is why these 20 leadership principles are mainly about actions. To be a successful manager you must … [Read more...]
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