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Tag: Management

  • Am I good enough?

    AKA A Short Story About Feedback I was talking with my manager the other day after not seeing her for a few days, and before I could stop myself the words just started tumbling out of my mouth: I know you haven’t been in the office much lately, and when you have, you’ve been so…

  • Fitting the job to the person

    I’ve been talking a lot about Pinnacle lately, but there are so many neat things we can do as a smaller company that I’ve never even considered in the past. A great example of that is the tendency to fit the job to the person on our Operations Team. Instead of rigidly defining what the…

  • Working for Women vs. Working for Men

    Working for women or working for men? Seriously? Do people in this day and age really have a preference? Apparently so. In the October 2011 issue of OfficePro magazine (hat tip to Lesa, our superstar admin at Pinnacle, for sharing with me!) there’s a short blurb about peoples’ preferences in working for a woman or…

  • Communicating with difficult team members

    How do you communicate with team members with a chip on their shoulder? What do you do or say when they are stubborn, constantly interrupting, unapproachable, or unwilling to accept feedback? Well, for starters, you are not alone. Every workplace I’ve ever been has at least one of these people working there. Let’s look at a…

  • Uncovering manager development opportunities

    Managers need development like any other employee, but sometimes it is difficult to find out just what they want or need to learn. Click the link for part two in the series on how to develop managers. Recently I’ve realized that one of the biggest needs we have as an organization is manager training. We…

  • Questions to Ask During an Investigation

    Recently I attended a NASHRM workshop session on questions to ask during an investigation. One of the points the speaker hammered home was the importance of asking open-ended questions to get the most information out of the people you have to interview. She referenced this Saturday Night Live skit as a good reminder how not…

  • Management, game changers and hire my friend

    I am constantly amazed at the ability of people to write great content day in and day out. It might not always be the same person or the same blog where I find a gem, but it’s amazing that this stuff is out there free for us to enjoy. Okay, enough wonderment. Let’s dig into…