Managing Employees

Are you having fun as a manager or is it a lot of work? Is your team enjoying themselves? How often do you hear laughter flowing through the workspace?
We get so busy doing the work that we forget how important it is to enjoy the people we work with. Everyone is there to do a […]

Final Step

What do you do after you have coached and counseled an employee and they still do not meet performance expectations or correct the behavioral issue(s)? It can be a challenge to decide if an employee is going to succeed in their role.
You can’t change a person’s effort or behavior…only they can. What you can […]

Managing the Performance
The previous blog entry (Part 1) evolved around questions to ask when facing a performance problem with an employee. The questions are there so you can better understand the context for the performance issue.
Communication between you and your team is critical to your success and your employee’s success. Most employees are eager to […]

A major daily function for you as a manager is to handle employee performance. This is a challenging aspect of your role, especially since you have business deliverables demanding your attention.
I’ve broken down how to handle poor performance with your employees into three sections and each one will be handled in separate blog entries:
-Part 1: […]

Micro-management is a term that has surfaced in the business world to indicate when a manager watches everything an employee does and tries to control their performance. The basic reaction to this style of management is it stifles the growth of employees as well as the business.
An employee knows immediately when they are being micro-managed. […]