There are few things more ridiculed in corporate culture then the middle manager. Executives usually get their fair share of hate but they also get some glorification as “kings of industry” or job creators. We rarely see the middle manager treated in such glorious fashion. Once a position aspired to, the middle manager has fallen by the […]
Leadership
Feedback: All about the ratio
Don’t freak there is NO math in this post… But before I get into feedback ratio’s let me give you some background on why today is a little different on the reMix. Did you know there are a ton of organizational research resources out there? Even if you don’t have the capability of tracking and […]
5 Common Mistakes Made Managing Your Employees
Today you can find me writing over at the phenomenal Blogging4Jobs website, if you haven’t checked this site out before please do so, Jessica has put together a phenomenal site containing tons of HR information and career and job search. Here is a quick teaser on my post: “If you have been managing people for […]
People Skills Please! – From Performance I Create
I am over at Performance I Create today. Check out this little teaser, then head over to PIC to read the rest… “So there has been a lot of hype lately aboutn how the late, great Steve Jobs managed people. Turns out he wasn’t always the nicest manager…but he sure did get results.”
What can we learn from the NCAA’s Punishment of Penn State?
I’m from Ohio but I’ve never been very much into college football. Not sure why but I’ve always leaned towards the NFL. So it was with the feeling of driving-past- the-scene of –a-bad-car-accident that I watched the Penn State scandal unfold last year. I glanced over some truly disturbing headlines about Jerry Sandusky but in […]
Actions speak louder than words
The best way to discourage someone is to make them feel like their contributions to work have no value. Despite what you may have heard there are definitely some positives to discouraging people: They rarely speak up or challenge anything They don’t volunteer for much (they know they wouldn’t be chosen anyway, you already have […]