How To Manage An Incompetent Manager Everyone complains about their manager from time to time. What is important is to separate out the occasional gripe or whinge from something far more serious where real issues of incompetence are to be found. Ineptitude in managers is very common. Staff become managers because they make sales, get …
How To Break Bad News
How To Break Bad News All managers have to break bad news – it is simply part of the job because you cannot be an agent of delight all of the time! Redundancy, mergers, demotions, disciplinary meetings, change processes or just plain failure it has to be communicated. Dismissals are also painful processes for both …
Management Control – Teflon Coated Management.
Management Control – Teflon Coated Management. This is all about managing expectations and perceptions and about demonstrating that you are in control. If you can do all of these you acquire a thick coat of Teflon. Teflon Rules. Take Control. Do not let anyone get ahead of you in terms of bad news. Their spin …
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