“Great managers know the importance of recognizing individual employee strengths, praising them when they do a good job, and allowing them to enhance these strengths by giving them projects that require them to use them.”
Category Archives: human capital
E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: The 4 Struggles of an inexperienced Manager
Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week. This week I’ve been discussing employee to manager transitions with clients and the problems they have encountered with the newly appointed yet inexperienced manager. You may have witnessed an employee that has been promoted to a managerial position lose their shine as they demonstrate that theyContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: The 4 Struggles of an inexperienced Manager”
Lean Wednesday Tip: Molding Employees to be Future Managers
“Effective leaders encourage employees to solve problems on their own coupled with cross-functional department collaboration. They also provide mentorship and/or coaching programs that enhance and educate employees on how to improve their leadership styles.”
E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Managing Employees when mistakes are made
Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week. Today, I want to end this week with the topic of employee management specifically when they make mistakes. In my career, I have seen “Screaming Managers”, those that yell like banshees at their employees when something goes wrong or a mistake is made. Its worse whenContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Managing Employees when mistakes are made”
4 Step Process for Motivating Employees
Motivating employees effectively takes thorough understanding of what truly motivates them and yourself as the leader of the company. Effective leaders communicate performance expectations and goals clearly. It is more than just a reward for getting a big client or exceeding/meeting a goal. It is about clear expectations, communication, regular feedback and performance measures. TheContinue reading “4 Step Process for Motivating Employees”
E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Retaining Millennial Talent
Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week! Recently, I’ve been reading numerous articles and speaking with clients on the millennial job hopping issues many companies are having. “How can I keep a talented millennial employee from moving on?”, a particular client asked me. I responded immediately with this answer: “Ask them want theyContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Retaining Millennial Talent”
Lean Wednesday Tip: Client Relations
“Never let a client treat your employees badly and if such incident does occur fire the client immediately. It is of most importance that the clients you work with have cultures that naturally sync with yours. A sale is never worth the mistreatment of your employees.”
Culture Engagement Starts with Top Management
Creating a Word or PowerPoint Culture reference material and distributing to employees on on-boarding day and briefly talking about it in your Monday morning meeting because you feel your employees are not “getting it” is not going to drive any significant results. Human Resources is not the captain when it comes to engaging employees inContinue reading “Culture Engagement Starts with Top Management”
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