Tag: leadership
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managing resistance within your team // kendra @ lmk
The more you manage teams of people, the more personalities you come across, and the more likely it is that the people who work for you will not “fall in line” or comply with your ideas and direction one hundred percent of the time. Change Management is the practice of managing people through a change…
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self-motivation
We have all experienced the overwhelming sense of being unable to concentrate. That feeling of, “I absolutely cannot focus on anything right now.” There’s a looming to-do list and the pressure to finish a task increases as a deadline approaches. You just can’t find any discipline or focus to get your work done. Plus, the…
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presenting and public speaking
Presentations and public speaking continue to be the most popular way to convey information to a group of people. In other words, it’s inescapable. There’s no doubt you’ve been in the audience of some very good presentations and also some very bad presentations. Did you take the time to think about what made that presentation…
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managing your emotions
At work, you’re expected to be professional, and some people interpret that as you’re expected to be completely unemotional. However, in one single day of work, you could feel all sorts of emotions, positive and negative – anger, sadness, fear, frustration, excitement, and enthusiasm. Your day can be full of fantastic wins and causes for…
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workplace visibility
Each day, you and your team are consistently delivering quality work. But one day you look around and realize: No one is telling you that you did a good job, no one is giving you more opportunities, and your peers are moving ahead despite all of the success you feel you have achieved. Likely what…
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problem solving: keeping an open mind
I’ve posted before about Problem Solving, but what I continue to see so often is an unwillingness to try to solve problems at all. If you call out problems, insist there is nothing to do about them, and reject all solutions offered, it hurts what you’re trying to accomplish on your project team, and it…
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onboarding
Have you ever had an outstanding onboarding experience with a new job? Apparently, very few people have. For some reason, this is an often overlooked part of management and leadership for companies and teams. Although you may not be able to change the onboarding process for the entire organization that you work for, if you’re…
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measuring productivity
One of the most talked about arguments against the concept of remote work recently is the inability of managers to measure the productivity of their team. This is usually cited by managers who are not skilled in measuring productivity. This is also cited in various surveys and studies where employees say they feel that they…
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hiring and conducting interviews
When you have to hire a new employee – how does it make you feel? Are you energized at the prospect of bringing in new talent? Are you scared of making the right decision? Or, maybe, you’re feeling both? Some people seem to have a natural talent for understanding if prospective hires would be a…
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listening
Listening might be interpreted as hearing information, but listening skills come down to retention and understanding of the information that is being shared with you. That information can be shared over a phone call, video call, presentation, email, or text chat. In a world of remote work, listening skills are more important than ever. With…
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