Training

<p>There are two ways to manage: like a dictator or like a human being. A supervisor can manage by the spirit of the law or the letter of the law. Most supervisors that manage using an iron fist are legalistic. I agree, there are times when a supervisor needs to stick to the letter of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the business world, we use the words “manager” and “supervisor” interchangeably. I want to add another word to the mix “coach”. Many people view managers/supervisors as babysitters for adults. There is more to management than conducting performance evaluations, managing difficult personalities, and getting people to work together. My perspective of management may be a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Do you manage people or a process? If you can distinguish which one you manage you will be able to focus more time and energy on the big picture. Seeing the big picture is what managing is all about. You cannot get bogged down with the day-to-day grind of the work. Employees do the work [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today’s workforce poses problems for managers because it consists of three generations: baby boomers (boomers), generation X (Xer’s) and generation Y (millennials). The recent economic collapse has kept many boomers in the workforce longer than they expected. It has also forced many boomers back into the workforce. Even with all of these boomers in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Are your employees doing the job you hired them to do? Are they achieving the goals you set for them, if not why? There is a difference between your employees doing the job you hired them to do and doing the job you want them to do. You cannot hire someone to do a job [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By virtue of being a manager you have a certain amount of influence that others don’t. You have the ability to change the environment in your office. How you choose to use your influence will determine the environment. For specific ways to change the environment in your office see my post on March 15th. Your [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Being in management means you have a certain amount of power. Are you responsible wBeing in management means you have been entrusted with a certain amount of servant-hood. Are you responsible with the power you’ve been given? I am a firm believer that management should serve from a position of servitude. Servant leadership isn’t a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is the first installment of a three part series on management. In no specific order I will discuss management styles, the responsibilities of management and the power of management. First and foremost everyone is not cut out to manage people. Some may agree with me and others may disagree. For some of you that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In today’s workforce you hear managers talk about getting employee buy-in. If you empower your employees getting them to buy into a new concept is easy. One aspect of creating a healthy work environment is making sure your employees feel like they are part of the team. When decisions need to be made do you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Is your organization fit is it in shape? The only way to accurately answer this question is to take the pulse of your company, department or team. Many people in management don’t want to know the fitness level of their company, department or team. Ignoring a potential problem is the best way to end up [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Find out what part of HR your company is good at then become great at it. HR is too broad of a field to be great in every area. Be good in every area but be great in one. During the tech boom of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s most of the companies focused [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As we continue the discussion on whether to hire internally or externally let’s jump right in with the positives and negatives of hiring externally. One of the positives of an external hire is that you can get an immediate change in the office culture. Sometimes changing the culture in the office is the reason managers [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When filling a vacancy one of the biggest decisions managers have to make is whether to hire internally or externally. There are positives and negatives to both. More times than not employees are going to say hire internally. Management sees the big picture and has to make their decision based on what they see. One [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week’s post is going to be brief and to the point. Besides the ability to hire and fire people the most powerful thing management can do is change the environment in the office. A healthy or unhealthy work environment depends on the words that are used. Encouraging and discouraging words determine the attitude of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This post is for those of you that are looking for a job or as we used to call it “pounding the pavement”. Just like management you need to know exactly what you’re looking for. You need to have a list of non-negotiables. What must this job have in order for you to accept the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I had no intention on writing a series about interviews, however there is so much to say on the issue that I’ll do part III next week. As I stated last week job applicants will give your company negative publicity. In order to strategically position your company you have to hire the right people. See [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sorry I&#8217;m late posting today.  Two weeks ago I was in a conversation about some of the interesting (useless) questions people are asked in interviews.  I say useless because the answers to the questions don’t necessarily have a bearing on the performance of the potential employee. The first thing that comes to mind is “where [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Since today is the first day I’ll be blogging every week let’s get this party started. I’m excited to be spending every week with you all now. In my last post HR In Layman’s Terms I explained the various HR functions and their responsibilities. This week I’m going to explain how those functions can or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As I promised last week here is HR in a nutshell. Let me begin by saying this is a breakdown of all HR functions and may/does not apply to every organization/company. That being said every organization that has an HR department or office performs many of these duties. Many organizations outsource some of these duties [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week I’m going to be brief and to the point. As I’ve stated before, this blog is all about creating a healthy work environment that will in turn lead to a more productive and profitable organization. Management is responsible for creating or maintaining the environment in the workplace. For some reason even in 2013 [&hellip;]</p>