Having Difficult Conversations: How to Mediate Conflict Between Employees
How do you handle the less fun aspects of being a manager, like intervening when people are experiencing conflict? It’s not fun, but you know that if you don’t address it things will only get worse. Conflict can arise from something as common as creative differences, or at the other extreme when people aren’t treating […]
Helping People Leaders Meet DEI, Manager Development, and Networking Goals in 2021
We recently conducted a People Leader survey, and are using the results to fine-tune our 2021 plans at Reverb. This means adding new manager development topics, refreshing The Seattle HR Collective Meetup, and making your goals our priority. I’m excited to share the survey results and next steps with you, as well as a few […]
Managing Means Continuous Learning
Many first-time managers are thrown into their new roles with little or no preparation. If you’re one of them, hopefully you thrive on developing others and leading a team. With minimal (to no) training and the desire to get good fast, you’re probably looking for tips to help you improve your managerial skills. Even if […]
How To Manage Your Unmanageable Workload: 5 Easy Tips
How many hours are you working on a workday? How many days during the week are you working? What about those who help run your business, do you know how many hours and days they are working? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, you should find out. Work is good, but you […]
Managerial Courage
Most employee attitude and leadership skill surveys have items about how employees feel about the amount, timeliness and quality of feedback they’re getting and how they feel about the interest of their managers in their development, training, and careers. These items are usually rated low. In our work with scores of companies participating in 360° […]
