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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Are you clear on what you want from the people you manage? Are they?

Have your expectations of your staff changed recently? Do you need something different from the people you manage? Do they know what this ‘different’ is? What we want from the people we manage can change on a regular basis. These changes come about when the needs of the business change, the customer requirements change or [...]

People don’t actually like being managed, do they?

An interesting assumption I’ve heard managers voice again and again, is that people don’t actually like ‘being managed’ and, more specifically, that people don’t want to work with a manager who actively manages their performance.