Being a Manager is REWARDING!
On your way to becoming a people manager, or you’re already one? You’ve probably heard a lot about the various challenges many managers face every day. Good news, we’re not going to focus on these today. We’re looking at why being a manager is rewarding! Leading others can be incredibly rewarding. When you’re a STUNNING…
6 Misconceptions for New Managers
New managers sooner or later, discover that their role is even harder than they anticipated. They are surprised to learn that the skills and tasks required for success as an individual contributor and those required for success as a manager – are vastly different. They also become aware of the gap between their current capabilities…
BEING a Manager
Moving into a management role requires a focus on building relationships with your team. A manager and their relationships with the team, are a critical aspect of the day to day. When these relationships function with mutual respect and honesty, performance positively impacts the business. The link between the two may seem obvious and conceptually…
Building a Team
As a team manager, you would be very aware of the fact that the output resulting from a group effort is always more impactful than any action taken by an individual contributor. That said, does a group of people equal a team? The answer is a definite NO! Let’s break this down a bit. When…
Sharing Feedback
It’s easy to judge, criticize and share an opinion about a person, or their work with others, but harder to share that directly with the person involved. Ask any manager about their experience giving constructive feedback to team members, or other colleagues and you’ll often hear complaints rather than anything about the impacts of sharing…
Has Your Brain been Hijacked
Emotions can derail even our well thought out plans. Have you ever experienced that feeling of brain fog, or loss of your key thoughts right before a presentation or an important meeting? Your left wondering how this could’ve happened, even if you were well rehearsed and prepared? Well, there’s a particular portion of our brain…
Why Mindset is Important
The single most important factor influencing a person’s success, whether personal or professional, is their mindset. What you think about consistently and how you think about something (your perspective), has a direct impact on your behavior and therefore reality, and not the other way around, as a lot of people seem to think. According to…
Connect Your Passion through a Vision
When excitement aligns with passion, employees are more resilient when obstacles get in their way. As the work week and life are packed FULL of obstacles and challenges, connecting to passion is key. Research shows that when people are passionate about the company, their team vision, and what they personally do to create impact –…