Many managers don’t realize that they make their job harder than it needs to be. Here are a few ways they do that and what to do instead. 1. Give more work to good employees and give poor performers a free ride – It is easy for a manager to take advantage of the employees […]

I want to begin with an observation about how people seem to be unable to receive praise for a job well done – I want people to get better at receiving thanks and praise with grace – if someone offers you a compliment, rather than making light of it, or deflecting the praise – say […]

We love it when listeners send us a question or issue – and I was happy to respond with specifics directly to the listener – and I thought this issue would be of interest to many other listeners… The question is – Is it a good idea to have an employee of the month recognition […]

Q: Do teams help make better decisions or would people be better off working on their own? A: To make effective decisions you need to things – you need high quality information and you need a high level of acceptance so that people accept the good idea when someone contributes it. What that means is […]

Usually we focus our topics on the supervisors and managers and today I think we should celebrate the people who make things happen every day. Sometimes we talk about challenging or difficult employees – fortunately most employees are helpful and productive and want to do the best job possible. For all they do, this Bud’s […]