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For the Managewhich and Business Owner: Who’s a Team Player?
November 10, 2009 | 
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Team Player is one of those phrases that we all assume we have the same definition for. It’s one of the performance management buzz-phrases that shows on reviews and on job descriptions. And, we all think we know what it means, but do we?
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Tips for the Managewhich: Is My Staff Doing Anything Resume-Worthy?
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One of the more obvious clues that your group is on the chopping block is when you can’t figure out what real value your group adds. That’s even more true when the company is reorganizing people into that group in ways that don’t make sense. It’s a good thing for the managewhich to recognize this trend, and start managing up immediately, even if it seems like it is too late.
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Managewhich? What to do With Complete and Utter Incompetence
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Her name is Oblivia. She’s nice. People like her. And, she can’t get anything done.
Have you ever worked with someone who is Unconsciously Incompetent? That is to say, that they are so incompetent that they don’t even know that they are incompetent?
It’s rare. Most of us know when we really, truly suck at something. However, there are times…
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Manage Which? Up or Down (Part 3)
In the saga of Breeze and Hoover, so far Breeze has been able to minimize the number of times her team is derailed by Hoover’s ad hoc requests. We set up three circumstances for which she’ll will accept the mission.
First, she has to fully understand how the ad hoc report or spreadsheet will be used. This forces Hoover to be clear about what he wants, and it also allows Breeze some input into how it’s produced. This minimized rework when Hoover has asked for something that actually won’t give him what he wants, and sometimes Hoover realizes that he doesn’t need the work done at all.
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Manage Which? Up Or Down?
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One of the recurring dilemmas for the Managewich is the balance between managing up and down. Today we’re going to examine the phenomenon of having to produce worthless crap that adds no value simply because the boss says so.
Take my friend Breeze. Her boss, Hoover, continually asks for this spreadsheet or that report, all of which demands that Breeze and her team drop whatever [productive] work they are doing to deliver this new requirement ASAP.
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Managewich on the Run
“Stuck Inside These Four Walls, Sent Inside Forever, Never Seeing No One Nice Again Like You…”
Oops, sorry. That’s “Band on the Run.” But it could describe the managewich’s office, yes?
Whenever I hear about the “Fight or Flight” Response, I wonder…. is it really either or?
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Solving the Middle Manager’s Constant Dilemma: More To Do’s Than Time
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Ugh, it’s been longer than I wanted it to be since my last post.
Notice that?
I’m beating myself up over something that didn’t get done.
Not very helpful, is it? True statement, but not helpful.
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Kicking Myself – 6 Missed Opportunities
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Ever had one of those moments when someone told you something that you aleady know, but you’ve let it slide or you’ve never implemented it?
I hate to admit it in public, but I had one of those moments this week.
I pride myself on my business networking savvy. Mind you, my friends Jeff Klein, Jim Penny, Liz Lynch and Dean Lindsay are the experts, but still, I would like to think that I’ve incorporated many of their best teachings into my business system.
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How to Keep the Feedback Conversation Out of the Ditch (Part 4 of The Fact & the Fundamental Lie)
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Recapping parts 1-3…
Janice* runs the governance group for her company, and Rhonda* works for Janice in that group. Over the course of time, Janice has developed a healthty distrust of Rhonda, although she’s never addressed it directly with Rhonda. Anyone with two eyes and half an ear can observe that something isn’t right in that relationship. Rhonda doesn’t really understand why Janice doesn’t like her, but she’s never engaged in that conversation, either. Rhonda thinks she’s done her job well and doesn’t understand why she can “do no right” by Janice. The last conversation started with Janice saying to Rhonda, “You always try to sabotage me” and ended with two angry people who both think they are right.
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The Fact and The Fundamental Lie (Part 3)
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Where we left off in part two, Janice*, the manager of her company’s governance group, has provided Rhonda*, a program manager who works for Janice, with some feedback about her performance.
…which started with “You are always trying to undermine me.”
The conversation degenerated into Janice trying to tell Rhonda all the ways that her circumventing the PMO’s process proved her intent to harm and into Rhonda’s defense of her own character.
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