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2015-09-08

Change your management mindset

By Jean Kelley

Whether you’re in a new leadership position due to a promotion or being newly hired, you may have to learn to think in a new way. To be successful, you need to shift your mindset so you can focus on the new requirements...

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2015-09-08

When welcoming a new member to your existing team

By Bruce Tulgan

One new team member can really shift the dynamic of a team. The prospect of a new person (let’s call her “Newby”) joining the team will set off a cascade of powerful reactions. Less so perhaps than the prospect of a new manager...

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2015-09-01

Management series: how to manage employees who miss deadlines?

By Bruce Tulgan

If you eliminate time-wasting and account for unexpected diversions, 99% of missed-deadlines are missed because their plan was no good in the first place...

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2015-08-18

The management series: what about employees who sneak out early?..

By Bruce Tulgan

Or take too many breaks, or waste time? RE: Employees who sneak out early? Sometimes they are just helping themselves to a little free time.

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2015-08-13

The management series: what about the employee who is chronically late?

By Bruce Tulgan

What is to be done with employees who are chronically late? In some cases, managers are right to attribute chronic lateness to an employee’s blasé attitude or a lack of care, consideration, or diligence.

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2015-08-07

Reference checks: how to get accurate data

By Neil I. Clark

Getting reference checks on your candidates can sometimes be considered unreliable. What are the key ingredients of an effective reference check? This is an important part of performance management...

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