Friday, March 12th, 2010

Inevitably, as a manager, you will need to have a difficult conversation at some point in your career. This difficult conversation can come from something embarrassing, an exchange between employees, bad habits, or an number of issues. These might include:

Uncleanliness
Fights, arguments, or disagreements
Flirtatious behavior with other employees
Attitude problems
Dress code violations

Here are some tips and hints [...]

Everyone has a finite amount of time to develop personal and professional skills. There is a long standing debate on employee development: do I help my employee work on their weaknesses or do I help develop my employee’s strengths?
In the book First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham [...]