Performance reviews are vital. Your people need to know how you think they are doing in relation to their targets. It is often surprising to a manager to find out what an employee thinks of their own performance.

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One of the great things about being a manager is that you can delegate various types of tasks to other people instead of having to do them yourself. This may sound like a rather cavalier statement, but it’s true.

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If you’ve been leading for any length of time, you know you should delegate. My earliest leadership memory is of delegating household chores to my younger brother and sisters when I was eleven...

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Let’s face it: Sometimes people just don’t like each other. I hear from managers every day struggling to deal with interpersonal conflict between and among employees on their teams.

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While conducting team effectiveness workshops over the last several years, I have noticed a significant increase in the number of people working on virtual teams...

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Think of the best boss you have ever had in your adult work life. Now, what are the top three reasons you named this person as your best boss? If you are like many, you answered with statements like...

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