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How to Build a Better Network of Peer Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s natural to focus on building a great relationship with your manager. And of course, as a human-centered leader, you focus on connecting with and developing your team. He was my technical expert— he knew everything about the network and call center operations.

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Putting your Employees First in the Hybrid World

Decker Communication

I’ve been lucky enough to manage people for most of my career. Every role over the next few decades involved people management. While I loved all my roles, one in particular really helped me grow as a leader — managing a call center in financial services. The energy in a call center is incredible.

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Putting your Employees First in the Hybrid World

Decker Communication

I’ve been lucky enough to manage people for most of my career. Every role over the next few decades involved people management. While I loved all my roles, one in particular really helped me grow as a leader — managing a call center in financial services. The energy in a call center is incredible.

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3 Valuable Insights Leaders Can Learn From Neuroscience

Tanveer Naseer

These are, of course, widely appreciated management methods for raising performance. Perhaps it’s because they feel counter-intuitive to many managers. Because micromanagement, the opposite of autonomy and the default behavior for many managers, puts people in a threatened state. But they’re rarely put into practice.

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Why Great Leadership Can Always Use More Cowbell

Terry Starbucker

Those “extras” always stand out – in fact, they typically provide an extra dose of positive energy that makes a huge difference for anyone who comes under their spell. We came up with a cover letter to go with the shirt, personally signed by me, and then, at our weekly management conference calls, I started to hand them out.

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The Big Picture of Business – Avoid the Tired, Trite Terms: Encourage Original Thought, Focus on Priorities and Strategy

Strategy Driven

Used out of context, words become excuses, gibberish, rationales and basically wastes of energy. ‘Customer care’ means that customer service is palmed off on some call center. The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success. Words count.

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Five Steps to Resource Optimization: Any process can be improved.

Strategy Driven

Every performance management paradigm, every mission statement, could point to a different definition of success – and therefore to a different way to “optimally” allocate resources. Best practices for resource optimization are tied to performance management by answering questions such as: “Were recommended decisions put into action?”