Many leaders want to be best friends with the people who work for them, but is there a downside to being a “buddy buddy” boss? Let’s look at just how close your friendships should be when you are the leader of a group. First, let’s be clear: we want you to be friendly and […]
Category: Leadership
No More Maintenance Department
Should you consider disbanding your maintenance department to integrate them with production? I realize this could be viewed as a controversial idea or statement. Leading companies are already looking at how to disband their maintenance departments and essentially assign those maintenance technicians to support the production line. Not all maintenance tasks are created equal. […]
From Peer To Leader
How do you transition from being a peer to being a leader? When you say yes to a leadership role, you’re going to be evaluated on how well you achieve results through others. Before being a leader, you only had to focus on your own work. I’ve got a few tips for how you […]
Helping Or Harping?
When you think of supportive leaders in your life, what did they do? Chances are, they were willing to come alongside and help you figure out how to get results. In other words, they were helping not harping. A servant leader mindset is an interesting perspective on leadership. In a traditional organization, the CEO […]
Tattletale Team Members
What should you do as a leader when you have tattletale team members? Today let’s talk about this double-edged sword of having tattletale team members on your team. In some instances, a team member who tells on another can actually be helpful for you as a leader because you can’t see everything and be […]