The Bad News Bear “If I am not hearing from my boss, I must be doing ok” The plaintiff cry of the many. I don’t get feedback. The many rolling their sleeves up and getting the job done, but never hearing from their boss, unless something goes wrong. It’s behaviour that many accept and excuse. …
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The Dumb Punter – They Play Favourites. The Dumb Leader ran “The Leaderboard”, in which all his direct reports were ranked on the key measures and KPI’s. Not surprisingly, this is something that is adopted by many companies as they seek to build competition between managers. Let’s measure and let’s make it visual, is the …
#1 Hire Great People and do the Job for Them. How often do we see this? Leaders unwilling to relinquish power to their team members, wanting final say on everything, having their fingers in everyone’s pie. I was speaking with a friend of mine, who had taken on a new role. A role of national …
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