Keep Your People Informed

One of the most powerful tools you have in leading a team is communication. As a leader, the individuals you manage look to you to disseminate the information they need to perform their job. While this may sound like a simple concept, many studies have shown that employees consistently feel that their managers fail to [...]

Credit Where It's Due

As a new manager, you must learn to make a key philosophical change in how you work. For most of your career, you have worked very hard to make your efforts stand out. You made sure your managers saw the quality and/or quantity of your actions. Undoubtedly, this is what set you apart from your [...]

Respect the Truth

Even since management became part of the corporate world, those people selected to lead others have always suffered from an internal dilemma. Human nature leads us to desire a sense of belonging and a longing to be liked by those whom we are closest to. This desire greatly conflicts with the necessary separation of management [...]