by Patricia Staino | Apr 15, 2020
At some point, every organization hires a high performer who doesn’t quite take to the corporate culture. The employee’s frustration with various aspects of their work life—from managers to co-workers, from rules to deadlines—can manifest itself in complaints, toxic...
by Patricia Staino | Apr 15, 2020
You’ve climbed the ladder to middle or senior management. Congratulations! Inevitably, you will be managing friends, former peers, or both. From the moment your promotion is announced, you can be sure that everything you thought you knew about your workplace...
by Patricia Staino | Apr 15, 2020
What the heck is a skip-level meeting? In “skip-level” meetings, a higher-level manager meets with an employee, one to one, without the employee’s direct manager present. These meetings may not happen as often as a check-in between direct managers and their team...
by Patricia Staino | Jan 13, 2020
The single biggest mistake you can make in a check-in meeting with your manager is expecting them to take the lead. If you arrive to the meeting with just a blank stare, you risk suffering through 30 minutes of status reports. The goal of a good 1:1 agenda isn’t to...
by Patricia Staino | Jan 13, 2020
As people management functions increasingly are digitized and automated, it’s not surprising that many of the most successful organizations see value in regular one-to-one (1:1) meetings between managers and team members. Face-to-face discussions create great...
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