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4 Ways Managers Cheat Their Employees

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As a manager you may have never thought of it this way, but there are times when you cheat your employees. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Solving their problems.

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Newly Promoted Manager? Here are 10 Must-Have Items for Your Survival Kit

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Stepping into a management role for the first time is a daunting task for anyone. Most new managers are eager to make their mark as leaders and approach their supervisory opportunity with verve and enthusiasm, yet don’t have a good idea of the nature of managerial work. Did I say that managers have a lot of meetings?

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The Choice is Yours: 6 Principles for Leveraging the Power of Choice to Build Trust, Manage Change, and Empower Others

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I believe the more leaders afford team members the opportunity to exert control by making their own choices, the more success they will have in building trust, managing change efforts, and empowering others. An obvious area is how rewards and recognition programs are managed. Principles of Choice. – PsycNET (apa.org).

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Avoid the 1 Mistake Managers Make When Trying to be Fair

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I coached youth baseball for over 15 years, from five-year old kids to 14-year-old teenagers, and at least two things were common across all the age groups: 1) the kids always kept score, and 2) they were the first ones to remind me if I wasn’t being fair.

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The #1 Strategy for Improving The Employee Experience in 2023

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Everything from the way they experience recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, training, career development, performance management, recognition, rewards, and even the way they exit the organization makes up their overall experience.

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8 Steps for Dealing with An Underperforming Employee

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Because the process feels uncomfortable and managers don’t have a plan to follow, they either do a poor job at addressing underperformance or they just don’t do it all. Managers can confidently and successfully deal with underperforming employees by following an eight-step plan. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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5 Ways to Lead with Empathy

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Many managers strive to be one. But being a first-time manager requires a whole new set of skills —for example, emotional intelligence—that are more important than technical expertise. Many managers either haven’t had the opportunity to develop these skills, are resistant to doing so, or don’t have an interest in them.