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When You Want To Keep More Of Those Beans

When You Want To Keep More Of Those Beans

Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash  Is this your situation? You have one or more managers reporting to you, and you need them to focus more on margins and profits. You want to retain a bigger share of the money—the beans—coming into your business. If so, the latest...
How Poor Managers Damage Your Business

How Poor Managers Damage Your Business

Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash Poor managers can hurt a business in numerous ways.  Many don’t do it deliberately; they just haven’t been told or shown how to manage well.  On the other hand, some don’t want to know; they’re quite happy with life as...
The Right Way To Promote A Manager 

The Right Way To Promote A Manager 

If you’re going to promote an up-and-coming manager, make sure that their “promotion” is worthwhile.  It should come with a real bump in salary and an announcement to the business about their elevation.  These are the nice things about being...
Dealing With Underperformance

Dealing With Underperformance

Underperformance within a business or department isn’t usually the fault of the whole team.  Disharmony or failure stems from one or more individuals within the squad.  These are people who won’t or can’t get with the programme.  We’re talking about the...
Team Turnaround

Team Turnaround

Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash If you lead a team large or small, do you feel they’re, Displaying flat energy levels Going through the motions at work  Expressing cynicism, but you can’t quite put your finger on why Exuding a general lack of enthusiasm  Taking a...