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Managing Across Generations: Leadership Coaching Success Story

Mike Cardus

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. “I The Mentoring Program. The mentoring program was intended to create connection between generational staff. I also conducted workshops on effective mentoring and perceptual awareness of one’s communication and behaviors.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Review of material, taking notes, seeking supplementary materials and questing to learn additionally must occur.

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What to Do When an Online Community Starts to Fail

Harvard Business Review

As the HBS case study on Yelp details, the company’s early success was based in part on the creation of the “Elite Squad,” a user group in the “low thousands” whose active participation was rewarded by invitation to parties in their cities. Emphasis mine.). Think hashtags and @-replies on Twitter.) Information & technology Internet'

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Make Sure Your Team’s Workload Is Divided Fairly

Harvard Business Review

Delegating work to your team may sound like a straightforward task of management, but, in fact, it’s complicated. ” Morgenstern suggests setting aside one or two hours at the end of each week for “delegation strategy and review.” How do you make sure that work on your team is evenly distributed?

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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

They tend to be impatient with or hypercritical of others and they're not good at delegating. "On Accept that they may not be good managers as they are likely to demand too much of their people (see "hypercritical" and "bad at delegating" above). Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Case Study #2: Redirect the focus.

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How to Get Feedback When You're the Boss

Harvard Business Review

Ask for feedback on a regular basis, not just at review time. When someone tells you, "You run our team meetings really well," or "You don't delegate enough," follow up by asking for an example. It could be someone on your team, a peer, a mentor, or a coach. Don't: Wait for review time to ask for input. Start anonymously.

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

“When someone doesn’t have the confidence to be proactive or to take on what you’re asking them to take on, you can’t just delegate and move on,” she says. ” You might also consider asking your insecure employee to be a “mentor or coach” to another team member. Don’t. Be a martyr.