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Schedule time in the trenches
From the course: Management Tips
Schedule time in the trenches
- Very often, a promotion into leadership leads to distance, sometimes real distance. A new office, a new floor, new colleagues to spend time with, new perks, lots of new work, and bigger decisions. This is normal, but the cumulative effect is that your employees feel removed from you. Don't allow that to happen. Their comfort in collaborating with you and their acceptance of your actions depends on the quality of your connection with the team. Your goal is to be viewed as their supervisor and also as a member of the team. Step one is to schedule time to be with them. This comes in different forms, and let's be clear, I'm not talking about time spent emailing or using instant messages or group apps, I'm talking about actually being physically present with them. There are many ways to accomplish this, but likely, the two most important are the informal unannounced drop-in and staying late to help whoever is working long hours. First is the drop-in. That means, when your schedule…
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Managing millennials2m 18s
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Managing a multigenerational workforce2m 53s
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Managing poor performance2m 45s
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Delivering employee feedback2m 53s
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Making work fun2m 43s
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Building trust2m 32s
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Questioning competency models3m 17s
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Rethinking productivity2m 59s
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Progress not perfection3m 8s
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