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team development, how to enhance development of the people that work around you, and how to enhance their acumen.
In my new self directed role, I am happy that I have no team members.
Looking back on my management career, the biggest people mistakes I made weren’t in hiring people too quickly, but in firing too slowly.
Let me be clear, a bosses job isn’t to go around and look for people to fire. But to assess when a person becomes a bad fit with their work, team, and company.… Read more
After writing about Google’s proof of the value of middle managers, a Wharton Professor, Ethan Mollick, has calculated the actual value add of great middle managers to businesses.
His study of computer-game makers shows something different — that individual middle managers matter a lot. And of all the individuals, the choice of who is the middle manager on vital projects goes the furthest in explaining why some firms do better than others.… Read more
The last couple of weeks I’ve written about hiring inside organisations, and having hired the internal candidate how can we make the internal hire a success?
We’ve all had a great employee, who does good work, and has told you that they are ready for more responsibility. Three months after promoting them to manager you regret the decision.
Thinking back, the hardest period in my working life was the first three months after moving to a new company to manage a team. … Read more
My old work colleagues are occasionally complaining about the culture in their new place of work. I listen, empathise and then disagree with them.
Culture is what you make of it, good or bad… do something don’t complain. While I agree that an internal culture is based on a foundation laid out by employers, it is up to employees to make it thrive.… Read more