Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change By: William Bridges I liked this book for the most part. The main concept that the book preached is super simple: Ending -> Neutral Zone -> Beginning The book dragged on a bit when Bridges talked through lists of tips, questions, and steps to achieve successContinue reading “Book Review: Managing Transitions”
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Fixing Micromanagers: How to manage your manager without telling them to F*** Off
I can’t take the “On this bullet you need to change this word to this one instead.” micromanaging conversations. Seriously, who can learn to do something better next time if all the feedback you get is at the “capitalization of a letter” level? Don’t you want to just tell micromanagers to just go do it themselvesContinue reading “Fixing Micromanagers: How to manage your manager without telling them to F*** Off”
Burning the Midnight Oil: 3 Types of People that Stay Late (and the Only Ones that Should)
It’s a trick question. There is no one that should stay past 5 o’clock in my opinion. Not small business owners, not “omg it broke and I’ll get fired if I don’t fix it” and not you. If you can’t seem to leave on time, it means you have a problem and the solution isContinue reading “Burning the Midnight Oil: 3 Types of People that Stay Late (and the Only Ones that Should)”
Need Ideas for Soft Skills Training? Ice Breaker Games for Teams
I wish I knew who introduced the idea that team building activities would solve team problems. It just isn’t an easy or fast way to build relationships with your coworkers or mend past tussles. What these activities are good for is for new teams that don’t know anything about each other. You don’t need toContinue reading “Need Ideas for Soft Skills Training? Ice Breaker Games for Teams”
Reflection: 3 Reasons to Look Back and Learn From Your Mistakes
It’s review season! That means it’s time to list all of your accomplishments and make yourself look good to your boss so you can get a raise. Then, so you can prepare for the same glowing review next year, you have to review all the times you screwed up so you don’t repeat your mistakes.Continue reading “Reflection: 3 Reasons to Look Back and Learn From Your Mistakes”
3 Types of Stellar Employees: The Cheater, the Suck-up, and the Juggler
Okay, so you’re not a manager of any kind. There are some employees that stand out. You notice them. You know who they are and for a good reason. I think there are three types of employees that take the word “worker” to a different level. The Cheater Knowing how to cut corners is notContinue reading “3 Types of Stellar Employees: The Cheater, the Suck-up, and the Juggler”
3 Tactics to Make Your Client Happy and Keep Them From Getting Upset
One of the age old difficulties of working with other teams outside your own is that they have no prior context of your abilities. There is no trust built and even though you are working together, you aren’t on the same team yet. How can you bridge that gap and help them feel confident thatContinue reading “3 Tactics to Make Your Client Happy and Keep Them From Getting Upset”
K M Hasling 