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Good Enough
Not meeting expectations on the job
I Beg Your Pardon
Unprofessional hygiene practices
I Deserve It
Not performing up to expectations
Promises, Promises
Over-promising and under delivering.
The Assistant
Insubordination and unprofessional behavior
Article: Persevering When Times are Tough
It isn’t easy to experience loss, whether our loss is business-related, financial, or personal in nature. Most of us learned quite recently, for example, that the stock market giveth, and the stock market most definitely taketh away. Our response to a loss such as this can make or break us.
Article: Productive Workload Management
It seems donkeys, though beasts of burden, have limits. Load one to excess, and it will be hard pressed to do your bidding. People who work for us are no different. Some can juggle hats, plates, balls, and flaming torches simultaneously. Even the most talented will drop it all if we add too much to the mix.
Article: Promote Wisely
We often do this dumb thing in corporations. We want to recognize employees who do brilliant technical work, so we reward them with our plum management jobs. Sure, sometimes these people are brilliant managers, too. Far too often they end up cutting a destructive Tasmanian Devil-like swath through the organization as they spin their way up the corporate ladder.
Article: The Beauty of Reframing
This article looks at examples of reframing – of looking at an issue from a broader perspective that can help us move through life without feeling blindsided every time the unexpected happens. When we re-frame a difficult occurrence, we open our minds to positive outcomes and possibilities.
Preventing Burnout During Times of Change
A great list of burnout symptoms and burnout prevention techniques.
Work Tasks Priority List
A simple tool to help employees and even new managers/supervisors log their tasks in order to understand and work on time management.
Equal Employment
Understanding the concept of "Equal Employment"; introduces the obligation to treat everyone fairly.
Top 20 ProgramEveryday Leadership™ (The Complete Series)
If we're really honest with ourselves, we understand that leading and managing (even supervising) is not an easy task. There are all sorts of "gotchas" that wait for you in the workplace daily. Everyday Leadership™ was developed to help you, the leader/manager/supervisor, in your daily effort to foster better employee connections, communication and community within your organization - all the while working together toward one shared goal or vision.
Managing Essentials™ Resists Change
A change has been made in your area and, unfortunately, an employee is not accepting the change. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.
Public Display (Union Flyers)
This vignette covers union flyers in break rooms. There is set-up vignette (showing the actual conversation) and then a resolution vignette (showing how the manager works through the issue).
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Actions for Staying Out of Court
Reviews the actions for legal hiring practices.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Three Action Steps to Keep the Workplace Safe and Stay Out of Court
Review of actions managers can take to prevent workplace violence and reduce liability.
I Wish My Manager Would Just...™ Discussion Book (10 pack)
Companion discussion guide/book for the I Wish My Manager Would Just...™ video program. Get more out of this video program with the discussion guide that helps drive the facilitated session with thought-provoking questions and information. Soft-cover book. 10-pack.
Setting Boundaries
Quickly customizable activity to use with any SMART-START™ or discussion generator video. Handling a performance issue with an employee who believes you are friends.
The High Performer
Coaching high-performers who have trouble getting along with their co-workers