Some businesses and organizations are just now realizing the impact of neglecting professional development for their managers. In today’s podcast, I share four reasons I hear leaders say that they are focusing on first-time managers. I share each of these
You feel like your first-time manager isn’t making it. You aren’t sure why they aren’t more successful leading their team. In today’s podcast are FIVE signs your first-time manager may be failing and what to do. We cover everything from
The unfortunate reality that keeps you from reaching the managers on your team who need the most help. In my first role as a manager, I couldn’t listen to my manager. I didn’t know it then but I later realized
Now that you have hired or promoted a first-time manager, these are the 10 things I do to help you set them up for success. A study by Gartner showed that 60% of new managers fail within the first 24
The Two Ds for Emerging Leaders of High-Performing Teams Emerging Leaders know that they need to assign work, but many times don’t have a framework for doing so. Emerging Leaders are both frustrated and surprised that managing their team isn’t
Ways for managers to avoid micromanaging. Most managers who micromanage their team are unknowingly doing so. Most micromanagers would say that they aren’t micromanagers. You may be micromanaging and not realize it. So, what’s so bad about micromanaging anyway? If
What You Can’t Delegate and Why You Can’t. Leaders who attend my Delegation Master workshops learn about delegation so that they can make room for higher-level thinking. But, sometimes these same leaders have gotten overeager and go beyond what they
What Delegation Masters Accept in their Delegation Strategy and Others Resist To have a high-performing team, the leader of that team uses delegation as a strategy in their leadership toolbelt. The fact that you have a team by definition is
3 Delegation Strategies for Technology Teams Delegation isn’t an exciting leadership skill. Sure, delegation is necessary, but we’ve got too much to do to spend time thinking about a delegation strategy. Well, that’s exactly the reason why we have too
Fixing One Critical Delegation Step Ignored Most by Technology Leaders A repeated behavior by technology leaders when delegating work is because they see so many other leaders with this same behavior, feel they don’t have time for this step and