A Proactive Approach to Tough Feedback
One of the hardest things a manager has to do is sit down with an employee and discuss a serious behavior or performance issue, especially when if it’s going to … Read more
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How to Prevent Redundant Performance Improvement Conversations
Guest Post from Karin Hurt: Performance improvement conversations aren’t enjoyable — for you or for them. To make sure you don’t have to have the same uncomfortable conversation twice, take … Read more
The Truth Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Guest post from Deb Bright: Here it is the end of the year. You are feeling pretty good about how things are going in general but you have trepidations … Read more
Informal Coaching and Feedback
“Performance feedback and coaching shouldn’t just happen once a year during a formal performance review. In order to create real, measurable, and meaningful change, it is also important to supplement … Read more
Do you Know the Difference Between a Performance Issue and a Pet Peeve?
How would you like it if your manager told you that you were putting the toilet paper on the wrong way? Probably the same way your employees feel when you get … Read more
10 Employee Conversations That Managers Hate to Have
This post was just published in SmartBlog on Leadership and generated a lot of Twitter traffic: Being a manager means never having to say you’re sorry. No wait, that’s some … Read more
How to Discuss a Problem with Your Manager
When you’ve been a manager for a long time, or are used to working with lots of managers, you sometimes forget how hard it is for an employee to approach … Read more
Are You Managing or Just Nagging?
Four universal truths about management: 1. Managers are responsible for the performance of those that report to them. 2. One of the core responsibilities of a manager is to take action … Read more
The Cowardly Manager’s Guide to Dealing with Poor Performers
Dealing with a poor performer has to be one of the hardest responsibilities of a leader. Great leaders confront performance issues head on. They provide feedback, coaching, counseling, and if … Read more