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It’s 9:10am as you look at the person across the table and your eyes begin to “roll” after the person running the meeting says, “Okay, let’s get started. This shouldn’t take long.” In your mind you are thinking, “Big fat chance of that!” And this is because over the last two years your supervisor has […]

  “Stop,” “Keep your hands off,” “Leave me alone.” No, we are not in a sexual harassment seminar. These are phrases employees are internally screaming, but never say out loud. They would like to say these phrases to their boss when he or she is telling them how “they think the work should be done.” […]

You want, no you “need” to impress your boss and the people around you. At least that’s how you feel. You need to make a mark, stake out your territory, and show people you are a force to reckon with. But, how can you do this?   In today’s workforce it’s not as difficult as […]

There are a lot of things you need to do for your people if you want to be a leader as well as a supervisor. Just because you have that spiffy title doesn’t make you a leader. No, the “Leader” mantle is something you have to earn. And as long as you do the right […]

Great leaders know… If you don’t know your people you can’t lead them – at least not very well. How could you? Well, your answer could be that you are the boss and you can make them do anything that fits into their job description – right? Yes. However, that is not being a leader; […]

About 3 years ago I did a survey where I asked people “What is you favorite leadership line you have heard?” I asked this of CEO’s, managers, supervisors, and friends. I wasn’t focused on any particular segment of the economy just those who had the opportunity to supervise people. I received 35 different replies. One […]

I read a statistic recently that said, 17% of employees feel they are being recognized or praised enough. Yet 54% of supervisors in the same group say they praise people all the time.   I don’t care whether this is correct or not, it’s all still wrong in my book. We do not recognize or praise […]

How many times have you heard, “You take care of your people and your people will take care of you?” 100 times? 1,000 times? More? There is a reason for that… It’s because it’s true – and unfortunately for all involved, we don’t do it well sometimes.   Back in 1981 (yes, people this old can […]