Managing talented people well is a vital requirement of management success
Managers – are you talent miners and talent champions?
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Can Your Staff Manage Themselves?
Efficiency and Productivity – who is responsible for them. Managers, certainly but the responsibilities of staff are considered far too infrequently. Self-management is a very imortant attribute.
A Manager Looks at Luck
Management luck can override talent, skill and effort. But there are ways to manage luck.
Staff are always under the influence!
Staff motivation and job satisfaction are different. Pay, status and recognition are key influences. Managers need a motivation plan.
Networking – Do You Chooze the Schmooze?
Is networking slimy? It depends whether it is aquaintanceship or smooze.
Let’s Target the Targets – Keep them Few and True
Management targets should be few and true – used only for priorities, with an understanding of their impacts, and in agreement with espoused organisational culture.
William Barclay
William Barclay is a professionally qualified manager who has worked in UK public services delivery roles, as a team leader and for many years as a senior operations manager. He experienced first-hand the introduction of the Targets and Terror approach and its subsequent development. His particular management interests are supply chain and process design, implementation, developing teams, training and personal development, and change management.
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