Managing Employees

You are excited…just received a job offer as Manager of your own department.  There will be many challenges ahead as you begin to handle your new responsibilities.  One situation that will immediately challenge you is if you are replacing an existing manager in those responsibilities.  Though it’s the company’s decision to transfer the management responsibilities to […]

It doesn’t take long for a manager to bump into an employee with an “attitude.”  Evaluating an employee as having an “attitude” also depends on what bothers a manager, as the same behavior may be just fine with another manager. Yet, there are certain behaviors that the employee exhibits that affect the working environment.  So […]

Every manager in their career stumbles across a challenging employee….one who frustrates them and takes a lot of their energy to manage. “Challenging” employees come in different shades of grey. In addition, what one manager considers frustrating another may not.
Note: I’m addressing performance-based issues for managers. Serious issues such as violence, sexual harassment or drug […]