Habitually express that they are important to you, to the project and to the organization.
Laugh together on small accomplishments…and failures too to learn something from them and move on.
Compliment them in public for the special qualities they have. Be as specific as you can.
Give them necessary comfort when they really need it.
Speak respectfully, don’t put [...]
As a manager you must have dealt with poor-performance. To do that you need to essentially identify the problem and the causes which created the problem, decide on a solution and make the solution work.
Poor performance can be a result of one or more of the following:
Faulty management
Unsupportive organization culture
Inadequate work-systems and processes
Individual’s incapabilities
Faulty management [...]
In conversations about meeting the goals, when you hear something like below it means that you are listening to someone rationalizing. For example:
I can’t.
I’m too frustrated.
I don’t have time.
My situation is unique.
I don’t have tools and resources to help me.
This won’t work because…
Because of Blah…Blah and Blah!
Well, we all [...]
When your people are empowered, a major pillar of your business becomes real strong. Their job commitment is increased and they feel more powerful about their abilities. Empowerment encourages ownerships. It means they are ready to attack on the tasks fearlessly and everybody would love to agree that fearless teams would achieve much better results [...]
Utpal Vaishnav is a project manager, lifelong learner and an executor based in Western India.
