Tag: management

Win the Boss Over–5 Points

I recently had coffee with a friend, reminiscing about his previous company and one of the co-CEO’s there who has since moved on.    “Smart guy,” my friend said, “although we never got along very well.”    “Why?”    “You were either with him or against him, not a lot of grey. I wasn’t part of his inner…
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Lunatics At Work; 8 telltale signs

We have all had work exposure to the unhinged. and often steer clear of the more visible lunatics. But none of us can do it every time, and some of the deranged don’t appear to be so at first, which makes it a challenge. Here is my short list of eight signs you’re working with…
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FYI to Boss? Boss says ANW

Many people I coach have challenges communicating effectively with their boss. They often think the boss automatically understands them, and that what worked previously will work again with a new company or boss. I had coffee with one such person last week. He explained that he greatly respects his boss–thinks he’s smart, experienced, knowledgeable, someone…
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Why Good Talent Will Stay Put–3 easy pieces

I recently read an article from HR Magazine entitled “What is driving your staff to leave?” The main reason, according to the writers: Under-compensation.. Yesterday I had coffee with a friend in banking trying to finalise a senior hire in China. The candidate told him he wanted to move to Singapore, but the job had…
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Good Boss, Bad Boss Part II

My blog last week ended when I left the Good [but tough] Boss to take a similar sales job across the street with a major competitor. My new boss was a friend; he and I worked together at the previous company, in different departments. He felt he should have gotten the top job instead of…
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6 points on how to not hire your reflection

How well do we know what talent “looks” like when looking to hire? I recently wrote how ‘like attracts like’ (link). Companies say one thing–”We need more diversity”–but often do another when hiring. Organisations are composed of people; we’re all full of contradictions, and the unpredictability of who gets hired isn’t always surprising. Yet surrounding…
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Watch Your Back

I recently caught up over lunch with a friend. She’d recently been promoted, and had to compete for the role with one other person-I’ll call him Ace-who had a more top-down (Oh hell, I’ll say it, micro-managing style) and rigid management style, more filial piety than collaborative, you know the type. Ace was, however, very…
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Management sailing–smooth or choppy?

I spoke to a woman I know who was being offered a new job with a new company; the money was good, not a huge jump, but an industry she wanted to be in, and willing to take it for a not-so-big increase, a perfectly legit reason. Well regarded at her current company, she announced…
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Pope Benedict’s management lesson..

I don’t follow the papacy very much, but as Benedict’s sudden resignation has been front page news everywhere, I just finished reading a front page in today’s (14 Feb) IHT/NYT, headlining that he had no choice but to step down, calling him a ‘weak manager.’ That piqued my curiosity. Not a weak leader, but a…
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