January 2015 - Proffitt Management Solutions, Inc.

In Search of Authentic Leaders

From what I see in most companies, employees at all organizational levels seek meaning and fulfillment at work. And most are willing to work hard

January 29, 2015 No Comments

Effective Management Conversations:
High Structure and High Substance

I’ve been writing about how managers can avoid under managing by more effective management conversations: highly structured, high substance conversations. How can we describe how

January 26, 2015 No Comments

The Busy Manager:
5 Energy and Time Drains

If the majority of busy managers aren’t sufficiently engaged in effective conversations about basic management tenets, what are they doing? None of the managers I

January 22, 2015 3 Comments

5 Conversations that Prevent
Under Managing

As a manager, how do you prevent under managing, and still empower your people? I’ve been posting about what’s called the “Under Management Epidemic,” here

January 19, 2015 No Comments

The Costs and Causes of Under Management

I hear that many people would rather quit their jobs than work for an inadequate manager. Research from numerous sources such as the Gallup Organization

January 15, 2015 No Comments

Are You a Truly Engaged Manager?

Executives focus—with good reasons—on the lack of employee engagement that is pervasive in organizations. A 2013 Gallup poll found that only 13% of employees worldwide

January 12, 2015 No Comments

Management and Leadership:
Getting the Right Mix

Leadership expert Professor Warren Bennis once said, “Leaders are people who do the right thing, managers are people who do things right.” Stanford University Management

January 10, 2015 No Comments

The Care and Feeding of Managers

Managers are the single greatest factor in retaining employees (Gallup Organization, State of the American Workplace, 2012). Nurturing good managers is therefore crucial to building

January 5, 2015 No Comments