by Kevin Eikenberry When thinking about team or organizational culture, often new and frontline leaders think the way they did as individuals – that culture is something for the C-Suite or senior management to think about. Culture, they often think, is above their pay grade. Yes, culture can be driven from the top-down, but it can be reinforced, and even more powerfully … [Read more...]
Your Hybrid Team Might Have Multiple Cultures
by Guy Harris Team cultures develop for many reasons. Some factors affecting team culture include: Recent team history The style makeup of team members The type of work the team does The physical location the team is in How the leader interacts with the team as a whole How the leader interacts with individual team members How team members interact … [Read more...]
Generalist vs. Specialist: Which Should You Hire?
By Brian Cristiano, founder of BOLD Worldwide. One of your most important roles as a new leader will be recruiting the right employees . These folks will not only partake in daily tasks to help your team run smoothly, they will also act as the face of your organization, which is why it’s important to take time to find and employ the “right” employees. They should be eager to … [Read more...]
The Most Critical Thing You Can Do During Your First Week as Leader
No doubt you have so much going on when you take over a team for the first time. Still, how you spend your time during those early days sets the stage for weeks, months or even years to come. Use it wisely by taking the time to build rapport and form relationships with your new employees. In your first week as a leader, sit down with employees individually, and ask each the … [Read more...]
[Infographic] The Workplace is Changing: Do You Know What Employees Want?
Do you really know how to motivate employees and keep them engaged? YouEarnedIt surveyed a large group of new hires and tenured employees to gain insight on what drives them at work. See their feedback below, and then commit to making the types of changes that will help your employees reach their full potential. YouEarnedIt creates award-winning employee recognition and … [Read more...]
3 Keys to Establishing Credibility With Your Team
By Samuel B. Bacharach, author of The Agenda Mover: When Your Good Idea Is Not Enough. As a new supervisor or manager, you will certainly have projects and ideas you will want to implement. But you have to remember that while getting a promotion may give you the positional authority to move your agenda forward, positional authority alone is not enough. To get your team … [Read more...]
Training Can Be Fun and Games: 7 Gamification Tactics for Effective Employee Training
This is a guest post by John Findlay is co-founder of Launchfire. You just took over a team, and you are frustrated with the level of training your employees received under your predecessor. Perhaps the previous leader didn't invest in training at all or maybe he or she just wasted everyone's time with ineffective training. And now you need to make big changes. Developing … [Read more...]
Breaking Through the Comfort Zone: Extreme Tactics That Produce Outrageous Results
This is a guest post by Frank Granara and Lorraine Grubbs, co-authors of Beyond the Executive Comfort Zone: Outrageous Tactics to Ignite Individual Performance. Wake them up … shake them up … make them a team. As a new leader, bring a fresh perspective to your people by applying outrageous tactics to employee development. Step outside the “training as usual” box and bypass … [Read more...]
Switch Off Your Autopilot Mentality
By Jaimy Ford, business writer and editor As a new leader, it's easy to slip into a routine and stick to it. After all, why should you change what appears to be working? However, if you simply adapt a previous leader's style or you rely on trusted approaches that come easy to you, you run the risk of slipping into autopilot. When that happens, creativity and innovation … [Read more...]
FAQ Series: How Can I Unify My Team?
Here are four tips to help unify your team - whether they've worked together for years or not! https://youtu.be/SqZQg7SX3ks?rel=0&showinfo=0 Tweet This: Building team unity starts with you defining the unifying principles and behaviors you desire. In the Bud to Boss workshop, we address motivating and leading your team to higher performance. We address how to increase … [Read more...]