Tag: Management

How To Lead Remotely

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Try to understand the cultural subtleties and really focus upon the interpretation of language– check understanding carefully.’- Vanessa Evans

‘Be clear on the explicit purpose of each of your virtual interactions.’– Vanessa Evans

‘Keep focusing on the strategic issues as it’s all too easy to be drawn into the daily tactical ones.’- Vanessa Evans

‘With teams on every continent, they have to be self-standing within the context of the broad corporate direction.’- Steve Finlan

‘Ensure everyone knows where we’re heading and how we’re doing- this allows everyone to make decisions within this context.’- Steve Finlan

‘Act as a connector, link individuals and teams together to help them widen their outlooks and thinking.’- Mike Hawes

‘Trust your teams and equally, be inquisitive about what’s both said and not said.’- Mike Hawes

‘Have a single set of priorities and measures that everyone is striving towards.’- Ian Herrett

‘Really understand what makes others tick– this enables you to have the easy and difficult conversations in the same unemotive way.’- Ian Herrett

‘Enable every leader to have access to all the data to encourage curiosity and cross-team learning.’– Ravindra Patel

Source

Mike Parkes (2021). Leading Remotely: Achieving Success in a Globally Connected World

10 ‘Practical Lessons For New Managers’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘To be a great boss, you have to set clear, well-defined, and explicit expectations for your team members.’

‘Set clear expectations for your people. And when you think your expectations are clear enough, go back and make them even clearer.’

‘To be a great manager, not only do you have to be great at giving effective feedback, but also you have to be great at receiving effective feedback from your team.’

‘To be a great manager, make sure your team feels comfortable speaking up and speaking out.’

‘You cannot create a one-size-fits-all development plan for all individuals on your team.’

‘To be a great manager, don’t be afraid to use performance improvement plans to clearly articulate how team members can get better.‘

‘To motivate your team, understand what uniquely drives each of your employees.’

‘A great team needs a strong foundation built early in the team’s life.’

‘To be a great manager, help your team members develop goals that motivate and understand when goals just don’t matter.’

‘Build into your management practice questions that ask how your team members are truly feeling. And be truly interested in a response often than ‘fine.’

‘The first rule of good communicating is simply to make sure you are actually communicating. And the second rule is to overcommunicate. Repeat the point you want to get across. Then repeat it again. And repeat it one more time.’

‘Hiring the right people makes life wonderful- full of rainbows and butterflies and unicorns. Hiring the wrong people makes life a nightmare.’

Source

Rachel Pacheco (2021). Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers