Managing Employees

The importance of one-on-one check-ins with your supervisor

As a manager, it’s your daily duty to oversee the overall progress of your team — as well as the advancement of your individual team members. However, it’s just as important to monitor your own progre

Pitch in and help your team

Is your team falling behind on a project? Is the time crunch putting you at risk of missing an important deadline? If this sounds familiar, then it might be time to pitch in and help your team out in

How to manage interpersonal conflict in your team

Diverse personalities, backgrounds, and beliefs can create a certain amount of conflict within a team — and interestingly, that can drive creativity. According to research cited by Darko Lovric and To

Insecure employees? Ways to boost their confidence

One of your employees has worked hard over the past year, and you believe he’s ready to take on more responsibility. Unfortunately, he’s not as confident about his abilities as you are. So how do you

Open-plan offices vs. telecommuting: Which work environment is better?

In the past few years, a growing number of organizations have adopted open-plan offices — offices with fewer spatial boundaries such as cubicles, walls, and doors. At the same time, more and more comp

Help your team reduce stress...

All of us experience stress at some point in our professional lives. Sometimes it’s about finding a new routine when going back to work after maternity or paternity leave. Other times it’s about putti

How to foster innovation in your team

It’s common knowledge that innovation is critical to sustainable business success. As Theodore Henson points out in his Forbes article “Why Innovation is Crucial to Your Organization’s Long-Term Succe

Onboarding new employees: Steps to take so new employees feel comfortable in their new workplace

Hiring new employees is often a time-consuming, costly endeavor. Yet it’s important to understand that once you’ve found the right talent, the real work begins — with your onboarding process. Why? Bec

Learn from your team: Ask these questions on a semi-annual basis

When you’re responsible for managing a team, it’s important to understand that to achieve great results, you need to foster a culture of continuous improvement — one where everyone, yourself included,

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