Posts Tagged ‘Growth Coach’
Is Your Team Really a Work Group (and why you should care)?
August 4, 2009 | 
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Every group of people in the workplace seems to be called a team, but every group that works together isn’t a team. This is important because as managers, we’ve learned a few things about how to manager teams and about how teams form and die etc etc, and these things don’t apply to work groups, which may be one reason why some middle managers aren’t getting the results they want.
The One Mistake Employed Professionals Make That Could Cost Them Thousands
Did you know that 89-90% of jobs right now are found through business networking?
In robust economies, online job postings work, but in slower economies, many employers don’t bother to post job openings, even on their own company websites. Why? Because they don’t have the capacity to handle the volume of resumes that they know will come in. They know they can find someone excellent through referral.
Inspired Workplace Q&A: When is it Time to Go?
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Q: I have grown to hate my job. I feel the dread coming on sometime around 6:00pm on Sunday night. I don’t want to get out of bed in the morning. As hard as I try, I am not doing a very good job (lord knows neither the people I report to nor the ones who report to me look satisfied). There are probably some things I could do to change things, but I don’t know if I want to or if I even have the energy. I am so sick of corporate culture. Maybe I should start my own business. You’re always saying that I can improve my situation by improving my leadership and communication skills, but when is it time just to leave?
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Middle Manager’s Dilemma: Differentiating Pushback from PITA
Upside Downside by Thomas Lieser
Are you the gal who’s known for pushing back on every proposed change? Do you know that gal?
Almost every one of us knows someone who sees the downside to every initiative, and one of the challenges that my client, Negative Nellie, reports is that it’s hard to get people to take her seriously. She’s frustrated, because she’s trying to point out risks and set reasonable expectations. She believes the people around her are frustrated and annoyed from the eye-rolling and the sighs.
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Practical Middle Management Tips: When Your Boss is the Hoover
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After Tuesday’s post, I got several private messages about the boss’s suckage. What? No comments on the blog?
So, what do you do when your boss sucks the air out of a room like a human tornado?
Quit.
OK, you knew that and it was too easy. And, we’ll get back to that.
Practical Middle Management Tips: What to Do When Your Boss Thinks You Suck Like a Hoover
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Don’t you just love it when you think you’re working your fingers to the bone, you’re doing the best job you can and your boss lets you know that you are the Hoover Windtunnel of suckage?
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Brain Food For Middle Managers: How to Keep the Creativity Alive
Photo by Giorgio Montazeri
I just got back from vacation. Sorry about the long stretch not posting on the blog, but the site was undergoing some changes. And, when I go on vacation, I go offline.
That most middle managers can’t go on vacation without being tethered to the office by a laptop or other mobile device is not only a crime, it’s counter-productive to the company. This is something that Albert Einstein knew on an experiential level. Whenever he had a problem he couldn’t tackle, he did something else. He spent time with friends and family. He gave his brain a break.
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Inspired Workplace Q&A – Why Can’t I Get Promoted?
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Q: I am a middle manager in a mid-sized technology company. For the last three years, I have received an “exceeds expectations” on my reviews. I am at the top of my job grade (band), and I’ve applied for positions with higher responsibility twice. Both times, I was passed over. Once, it was for an external candidate who’s now come and gone. That time, my manager told me that the company was looking for someone “more seasoned. “The second time, the position went to one of my peers whom I don’t think was as qualified. The excuse they gave me was that I needed to improve my communication skills. I’ve always been known as being an excellent communicator both verbal and written. What’s going on?
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When Honesty = Lack of Maturity
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A long time ago, far, far away, I was sitting in my SVP’s office having a one on one. I suppose his leadership coach told him that’s what he needed to do to connect with the up-and-coming leaders, or whatever they wanted to call those of us who were on the fast track.
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What Have You Always Wanted to Know About Business Networking?
Are any of you amongst the 67% of people who loathe networking? (That statistic along with the word “loathe” came from a Business Networking International study).
I was one of those people, and to some degree I’ll admit that I still have some discomfort around it… even though I run a networking group that teaches people how to network better…. even though I do it all the time. My “hang-ups” are different than they were years ago, and I still have some learning and reframing to do.
