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Monthly Archives: March 2012
What Works When Planning
As human resources evolved over time, more emphasis was placed on human resource planning. A big part of the transformation arose from a different perception of the role of labor (move from a manufacturing mentality to knowledge-based), acceptance of business … Continue reading
How is Your Playground?
Our last post dealt with the degree to which your workplace is filled with children or adults. Several readers commented after the post on how their workplace was similar to a playground. Although the comments were more related to the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged challenging workplace, children, safe workplace, workplace
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Adults or Children in the Workplace
A number of books have been written about how what we learn at early age follows us through our lives. Nature of our interaction with others, views of work, attitudes to authority, and level of ambition all form at an … Continue reading
Posted in Organizations, Performance
Tagged adult, childish behavior, emotional maturity
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When in Doubt
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. – … Continue reading
Delegation by Process
The modern workplace moves a little bit faster every year as we create faster and better ways of doing things. A key part of being successful in this ever expanding environment is by delegating. Although delegating has a rather bad … Continue reading
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Tagged delegaton, workforce, workload
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Leading without Empowerment
After the last few posts, a reader asked about how young leaders can deal with managers that don’t give them the authority necessary to do their job. We have all seen the supervisor that micromanages a new manager. The justification … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged empowerment, growth, new leaders, success
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Young Leaders and Failure
We all can think of examples of young leaders that fail. In some cases, we might have even been the leader that failed. The failure is not necessarily wholesale, but still reduces productivity and results. How often do new leaders … Continue reading
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Tagged failure, leadership, mentoring, young leaders
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I’m New and You Should Trust Me
When new leaders take over, there is a period of exploration that occurs between the leader and his or her staff. Both form impressions of each other that impacts the nature and results of the new relationship. This process typically … Continue reading
Countering External Barriers
In our previous post, we discussed some of the major challenges to young leaders that were external in nature. The primary barriers pertain to three core areas: knowledge, support, and interaction. A young leader needs to have knowledge of one’s … Continue reading