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How to Be a Better Manager in 3 Easy Steps

Being a great manager is all about making a positive impact on your team and your organization. But how do you do that? Well, my friends, I've got some secret tips to share with you that will take your management game

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How to Keep Your Tone in Check When Giving Feedback

As a manager, it's important to provide feedback in a way that is constructive and helpful, not harmful or demeaning. This can be easier said than done when you are under pressure or feeling frustrated. That's why it's important t...

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Thinking Twice Before You Generalize

Generalizations are a tricky thing. They can be helpful in a lot of situations, but when it comes to feedback, they can be a slippery slope. As a manager or leader, you don't want to be too vague with your feedback and generalizat...

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How to Give Feedback with “I” Statements

For many leaders, giving feedback can be difficult. We want our team members to understand our expectations and the importance of meeting them but sometimes it can come out wrong. We often use “you” statements, which can make peop...

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Critiquing Behavior, Not People: A Guide for Managers

Let’s face it, no one likes constructive feedback. It can be difficult to give and just as hard to receive. But when you’re a manager, offering criticism is part of the job. The key to providing effective criticism is to ensure th...

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Giving the Right Kind of Feedback: Tips for Leaders

As a leader, you want to be able to provide helpful feedback that is clear and specific so that your team can understand and act on it. Whether it's providing constructive criticism or praising good work, feedback is an essential ...

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome as a Manager

Have you ever heard of imposter syndrome? It’s something that many managers know all too well. It’s the feeling that you are constantly on the brink of being exposed as a fraud and not living up to your role or title. But it doesn...

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Managers: Want to build trust? Active listening is the key!

As a manager, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest strategies for leading your team. One such strategy is active listening. Active listening is a powerful tool that can help you build relationships with your team member...

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5 Tips for New Managers to Ensure Clear Communication

Clear communication is essential for ensuring that team members understand their roles, responsibilities, and expectations. To establish clear expectations and guidelines, it is important to:

  • Clearly define the goals and object
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A new manager can improve the effectiveness of their team by using these strategies

A new manager can improve the effectiveness of their team by using the following strategies for managing difficult staff:

  1. Clear communication: Establish clear expectations and guidelines for team members and ensure that every

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How Leaders Can Help to Prevent Conflicts from Escalating: Strategies for Managing Difficult Staff | The Power of Laughter

Managing a team can be a challenging task, especially when dealing with difficult staff members. However, one often overlooked tool that can help lighten the mood and get everyone back on track is the power of a good joke.

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How Leaders Can Help to Prevent Conflicts from Escalating: Strategies for Managing Conflicts Effectively

Conflict is an inevitable part of any work environment, but how leaders handle conflicts can make all the difference. Confident leaders know that preventing conflicts from escalating is crucial for maintaining

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The Importance of Listening: How Managers Can Improve Staff Morale and Productivity | Manager Tools

As managers, it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks of running a business and lose sight of the most important aspect of leadership: listening to our staff. When managers fail to listen to the conce

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Why Confident Leaders Actively Listen: The Importance of Hearing and Understanding | Manager Tools

Why Confident Leaders Actively Listen: The Importance of Hearing and Understanding Others

Leadership is not just about giving orders and directing others, it's also about listening and understanding the perspectives of those arou...

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How to Manage the Unmanageable

Working with difficult employees can be a challenge for even the most experienced manager. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and frustrated when dealing with a difficult employee, but there are some strategies that managers can use to...

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How to Deal with Difficult Managers and Coworkers

Do you have a difficult manager or coworker that you just don't know how to deal with? In this video, I'm going to show you some tips and tricks on how to handle them without causing any conflict.

In this post I'm going to teach ...

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Leaders… you need to chill out and have a laugh.

When we are in leadership positions, sometimes we believe that the weight of the world is on our shoulders.  That we need to be seriously focused on our work. This can be true. But…

 

If we want to perform our best, if we want o...

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How to be a successful leader.

Many people are reaching out to me asking point-blank… “how can I be a successful leader?”

 

I’ve said it many times before, leading is easy… if you know the basics. From there it’s just bettering yourself day after day.

 

But...

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What is your brand? What do you represent?

I was recently featured on Forbes and Personal Branding Blog which got me thinking… what is YOUR brand?

 

This means, what do you stand for? When your staff or team are out having drinks… what do they say about you? Are you ok w...

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Can you “over-apply” for internal promotions?

I recently had a Member of my Leadership Academy ask me if he should apply to a job posting.  The concern he had was that a few months prior, he already applied to this internal posting.

 

Would it look silly of him to reapply? ...

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3 ways to manage stress at work

Are you pulling your hair out because of stress? We can have stress in our personal and professional lives. Stress can affect people in different ways.  Below are 3 ways to manage your work stress. For more ways to manage go liste...

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Being laid off is NOT your fault BUT… what happens next IS!

We’ve all heard about how some big companies are doing some big layoffs.  Not only have they done some big layoffs, but they’ve done it in the most heartless way.

So, let’s get something out of the way. Getting laid off absolutel...

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Do you have a leadership mindset?

People are promoted every day. This doesn’t mean they are going to be great leaders.  There are a few things you need to be thinking of and a way to be thinking of them. In this post I share 5 leadership mindsets you should have o...

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Can managers and employees be friends?

Whenever someone is first moved into a management position I always get the same question. Can I be friends with my staff?

 

In short, yes... but no.

 

If you are new to the company I would say that you always want to be frien...

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