Everybody wants engagement. It is, after all, the magical fix for whatever ails your company. Low profits? Engagement will boost them. Disgruntled workers? Engagement will gruntle them. It is entirely possible that engagement will cure cancer and introduce an era of political goodwill. There are many different » Read More
Tag: Management
Fishing for Flounder
Business books are riddled with language that implies control. We’re told to “get” people to do a good job, or, in a gentler vein, “motivate” them to do so. But the fact is that finding out what works and what doesn’t as a boss, is more like fishing than it is like following a » Read More
You can’t hurry love
Just like the Supremes sang, “You can’t hurry love.” Lasting love takes time and work. Relationships with your team members are similar. There are no shortcuts. It’s going to take time. So, use the time to do things that develop strong relationships. Connect. You can’t develop a relationship » Read More
100 percent of managers fail
100 percent of managers fail That’s not a scare headline, it’s a fact of life. It’s not the finding of some new study either. It’s been true as long as there have been managers. Managers fail because they’re people and people fail. No exceptions. Here’s what you can do to live with » Read More
Great Bosses
Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina with this oft-quoted line. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I’ve studied top performing bosses for over thirty years, and I know that one variant on that Tolstoy quote is: “Great bosses are all alike; every awful boss is » Read More