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My manager doesn’t like me is a horrible feeling to have. The good news is I have 5 tactics for you to use to change this quickly.    Having a good relationships or at least a professional relationships with your manager is so important for your career and it makes going to work each day much more enjoyable.   I share 10 signs your boss doesn’t like you. If your manager doesn’t like you, you will...

Mentoring skills for managers is about HOW you teach and transfer knowledge and skills to your team members.  Using mentoring skills in the workplace can be a great way to leverage your time and skills as a manager by upskilling your team so they can do more.   I take you through how mentoring helps you, 4 essential mentoring skills and touch on 10 key skills that will help you be a better mentor....

Coaching skills for leaders and managers are super useful to drive the accountability and performance of team members.   I share 5 coaching skills for leaders and managers to help you get more from your team and make your team members happier in the process.  Coaching skills in the workplace are quite different from the more traditional training skills and mentoring skills. Coaching skills give yo...

When to use training, mentoring and coaching at work is important as each of these staff development approaches are different. These terms are used interchangeably at work by most so it is easy to be unsure of the differences between training mentoring and coaching.  I hope everyone has experienced training as it is widely used in most business as the go to method of staff development. Training is...

How you go about managing high performing employees is every bit as important as having high performers on your team.  High performing team members add that secret sauce to the team, help drive the rest of the team further, and are a key part of the team delivering great results.  I take you through 7 actions I have found to be super important in managing high performing team members.  When thinki...

I share 7 secrets to progress your career quickly.  You probably know many people that work really hard, do a good job yet don’t seem to get promoted. Getting promoted is like playing a game – once you know the rules, playing the games gets a lot easier and you get promoted.  Advancing your career does take hard work, yet hard work alone is not enough. You have to work smartly too and work out wha...

Having effective one-on-one meetings with team members is one of the best tools – in my opinion – to drive 1.Better relationships with team members 2.Improved engagement 3.Improved performance 4.A culture of giving feedback 5.Individual and team development Setting aside time to specifically develop team members, give feedback and build relationships sends an incredibly positive message to the ent...

Setting employee goals are at the heart of successful performance management. Goals align the efforts of everyone in the business, helping drive company level success. Setting clear realistic goals provide direction for employees, helps motivate employees and improves overall performance.  I take you through 8 actions to set employee goals that get results. Use these actions to set employee goals...

Giving good useful feedback to employees is not easy. Confidence and working out what to say are both big barriers. I hope the advice in this podcast will make giving useful feedback to employees a lot easier for you.   Giving feedback to team members starts with describing What Exactly Happened – what did they do to make you want to give them feedback. Giving general feedback – good or bad – does...

How to empower employees to make decisions is one of the hardest tasks many managers face. After all, you have been promoted to the management ranks in part because you are a good decision maker, yet your time each day to make decisions is limited.  I take you through 7 actions to take to empower employees to make decisions with confidence.   4 great reasons to empower employees to make decisions:...

What makes an effective manager? Learn about 10 skills all effective managers have that make them successful, effective and respected. Included are tips, frameworks, and where to get additional information.   There are so many skills need to be an effective manager – those managers that get a lot done through their teams, keep their teams motivated through thick and thin, create the right environm...

How to welcome a new employee is a big deal. After all, you have spent time, effort and money finding a great person to join your team and help solve some of the problems you are wrestling with. You want them to be excited, get off to a great start and be happy working in the team so they stay and do the best work they can.  There is a lot you can proactively do that doesn’t take that much time to...

What to put into a career development plan to really engage employees, motivate them and keep them doing the best job they can. Learn about 6 actions to drive retention, motivation, and performance.   Creating a career development plan takes some thought and putting the career plan into action takes effort. Career planning is good for you, the team and the individual.  Career development proactive...

Get the right people doing the right job and you are halfway to your next managerial promotion. Getting this right is crucial for every manager yet it remains a tough challenge even for experienced managers.   I share 5 steps to get the right people doing the right job, to make overcoming this challenge easier.    The first step is to work out what the right job actually is. This sounds obvious an...

5 steps to manage conflict between team members gives you practical steps that you can implement to reduce and remove conflict between individuals and teams.   How to handle conflict between team members is not easy. It can be tough to know where to start. Don’t put off taking action to resolve workplace conflict. If you don’t then chances are that is will only get worse, causing you and your team...

Having to manage team members always off sick is painful. It is hard enough that you and the team have to cover their work. It is even worse if you suspect they are not really ill.   Learn 6 ways to manage team members always off sick which will help you reduce the amount of time employees who are not really sick spend away from work.   The 6 ways to handle team members off sick all the time are a...

Giving direction to team members and then seeing them take action and deliver the results you want takes skill. It is not easy which is why I am share 7 steps for giving direction to team members that will make your job easier and the team more successful.   The first step is to know your team –which members, after agreeing the goals to achieve, will just get it done compared to those who need a l...

Having to deal with employees who don’t listen is so frustrating. Being ignored at work is never nice at the best of times and if you have to deal with employees who don’t listen it can knock your confidence, impact the team overall and can certainly create negative feelings that help no-one.  I share 7 ways to tackle employees who don’t listen, and each is effective. Don’t allow team members who...

When you have team members who don’t want to work on your team it is painful, frustrating and problematic for the whole team.   And worse, team members and your boss are looking at you to deal with the employee who is not pulling their weight.   There can be lots of reasons why your team member doesn’t want to work: 1.      Personal Problems outside of work 2.      Problems within work 3.      Unr...

Being around negative people at work is energy sapping, demoralising and frankly makes life at work a lot more difficult. The obvious step is to spend as little time around them as possible.   If you have to work with them – because they are a colleague, you manage them or need to work on a project with them, then learning how to manage negative people at work becomes really useful and makes your...

Preparing for a retailer buyer meeting is always daunting. Product buyers or retailer buyers are trained and experienced to get the best deal for the retailer, which can often mean a poor deal for you.   You want to grow your product business and getting retailer listings is a really great way of growing so there is a lot riding on the meeting with the buyer. I go through the key areas you need to...

How to you spot a difficult manager vs a toxic manager is pretty useful to know, particularly if you are changing managers or moving to a new team.   Difficult managers may not be easy to work with, yet they can be very good for your career and skill set. Everyone wants to avoid toxic managers because they don’t help anyone.   How to spot a difficult manager and what makes them difficult quickly i...

How to handle a difficult manager at work are vital skills to learn as we will all have a difficult boss at some point in our careers.  I take you through 7 ways to handing a difficult manager at work. Firstly, working with a difficult boss is not like the same as working with a toxic manager. A difficult boss still has our interests at heart - they are just not easy to deal with for any number of...

How to Build Professional Relationships at Work is a challenge for us all.   I share 8 ways tried and tested ways to build professional relationships at work so you can create better relationships faster with your colleagues.   Better relationships allow you to be more effective at work, increase your enjoyment at work and increase the likelihood of being promoted.   The first step when relationsh...