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Thirteen Tips to Effective Upward Management
Upward management is one of those skills that some do very well, many never seem to master, and virtually all learn only through on-the-job lessons-learned. When done well, both the manager and employee work as a team to ensure each other is informed, address problems before they spin out of control, and be more effective at managing. When done poorly, both manager and employee are not only ineffective at getting the job done but are chronically frustrated due to mis-steps and surprises. Read
By: Lonnie Pacelli | 17/10/2006 | Leadership
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One Less Meeting Gets you Home in Time for Dinner
As much as I may grouse about meetings, some of them were necessary, beneficial and effective. Then again, there were those that were a total waste of time and could have been accomplished by some other means. The million dollar question then becomes, "How do you keep the beneficial meetings and eliminate the wastes of time?" In my experience, there are several situations where meetings are generally more appropriate than doing through other means... Read
By: Lonnie Pacelli | 13/08/2006 | Leadership
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Not Another Ice-Breaker! Team Building with a Purpose
Offsites are a very effective means to getting the team focused on solving a business problem, defining a strategy, or creating a revolutionary way of doing things. Done well, an offsite not only puts great minds together to address a business issue but it also builds better teams that work more effectively together and get more things done. Done poorly, an offsite will be viewed as a huge waste of time and will poorly reflect on you as a leader. Get seven tips for holding great team-building offsites. Read
By: Lonnie Pacelli | 22/06/2006 | Leadership
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Drive a Tight Agenda, Don't Let It Drive You
An effective agenda goes beyond start time, location, topics, and durations. Effective agendas do the following: support the meeting purpose, set the expectations of attendees as to what will be discussed, inform attendees of any preparation that will be required prior to the meeting, give the meeting leader a roadmap for driving the agenda, permit adequate time to cover each item, and allow the meeting leader to adjust the agenda easily if the meeting gets behind schedule. The meeting owner drives the agenda, not the other way around. There are times where you may have a concise meeting purpose and specific agenda items to address the meeting purpose, but the actual meeting deviates from the agenda. Read
By: Lonnie Pacelli | 09/06/2006 | Leadership