Performance Management – How To Set Goals & Objectives

Join Jed and Bob as they talk about the Performance Management process, and more specifically about Setting Goals and Objectives.  How do you cascade them up and down the hierarchy?  Find out this week.

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Straw Man and Straw Dogs

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss what a Straw Man is, and how it might best be used, and how to build one for use in your organization.

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Dealing With Workplace Weasels

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how to deal with six different types of weasels commonly found in the workplace.  Learn how to handle The Backstabber, The Slacker, The Credit-Taker, and others.

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Managing Former Peers

Learn the five critical things that all managers of their former peers need to learn to be successful in their new leadership role.  Also figure out how to strike the balance between being an overbearing micromanager, and being a pushover when managing former peers.

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Generation Gap: Managing Gen. X

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how this generation has been shaped, the expectations of Gen X at work, and most importantly, how to effectively lead this group.

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Baby Boomers: Managing People Older Than You

Learn how to lead and manage the balding and grey. Listen to the ‘Baby Boomers in the Workforce’ Podcast (13 mins 46 sec):

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Cause and Effect Mapping

Learn how to create and use a Cause and Effect Map (Fishbone Chart).

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Generation Gap: Millennials In the Workplace

If you’re from a different generation, how do you lead and motivate Millennials?

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Corporate Culture

What can you do if you’re looking to change or strengthen your corporate culture?

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Good Boss, Bad Boss: Be a Better Boss

5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be a Better Boss.

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