When managers and executives are involved in the lives of their employees and think of themselves more as coaches than dictators, employees grow and develop into better workers, and the entire organization benefits and moves forward.
As a leader or a manager, one of the most important roles you have is motivating your team. Motivated employees are more engaged, they are more driven, they are more innovative, and they actually want to show up and work hard.
So, what are some ways you can motivate your team? Today we are looking at three key areas you can utilize to start motivating your team today.
The annual performance review has been around for a long time and recently it has become a topic of debate. Is it good to have annual performance reviews? Is it bad? Is there a better way? We will discuss all of this and more in today’s video.
The world is full of career advice. Everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should learn, where you should work, and what you need to do for a successful career. Go to an Ivy League school, study STEM, learn data science, start a side hustle—the list of suggestions goes on and on.
What do you think of when you hear the word “manager”? In the traditional way of working, it was someone who was in charge of others and often acted like a slavedriver of sorts to make sure the job got done. But that’s not the case now, and it definitely won’t be the case in the future. As employees demand more flexibility and hierarchies disappear, the role of the manager is changing, and managers need to adopt new skills to keep up. ;…’
There is a great story about Gandhi that really exemplifies how managers and executives
should lead their employees by example. […]
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When a company has a rapid turnaround and quickly grows its employees and customers, how does HR respond and change? That was the question faced by T-Mobile after it grew its employee base by 33% and its customer base by 60% in just two years. […]
To educate and train or not to educate and train, this is NOT a new question but a tricky one for employers today. The historic perspective has been concerned with the cost of educating and training employees along with the tenure of those employees that companies have invested time and money in. Then what to do if they don’t invest time and money in employees and those employees then stay with the company. Everyone can agree you have to educate and train employees it is a necessity for a successful company. […]
Many organizations are experimenting with new physical space designs. Management structures need to be redesigned to go along with these new office spaces, but this often gets overlooked. Why is this necessary? When organizations are originally designed, they reflect how managers actually manage. Thinking about a traditional cubical environment, employees and managers are used to private working time, and not a lot of open collaboration during the work day. If this environment was redesigned to be an open space, then management and employees will struggle keeping the same work habits in the new space. […]