The Risks of Working for a People-Pleaser
Working for someone who is a people-pleaser may seem fairly innocuous or even desirable, but such leaders pose daunting challenges for their organizations. If you
Working for someone who is a people-pleaser may seem fairly innocuous or even desirable, but such leaders pose daunting challenges for their organizations. If you
Managers sincerely want their people to achieve excellence at work. Leadership and management alike know they can’t achieve expected business results without the full engagement
In my previous posts, I introduced a new paradigm for self-managing organizations. With 21st century workplaces, we no long accept total control from leaders who
To think that people can manage themselves is a revolutionary concept for leaders of organizations. And yet there are some businesses doing it quite successfully.
Productive self managing teams rarely happen spontaneously. Companies need ground rules to make them work well. I’ve been curious about a relatively new method some
Some experts claim that in the future, work in organizations will be done by self managing teams. In my previous post, I mentioned that some
What would it be like to work in self managing organizations? Some forward-looking companies are now using self managing principles to organize work with stellar
If you do nothing else as a manager, learn to appreciate your people. It’s simple and effective. If you want to excel at managing performance,
Whether you’re giving difficult feedback to an employee, approaching your supervisor with a problem, or having an uncomfortable conversation with a peer — handling difficult
Imagine a workplace where people are scared to voice their opinions, where the fear of failure is so intense it paralyzes action. Such a work
The term “glass ceiling” evokes an image of an invisible, yet unbreakable, barrier that prevents women from advancing to higher levels of leadership, especially in
The world of quantum physics with its electrons, quarks, and uncertainty principles may seem far removed from the art of leadership. However, the quantum world