Resources for IT Managers
One of the best ways to develop your rising employees is to delegate tasks that will improve them. They benefit from learning new skills and overcoming a challenging task. You benefit from an improved employee who can help you with your own workload and further the career of a rising star. One of your goals as a manager is to develop your rising stars. You can delegate tasks to help them that … [Read more...]
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...]
Motivating your employees is one of the most challenging things you do as a manager. Motivation is directly linked to job performance so it directly affects you, your team and your company. Learning how to motivate your employees will unlock their potential and lead to higher performance and a more productive employee. To understand motivation you must understand human nature. And there lies … [Read more...]
One thing every manager wants to learn is what motivates their employees to be successful, to reach for higher goals, and value a hard days work. This is the first of a two-part series “The Secrets to Motivating Employees” that will help you understand what motivates people and as a manager what you can do. This first part deals with the psychology of motivation because to motivate your … [Read more...]
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...]
It only takes one difficult personality on a team to make the team unproductive and the team environment unpleasant for everyone else. There are ways to deal with these team members and hopefully get them back to being a constructive member of the team. With proper guidance and coaching these bad apples can be shined up into good team members. There are always a few who do not turn around and … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]