Gallup research found that organisations fail to choose the right candidate for a manager role an incredible 82% of the time. As Gallup’s CEO, Jim Clifton then went on to say, “Virtually all companies try to fix bad managers with training. Nothing fixes a bad manager.” Why
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In a survey of a number of Fortune 500 CEO’s they shared their best management advice. What was interesting was the most frequent theme was focussing on building the right team, a topic I am passionate about. One top CEO offered this advice about building the
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The term seagull management means, a manager comes into work, looks for faults, makes lot of noise about the problems they have identified, dumps negative feedback over everyone and then leaves. The result leaves staff feeling upset, demotivated and having to pick themselves up to face the
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All of us have experienced coaching in some form, it could have been via a sports coach, business coach or a boss. Coaching has become a popular career for many individuals, wanting to strike out on their own. I first learnt the power of coaching about 25
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The age old conundrum, who is more important customers or employees? This question which I’m sure has many different answers, is an interesting one. Without customers we don’t have a business, however the same applies that with no employees we also have no business. I grew up
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One area I know a number of managers struggle with is providing feedback to their team members. They struggle in a number of areas which include, finding the time, knowing the right words to use, being apprehensive because of potential pushback and many other reasons I’m sure.
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The title may seem a little old fashioned in today’s world, where it’s all about inclusion and collaboration, however I want to help you set your team up for success. One way is to set clear expectations so they know what a good job looks like and
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People don’t leave companies, they leave bad managers. This is a well-known statement, yet so many managers still struggle to get the best out of their people. Often it is because no one has shown them how, and they keep making the same mistakes over and over
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This comment has been well reported, people don’t leave bad companies they leave bad bosses. Unfortunately this saying is very true and businesses are suffering from the loss of great people who are very hard to replace. Turning over staff is not always a bad thing, particularly
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