5 Tips to Deal with (or Avoid) Becoming a Bad Manager
I did a quick poll of my friends and coworkers, asking for bad boss horror stories. Most people had relatively tame ones — bosses rechecking their work, being flighty, or generally being unprepared to handle (and therefore explain) the job’s responsibilities. Personally, I experienced situations as strange as an upper manager named Dave who only […]
What Leaders Have Learned During the COVID-19 Crisis
People likely feared it after watching movies about it – but deep down, never imagined it would truly happen. Even when it started to happen, a lot of people were saying “not us” or “not here.” Boy, were we wrong! COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and the world, as we knew […]
6 Ways to Help a Non-leader Lead
Let’s face it; sometimes people end up in a management position who might not belong in one. It happens for a variety of reasons. Fortunately, not all is lost. There are some things you can do to help a non-leader lead! In fact, it happens all the time: You thought you had the perfect person […]
How Shared Leadership Leads to More Effective Management
How power is obtained, maintained, used, and misused is very much a taboo topic at work. However, how leaders deploy power to accomplish objectives can have a critical impact on an organization. Shared leadership techniques have proven to be extremely effective across a wide range of organizations. In its simplest form, power is the ability […]
