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  • How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 3

    How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 3
    Sep 16 2024
    What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
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  • How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 2

    How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 2
    Sep 9 2024
    What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
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  • How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 1

    How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 1
    Sep 2 2024
    What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
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  • What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 2

    What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 2
    Aug 26 2024
    To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.
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  • What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 1

    What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 1
    Aug 19 2024
    To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.
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  • Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #9 - Comparing Candidates

    Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #9 - Comparing Candidates
    Aug 12 2024
    Hiring is a critical skill for managers, and especially so for executives. And managers and executives have been making the same hiring mistakes for the past 30 years. Here's your rogue's gallery of hiring (which is separate from interviewing.)
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  • "You're Asking For The Wrong Thing"

    "You're Asking For The Wrong Thing"
    Aug 5 2024
    It's actually usually a good thing when directs ask for a promotion. Yes, some folks aren't ready, and some folks just want more money, or to make their resume look better for their career planning. But for the most part, people asking for promotions is good. Most managers don't think that, because when a direct asks for a promotion and isn't ready - and most are not - that means we managers have to have a "difficult conversation." We have to, "tell them they're not ready." But that's seeing the glass as half empty. The half full way to think of the conversation is simple: no direct who wants a promotion is assuming they won't get more responsibilities.. The right way to handle this conversation is to tell them that they're asking for the wrong thing - the promotion - rather than the right thing - more responsibilities.
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  • Interviewing Is NOT A Two Way Street

    Interviewing Is NOT A Two Way Street
    Jul 29 2024
    The common wisdom these days says that "interviewing is a two-way street." In other words, the candidate is evaluating you and your company and your opportunity at the same time. Unfortunately, like most common wisdom - wisdom not being common - this is very bad advice! Candidates should not be trying to interview you while you are interviewing them. Here's what to do when they start asking questions. They'll get their chance to ask questions, but not just yet.
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