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The Ten Commandments of Effective 1:1 Meetings
The 1:1 (one-on-one) meeting…. When it works well, it’s great and it can boost employee engagement. When it fails, it’s a giant waste of time. After reflecting on how I use 1:1 time with my employees...
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How to Fit Professional Development Into a Busy Schedule
It’s a phrase I’ve heard often and I’ve thought it many times on my own: “I’d like to attend more training and improve my skills, but I just don’t have time.” If you’re a manager, at some point you’ve...
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Review: Officevibe – An Employee Engagement and Team Building Platform
I first discovered Officevibe when I was doing some research on employee engagement about 2 weeks ago. If you’ve never seen or heard about it, Officevibe is what I would call an employee engagement and...
View ArticleHow I Made the Transition From Individual Contributor to Manager
When I made the transition from individual contributor to manager a few years ago, I went from running large projects to running a large team (12 direct reports). Quite a change! To make it even more...
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Scoreboard: My Homegrown System for Easily Managing Dozens of Projects
Three years ago, I was meeting with one of my employees and thinking to myself, "This is bad. This is really, really bad." I had just experienced the moment of realization that I couldn’t keep up with...
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Make it Stick: 11 Creative Ways to Use Post-it Notes at Work
Earlier today, I found myself assembling ideas by writing on Post-it Notes and re-arranging them repeatedly all over my desk. I do this almost every day to collect my thoughts, but today it hit me:...
View ArticleThe Trigger / Action Model: The Future of HR Systems?
I was a child who grew up with legos, so it’s no surprise that one of my absolute favorite sites on the internet is IFTTT. If you’re not familiar with IFTTT (If This Then That), it is a service that...
View ArticleThinking of Changing Jobs? What’s in Your Portable Toolkit?
I’ve had a few friends and colleagues change jobs in the past 2-3 months, which has naturally triggered a series of thoughts, questions, and feelings on my part. As employees (me included) move from...
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Coaching to Win: Why Employees Need Constant Feedback
One area that I continue to develop as a manager is the role of being a good coach to my employees. It’s funny – when you first become a manager, one of the natural instincts is to jump in and take...
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Long-Distance Leadership: 11 Tips for Managing Remote Teams
Managing a team is a tough enough job when everybody is located in the same building; however, things get much more complex when your team is distributed around the country or even around the world....
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