The Leadership Caffeine Blog
Career Focus—When You Change, But Your View of You Doesn’t
When Your View of You is No Longer Clear One of the significant career focus mistakes I see otherwise talented professionals make is identifying with and lingering in the wrong role or vocation long after the expiration date. To paraphrase and mildly massacre a...
Career Focus—When You Change, But Your View of You Doesn’t
One of the significant career mistakes I see otherwise talented professionals make is identifying with and lingering in the wrong role or vocation long after the expiration date. Here’s a list of questions to help you run a career self-check.
Treat Your Career as an Adventure into Parts Unknown
Instead of worrying about career planning, treat your professional work as a series of adventures and explorations, and prepare accordingly.
4 Big Gaps to Close in Your Emerging Leader Program
Most executives and CEOs agree on the importance of identifying and developing leadership talent in their firms. However, many emerging leader developpment programs have one or more key gaps. This article identifies four of the most common gaps and offers ideas to eliminate them and improve results.
Remote Working Reset? View from Afar
Remote work policies are under fire in technology and other pioneers of this practice. IBM’s recent announcement that all remote workers must either rejoin a physical IBM location or leave the company is the latest example. After a decade of living and supporting remote working in my technology companies, I still see some pros and cons, but it is not a binary issue.
First-Time Manager #6—Navigating the Jump From Peer to Boss
The transition from peer to boss is awkward, clumsy, and filled with opportunities to misstep. This article offers 9 ideas to help guide you through this process.
Leadership Caffeine™—You Decide
I hate learning about interesting leaders once they are gone. The same goes for remarkable musicians, except the musician’s output lingers, potentially inspiring new generations. The leader’s wisdom fades along with those they touched directly. Here’s some wisdom worth passing on via your own actions:
How to Deal with an Employee Who Is Making You Ill
Almost every manager can relate to having to navigate a toxic employee situation. If managed improperly (or ignored), it can actually make you ill. This article offers some guidance on dealing fairly and firmly with this situation.
Two New Mentoring Programs for First-Time Managers
The transition from contributor to manager is awkward, clumsy, and filled with potential pitfalls. My two new First-Time Manager mentoring programs are designed to help ease the transition and increase the odds of success.
First-Time Manager #5—Asking Versus Telling
It’s easy to fall into the trap of telling versus asking. Telling is fast and ensure that the work gets done to your standards. It’s also the height of laziness and a profoundly powerful way to show your lack of respect for your team members. Try asking instead of telling. You will be surprised with the results.
Leadership Caffeine™—Reality Check
Enjoy those days when all seems to be good in the universe. Just watch out for that reality check about to blindside you!