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Top 7 Qualities of Good Modern Manager 0
- Leadership
- May 14, 2025
We’ve all worked for bad managers, and most of us can remember how it made us feel. Some of us have even left a role or the organization itself as a result of bad management. In fact, studies show that “seven in 10 U.S. workers say they would leave a job if they had a
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Teach Them How To Fish 0
- Development/Training, Leadership, Respect For People
- April 21, 2025
There’s an old saying, usually attributed to Confucius, that goes something like “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.” There’s an important life lesson in that simple statement. Some people translate it conceptually into something like “Education is
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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Micromanagement with the Power of Trust 0
- Leadership, Respect For People
- April 9, 2025
Micromanagement: Everyone knows the term. Micromanaging is a method of management in which an individual closely observes or controls the work of an employee. In comparison to simply giving general direction, the micromanager monitors and evaluates every stage in a process, from beginning to end. This behavior negatively affects efficiency, creativity, trust, communication, problem-solving, and
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6 Strategies to Coach Your Employees to Succeed 0
- Leadership, Respect For People
- April 2, 2025
Coaching is a difficult skill for many leaders to acquire. It’s vague and slow. Leaders tend to want to move quickly toward defined goals, reach those goals, and immediately move on to the next set of goals. Coaching is frustratingly elusive to understand and seemingly convoluted in the doing; it is much easier to direct
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10 Ways to Adopt a Lean Culture Today 0
- Culture, Leadership, Lean Management
- March 19, 2025
Building a Lean culture is not an easy task. A Lean culture starts with managers who understand and believe the implications of the system’s view and know the necessity of serving customers in order to succeed. The result of that understanding is a culture where a positive internal environment and the creation of delighted customers
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Foster a Culture of Accountability in a Lean Organization 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- February 19, 2025
Lean leadership emphasizes a culture of accountability where individuals and teams are empowered to take ownership of their actions and outcomes. This fosters a continuous improvement mindset within the organization, driving efficiency and effectiveness. Lean management is a leadership approach that supports continuous improvement through collaborative problem solving. Rather than leading from the top down,
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