Managers deal with a litany of challenges, including dealing with decreased performance levels, being understaffed, lack of communication and teamwork amongst staff, constant pressure to meet ...
Managing managers can be similar, in some ways, to managing a team — you need to align priorities, communicate goals, provide feedback and serve as a mentor. But the difference in managing managers is ...
Process matters. In fact, any start-up is searching not only for the modern phrase “product-market fit”—a proven solution to a problem that people will pay to fix—but also for a process for achieving ...
The recently issued mandate, “Performance Management for Federal Employees,” requires agencies to “provide a firm benchmark towards which employees must aim their performance.” It’s on point but fails ...
When I look back at the managers I’ve had since the beginning of my career, it’s clear to me—now, having done years of people management experience myself—that some of them should never have been ...
Research from Florida International University’s College of Business (FIU Business) shows that a key way to foster trust, loyalty and better results in the workplace involves employees learning how to ...
The latest corporate buzzword is efficiency, and that hasn’t been good for much-maligned middle managers. If you’ve got direct reports, you should probably be looking over your shoulder. “It’s always ...
Mark Zuckerberg is pulling out all the stops to avoid even more tech layoffs this year, as Meta reportedly asked many of its managers to step away from their roles in favor of individual contributor.
"How many managers to have — what are the pros and cons of managers?" The question was posed to Mark Zuckerberg nearly two years ago during an interview with the podcaster Lex Fridman. At the time, ...