Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Top Leadership Traits, Uncovered
Are you a great leader? Here’s a test for you. Ten years ago, you were the manager of a successful employee. The company you both worked for was acquired by a larger organization and you…
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Pyromaniac Managers and Their Fire Brigade
Have you ever complained, “All I do around here is put out fires?” Even worse, do you have a boss who is the pyromaniac, setting the daily fires that you have to run around putting out? One urgent call, email, text or request can rec havoc on you and your team for the rest of the day. These alarms, most of them false, rob people of the time they need to do the truly important work… obtain the results they are paid to produce.
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Navigating Organizational Change
This blog entry has been adapted from the August issue of The Quest for Workplace Excellence (sign up here) “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone…
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Leading After a Lay-off – A Manager’s Guide
The unthinkable has happened – your organization has experienced a lay-off. You are left with a group of employees who miss the “good old days” and are afraid of the future; afraid that their position…
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