HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, effective people management skills are crucial for leaders and managers. People management encompasses a range of responsibilities, from recruiting and onboarding to training and development, performance management, employee engagement, and more.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 13, 2023

Tips for Managing High Performers High-performing talent can make or break the success of a project, so it’s essential to provide support and supervision to keep them happy in their roles. Offer autonomy: Giving employees the freedom to determine their own schedule enables you to avoid micromanagement and motivate high performers.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

But what does it take to keep people motivated? Especially these days, when most people are working long hours and have so much to do, there are steps you can take to help ensure your team is happy (and, since the two go hand in hand, motivated). The post 7 Ways To Keep Your Team Happy And Motivated appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared The 3 Most Important Traits Teams Want in a New Manager. Communication.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

While it’s important to have a supportive and motivating environment, going overboard in certain areas can have negative consequences for both the leader and the team. When leaders are micromanaging: Micromanaging is a way leaders can go overboard, stifling creativity and initiative among their team members.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 6, 2017

What was going on at work that created a feeling of DE-motivation? At the end of the week, Stacy’s list of demotivators at work looked like this: Micromanagement. But now that she was confident in her work, the micromanaging seemed interfering. As for the layer of management that made progress slow? Slow Progress.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

I thought his answer was simple but brilliant, and gets to the heart of one of the biggest and oldest mistakes middle or senior managers make when they get promoted. The reason they were such great Coordinators is because they were good at motivating and developing their players. micromanaged their old responsibilities.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

To build a successful career, you definitely need to develop expertise in your field. But when you allow yourself to think you have to know everything and do everything, you’re setting yourself up to fail–plus you come across as a micromanager who doesn’t trust your team. We all make mistakes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

Even Moses had a reputation as a micromanager who couldn’t give up control or delegate; his father-in-law Jethro telling him “This thing you are doing is not good – you will surely wear away you and those who are with you”. Rather, they possessed a unique motivational profile - a very pronounced need for power or influence.

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Brigette Hyacinth

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The worst place an employee can be, is stuck in an organization with a micro-manager who doesn’t care about their development and there are no opportunities for growth and advancement. In my early career, I worked for a bad boss who put profit before people and sought to gain every ounce of productivity out of employees.

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Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2018

There are, however, some mistakes that are so damaging they amount to career sabotage. You come across not only as a micromanager but also as someone who doesn’t trust your team or colleagues. I am sure you can see how this would derail a successful career. If you don’t have a life, you don’t have a career.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 12, 2024

Trust Boosts Productivity: When trust is present, leaders don’t need to micromanage their team members. Trust Increases Job Satisfaction: In a trusting environment, employees are more satisfied with their work, leading to higher engagement, motivation, and retention rates.

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Brigette Hyacinth

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Instead of pulling others up, many managers choose to push people down. Micromanaging, blaming and holding people back, will only lead to a culture of distrust with high turnover, low morale and reduced creativity. The corporate world is littered with managers but lack leaders. Your most valuable asset is your people.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MAY 10, 2022

It’s an age-old question: How do you motivate people to do what’s right? Some folks think it doesn’t matter what management style you use as long as you achieve your goals. Folks use several strategies to motivate people. But what’s the best way to achieve that goal — control or empowerment? If you want obedience, get a dog.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Anyone with the motivation to lead can develop core leadership qualities. Micromanaging your staff wastes company resources and frustrates employees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 13, 2014

This question from Jennifer: “Can you give us some tips and tricks for 1X1 meetings with your boss, including how to prepare for the meeting and ways to discuss your career and goals?” I’ve written a post on the same topic for managers: How to Have an Effective 1 on 1. Not all managers are intuitive, sensitive, or can read your mind.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. As the study’s authors point out, if you were to ask a manager if they lead with fear, most will say no. suspicion, blame, imposter syndrome, micromanagement, unwillingness to receive feedback), it becomes clear that fear is unconsciously driving their behavior.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As a leadership coach and business consultant I have the privilege of seeing many organizations through a lens that most people don’t, because leaders are busy leading and managers are busy managing and people are busy doing their jobs so the big picture gets hard to see. Here are some of the top reasons: They don’t like their boss.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 7, 2019

You also anticipate having the autonomy to do your job without being micromanaged, as well as experience a sense of personal growth from becoming more competent and mastering your role. Tom values people by getting to know all his employees’ names, their interests outside of work and their hopes for their careers. You May Also Enjoy:

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We have come to believe that employees don’t leave organizations, they leave their managers. As you review the list of reasons for employee attrition below, think about which ones a supervisor could directly impact, and which are outside of that manager’s ability to effectively influence. Why Do Employees Leave Their Jobs?

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The best leaders empower and motivate their team with recognition and appreciation. The micromanaging leader. A micromanager feels they have to do everything themselves, or control they manner and timing of every team member’s work, to make sure it’s done their way. The leader who steals the credit.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Leading friends and former peers is one of the most difficult challenges faced by newly promoted managers. Julie Winkle-Giulioni of Julie Winkle-Giulioni provided Are You a Micromanager or a Macromanager? Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 4 Ways to Break Career Stagnation. Resilience.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Eileen McDargh , CEO and Chief Energy Officer of The Resiliency Group and a motivational speaker who calls herself a hope merchant and truth teller. Micromanage. ” The source of this saying is uncertain, but it motivates and inspires nonetheless. Watch their every move.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

How you think, your values, and what motivates you contribute to this kind of thinking. Essentially, senior leaders inspire, motivate and support others to work together toward a common goal and be the best version of themselves in their work or personal lives. Leadership takes work, dedication, and patience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Like smart investment managers, smart people managers figure out how to shift their investment of time and energy from some parts of their portfolio so they can invest more in other parts where there is more potential for improvement. Stop Micromanaging your Exemplars – You know who the Exemplars on your team are.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In so doing it will distinguish burnout from cyclical job or task-related regression, and will also provide strategies for employees and managers to consider for enhancing workplace health. Ebbs and flows in work-related motivation is both normal and predictable. What Is Workplace Burnout? Employee: “We’ll get it figured out!”

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It also means training managers and supervisors on the best practices for managing a high-performing workforce. . Don’t burden them with stress or micromanagement. Engage in regular meetings to evaluate their work, offer feedback, and discuss goals and careers. . Always have your trust in top performers.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

The worst thing a leader can do is to micromanage the talented people they have hired. Know how to keep everyone moving forward on task with motivation and inspiration while also being responsible and adaptable to change and new information. 15. Motivate others. Express what needs to be done with clarity and coherence.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2020

Happy employees will be far more motivated and eager to do a good job. Support your team but avoid micromanagement. Hold regular performance meetings and be transparent with employees about their career progression. Focus on employee satisfaction. Offer flexible work schedules to help staff maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In communication, it’s the tone that inspires and the spirit that motivates. It’s important to communicate not just what you want someone to do and (without micromanaging) how they should do it but also why you want it to be done and why the person you’re asking is the best person for the job.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Have you revisited your motivational and coaching behaviors? Are you a micromanager? How you can show them top-notch communication styles that they in turn can show their teams? Unported License.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2016

Drawing on extensive research, including a comprehensive, original workplace survey and in-depth interviews with Millennial managers, Millennials Who Manage , offers teaches Millennial readers how to overcome workplace perceptions and become great leaders. Question : Millennials have been labeled as “the entitled” generation.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

If you have plans of becoming a manager or taking on any leadership position, you can help yourself tremendously by being aware of the mistakes that hurt the reputations and relationships of new bosses. Don’t assume that everyone needs the same kind of communication or motivation. Not knowing how to motivate others.

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Leading Blog

MAY 25, 2016

Gates cautions that while micro-knowledge is necessary, micromanagement is not. ☙ Formal education can make someone a good manager, but it cannot make a leader, because leadership is more about the heart then the head. ☙ Core to leadership is the ability to relate to people—to empathize, understand, inspire, and motivate.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or that you’re faking it in your career and just waiting for someone to discover that you’re a sham? Beyond making you feel terrible, impostor syndrome can limit your career and personal growth. It can lead to burnout, emotional exhaustion, loss of intrinsic motivation, and poor achievement. And you’re not alone.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

They’re everywhere, it seems, and their micromanagement cuts off all the oxygen to productivity. Develop stress-management skills if you need them, and help others do the same. Encouraging others with positivity and empowerment is the best way to make people feel more appreciated, productive, and motivated.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success and as a nationally syndicated columnist on leadership, I share my views on the traits of effective leaders. Stephen Covey, the late motivational speaker, writer, and advisor, once wrote, “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate; we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. Don’t micromanage.

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