Modern Servant Leader

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Top Tips for Managing Up

Modern Servant Leader

If you’re not comfortable asking this, watch where they focus most of their time and energy. Instead of saying, “We need to do this… ” ask, “If we did this, would it achieve help our customers… increase revenue… decrease costs… etc.?” Share Your Priorities. Don’t Tell.

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Holding a Seagull Manager Accountable & Fixing the Behavior

Modern Servant Leader

That energy is better invested in resolving issues. They hurt the team , decrease morale and cost time in wasted effort. Make a lot of Noise. Emphasize to the seagull manager how alarms generate unnecessary work. Excessive alarm requires the team to respond with reports and extra status updates. Dump on Everyone.