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 Why managers bully their team in such great number with more than 50% of bullying being carried out by bosses.  Surveys state that around 30-40% of employees have been bullied by bosses or those in authority.    I don’t believe that all these managers enjoy hurting others or putting others down or are that insecure to regularly bully. There must be more to why managers bully staff. I share three...

Are you leading a team or group of individuals? How much does it really matter in performance terms?  These are the questions being answered. Every ambition manager should be very interested in increasing team performance because this is how your personal performance is being measured. Find out about the performance of team vs group at work. ---  ---  Leading a team or a group of individuals can b...

How many employees for each manager? Don’t apply a one-size-fits-all approach when considering staff numbers per manager. Do so is likely to be detrimental for your business and team & manager retention.  I share 5 crucial drivers of team size for each manager.  ---  ---  The first factors in employee numbers per manager is the pace of change within a business, function or team. The higher the...

I share 5 ways to keep your boss happy with better communication. You don’t have to work harder. You don’t have to pander to your boss. Just use these communication tips to keep your manager happy.   ----  ----   How to have a conversation with your boss starts with looking for and understanding their communication preferences. How to communicate with your boss should be one of the first things yo...

In this manager training success guide we cover some of the key factors to deliver effective management training.  I share the best managers to give management training to, who you should train first, how to measure the benefits and 6 core skills to focus on first.  ---  ---  Why training is important for managers? Managing a diverse team with different strengths, interests, energy levels and more...

How to balance boss and staff, especially when they have conflicting demands is not easy. For managers to avoid feeling stuck in between these two important groups for your success, I share 3 tactics that every manager should use.  Make you like as a manager more enjoyable and professionally successful by keeping your boss and your team very happy with you!  ---  ---    How to deliver for both bos...

Overcome the fears that stop you giving feedback and you open the doors to a ton of benefits as a manager. Giving feedback to help your team member builds trust, increases performance, develops and a lot more.  What stops managers giving feedback – the fears we all have of annoying, upsetting, of damaging relationships. I share a tried and test approach to build your feedback skills no matter wher...

Build great teamwork fast! I share 6 ways to create great teams quickly. This have been tried and tested with many teams, in top companies and when transforming the performance of the worst team in multiple companies.  Most managers lead a group of individuals, not a team. Groups of individuals typically work alongside each other, doing their own work. There is chat but not a lot of in depth discu...

Making decisions at work and having good decisions making skills are highly prized by all organisations. I have 9 questions to ask yourself when making decisions at work. These form a framework, a decision making process, that will keep you making GOOD decisions at work. ---  ---  The first question to ask when making decisions at work is “How much time do I have to make the decision?” With a day,...

Working with an insecure boss can be very bad news for your development, your happiness at work and your career progress IF you don’t know how to handle the situation. It is easy to find yourself on the end of put downs, criticism, and undermining when you don’t know how to work with an insecure boss. I share 5 actions of insecure managers and then 5 key actions to take to gain the support and tru...

Creating strong ownership in teams is a great step to significantly improve team performance. Team performance defines a manager’s performance and directly impacts a manager’s personal rewards.  I share 3 approaches to create strong ownership in teams for great performance in any team. ---  ---  The first of the stages to create strong ownership in teams is all about responsibilities. If a team me...

Building great decision making skills in teams is brilliant for you personally as a leader or manager. Helping team members with how to build better decision making skills will free up your time to focus on the tougher more challenging decisions. More time on these usually means better results and more interesting work.  I share 4 approaches to build great decision making skills in teams. ---  Res...

Who likes micromanagement. Next to no-one. Yet nearly everyone has experienced some form of micromanagement. I am sharing 4 tried and tested ways to quickly win over your micromanaging boss.  Stop micro management quickly!  ---  Resources Access all our prize winning management expertise for you to stand out from your peers, increase your confidence and credibility and move your management career...

I am sharing 6 ways managers should use numbers to get their best team results possible. Using numbers in your communication, your feedback and to analyse will help you boost your team’s performance – between 20% and multiples of current team value.  Using numbers every day in your job will transform how well you can do you job as a manager. I share insights and practical tips on how to use number...

Being yourself and managing teams very successfully is not straight forward. I explore how to be authentic at work while still keeping your bosses happy and your team performing.  Learn 3 secrets to being yourself and managing teams that will make you stand out from peer and move your career forward a lot faster.    ----  ---  Firstly, authentic leaders are held up as great or successful leaders....

Being engaging and clear when speaking and presenting to groups increases your influence and impact. Increasing your impact makes these speaking skills for managers a brilliant investment of your time.  I share 4 speaking skills for managers, including 7 actions to deliver a clearer more engaging message to any group.  ----  Resources Access all our prize winning management expertise for you to st...

If you are not valued by your boss, you want to know about it fast and have a clear plan to quickly change how you are perceived. I am sharing 11 signs you are not valued at work and what to do if any of these signs are what you are experiencing right now. There are plenty of actions you can proactively take that will quickly improve how others value you at work. Take action today!  ----  Resource...

Staff pointing out problems with initiatives, plans, activities and solutions can be really frustrating, annoying and sap team morale. Let negativity get out of hand and your team’s motivation and performance will start dropping. Just what any manager doesn’t want. Stopping negativity quicky stops your problems getting worse.  I cover how to stop negativity in teams and how to turn employees point...

Every manager faces staff who refuse to do what you ask. Staff who don’t take direction cause you a lot of stress, anger, delays and uncomfortable questions from bosses and stakeholders. I share the winning actions to persuade staff to do as you ask. ---  Resources Access all our prize winning management expertise for you to stand out from your peers, increase your confidence and credibility and m...

How to lead when you are not the expert and deliver impressive results needs another set of skills, a different mindset, and a new approach. The good news is you (and any manager) will be able to learn exactly what is needed for success fairly quickly.  I share the essential mindset changes you should make to be successful and the practical actions to take.  --- Resources Access all our prize winn...

Developing talent in your team is one of the best ways to boost your own personal success as a manager. The more value and profit you can create directly and through your team, the more your bosses will want to give you more staff to manage (promotion).  I will explain exactly how to boost your personal promotability and share 4 clever ways to boost your success by developing talent in your team w...

How open & transparent should you be when leading and communicating? Management advice is to be authentic for good reason. Authenticity builds connections, relationships and trust, all of which increases performance in pretty much any team.  You can lead and communicate too openly, where respect for you drops, where you damage your credibility and authority and where your bosses become pretty...

  How to lead and motivate managers in your team is different from how you manage employees. Managers have a different range of skills and expertise compared to employees.  How to lead managers and get the best from your managers takes a few changes to your leadership style. I explain 5 big differences in leadership approach needed for success in leading your managers.  I cover why leading manager...

Learn 3 practical approaches to get amazing team results and balance being helpful with being demanding.  Being too helpful at work damages your credibility, reputation and job security. You can go all out to help your team and NOT be too helpful. Get amazing team results by using a specific approach that maximises the help you give while demanding a lot from the team.  ---    Resources Access all...

Be fair not nice when leading teams and you will effortlessly be a lot more popular and a lot more effective in your job. Getting the balance right is not always easy. You can’t be too nice. You also can’t be a tyrant.  I share critical skills for managing teams effectively, creating connection, building trusting relationships and increasing team performance.  ---  Resources Access all our prize w...