Monthly Archives: September 2012
Management Matters – You’re in this for the long run.
Try to remember back to when you were 19 years old. For many of us we just completed the first year of college and learned some things about “learning”. I say this because you learn virtually nothing of real value … Continue reading
Management Matters – Creating a Culture. Part 1
When you started your work as a leader in the role of manager or supervisor you likely headed out in the new world of responsibility with great enthusiasm and dreams of great accomplishments. You were chosen for this role by … Continue reading
Management Matters – What do I do now? Part 3
It’s pretty clear that you can change a workgroup – and that to do it successfully you have to do some things on purpose. In the last two entries I took you through some ideas to generate ideas to would … Continue reading
Management Matters – What do I do now? Part 2
In the last entry you figured out that engaging people is not all that hard. It takes a little initiative, trial and error maybe, but in the end it is about thinking about and figuring where people are and how … Continue reading
Management Matters – What do I do now? Part 1
The next journey in the Management Matters series will focus on the “things” managers can do to engage their teams. What you do or try will have a lot more to do with who you are and how your personal … Continue reading
Management Matters – You don’t know, what you don’t know.
I’m in the middle of a great book titled, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, who, by the way won the noble prize in economics in 2002. Although the stories and concepts Kahneman discusses in his book are amazing, there is one … Continue reading
Management Matters – Love them, listen to them and remember why you’re here.
In the last entry we came solidly to the conclusion that the first line supervisor is a major influence in the engagement of a work team. Recall my experience with a team that outperformed most of the world in engagement while … Continue reading
Management Matters – What does this tell you?
A couple of years ago while working as a consultant with a focus on employee engagement at hospitals, I was given an assignment to work with a team of executives, directors and managers in the far northern part of the … Continue reading
Accomplishment is a Mix of Time and Passion
We know now that accountability is the follow through on the promise to accomplish something, or reach an agreed upon milestone. High accountability is less like the oversight of a compliance officer and more like the guiding hand of a … Continue reading
Management Matters – The executives role in Accountability.
So, we can all agree that accountability, that is the follow-up to a promise of performance, is necessary to create great business outcomes. Although we seem to be good at creating great plans, providing resources and providing a splashy launch, … Continue reading
CheerupGearup - Creating a Brighter Future 