Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 6, 2020

To bridge the time gap, he took an interim CEO role to help turnaround a small company. “We’ll figure things out with this company,” he explained. How You Manage Your Time. How You Manage Your Finances. Then COVID-19 hit and disrupted everything. You might have expected Ryan to be despondent on our call.

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

It is much easier for “management” to review your analysis and recommendations than to do all the work from scratch. When management says, “make it happen” – be ready to go, both for your ideas and others. I recently listened to a company president tell his success story.

Influence 120

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

Investors who bought when the company’s stock was high likely have different needs (and expectations) than those who bought when the stock was low. Peter Drucker is frequently credited with the quote, “What gets measured gets managed.” And don’t forget, needs change over time. How Will We Measure the Outcomes?

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Someone’s feelings got hurt, another manager is difficult to work with, company politics create unseen landmines, some colleagues disagrees with you and a couple may be out to get you. At a recent training event, we decided to let new managers work together to come up with solutions to problems they were facing.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 4, 2016

He felt he deserved a promotion while management felt he needed more time to prove himself in his current role. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it with the company much longer. I participated in a talent review once where the consensus on one leader was that he had an entitlement complex. It was his attitude that held back.

Leadership 120

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

Manage by Walking Around. Upon his return, he renewed his already heartfelt message on the importance of safety to the rest of the company. Tom Peters coined this concept in his book In Search of Excellence. It’s not enough to have an open door policy. As a leader, you need to regularly take the pulse of the folks around you.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Another way is to give employees access to career counselors who are outside the chain of command so to speak (usually someone in the company who is at least one career level higher). Then for senior-level management, developmental support usually comes from senior-level folks in the HR function.

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