Tag: young professionals
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return to office
In honor of April Fool’s Day, LMK presents a quick guide to supporting never working from home again. Return to Office is an ongoing debate within workplaces and between leadership and employees. Managers claim employees are less productive while working from home, while employees report higher productivity and more meaningful hours spent working while working…
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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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patience
If you work in a place with a lot of “red tape” or process bureaucracy that prevents or delays what you are trying to accomplish, you know firsthand how your patience at work can be tested. The people you work with can also test your patience if it takes time to gain their buy-in or…
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inheriting a team // kendra@lmk
When you become a team lead or manager, it’s common to be appointed to lead an existing team or a team that someone else has hired. This is often the case if you step into a role at a new company or on a new project. You did not hire or choose the people who…
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chaotic leadership
In honor of April Fool’s Day, LMK presents a quick guide to chaotic leadership. Chaotic Leadership is the latest in workplace leadership and management. It brings together components of traditional leadership styles such as servant leadership, strategic leadership, and coaching leadership – and disregards everything effective, productive, and inspirational in the spirit of unpredictability and…
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the gaslighter // kendra@lmk
The workplace requires what I call – “personality navigation.” It comes with the territory of any workplace, or really any forum where people exist. However, there is no excuse for an office bully or manipulator. The workplace should be a psychologically safe place. Unfortunately, it often is not.
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the insecure boss + micromanager // kendra@lmk
The fact is, we aren’t going to always get along with everyone we work with, and we aren’t always going to get along with our boss. Even the most amiable person on the planet (who I am not at all claiming to be) is bound to run into some personality conflicts in the workplace.
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