A popular topic in the Front Line Leadership course is dealing with different personality styles. And one thing supervisors say is quite challenging is when one their employees has a dominant, driver personality type. A dominant employee will typically do these things: – Boss around their co-workers. – Tell their supervisor what to do. – […]
Category: Conflict
Workplace Conflict – Educate to Overcome Ignorance – Three leadership tips to harness the positive side of workplace conflict
Are you in the majority of people who see conflict as destructive and avoid it at all costs? Or do you see conflict as an essential ingredient to create a healthy organization and reap the rewards of continuous improvement? The root cause of most conflict is ignorance – either I don’t fully understand your perspective […]
Leadership Strategies for Managing Millennials, Leading Culture Change, Resolving Conflict, Mentoring and Maximizing Maintenance Performance.
Isn’t it amazing how September feels like the start of the business year? To kick off the Fall, we wanted to share some ideas for increasing the capabilities of your leaders and employees. If any of them stir your interest, please send us a call or an email to discuss further. 1. Equip Your Front […]
Managing Conflict Tips for Front Line Leaders
During our Front Line Leadership course or in our stand alone workshop on Leading in Conflict Situations we begin with a word association exercise. Not surprisingly the word conflict has mostly negatives associated – argument, war, anger, disagreement, escalation, etc. Those negative views on conflict lead most of us to avoid dealing with the conflict […]
Internal competition: Motivator or Demotivator?
Internal competition – motivator or demotivator? Managers typically are more competitive than average employees. So it’s natural for managers to want to create a competitive spirit between employees, shifts, divisions and locations. And some employees respond really well to this competition. It can even get carried away to include gaming the system to […]