So, you’ve been promoted to manager/supervisor. Congratulations! You’re excited and apprehensive at the same time. What can you do now to ensure your success? As an individual contributor, you had to manage your own job-related tasks, and likely also interface with other members of your team or department. Now you have different tasks of your…
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Are You a New Supervisor? Three Things to Do!
Are you a new supervisor? There’s lots to learn, and lots to remember! Here are three things to keep in mind that will help you generate credibility, trust, and respect. When a problem arises, address it sooner rather than later—don’t let it fester—in your own mind or in the minds of others. Yes, you may…
Books @ Work: Originals by Adam Grant
Books @ Work: While reading Originals by Adam Grant, I was delighted to see that the research shows that procrastination actually yields a better product! I’ve always known that about the deck we converted into a porch many years ago. As we delayed, the ideas for improvement to our original design gave us a significantly…
The Dark Side of Managerial Success
When people in leadership positions focus more on getting promoted than on getting things done, they may possess characteristics of the “dark triad.” In being successful only for themselves, earning promotions by networking and engaging in office politics, they may have little regard for the health of the organization they work for, or for the…