Mike Figliuolo's Blog, page 32

5 Steps to Help Someone Through a Bad Decision at Work

 

Learn how to be an emotionally intelligent leader or manager by following these 5 steps to help someone through a bad decision at work.

Today’s guest post is by Craig Goodliffe, Founder & CEO — Cyberbacker 

At the end of the day, we’re all human. We make mistakes, and sometimes our on-the-job decisions turn out to be bad ones. 

At work, our decisions can affect many people, including leadership and management.

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What is the most pressing leadership skill development need you personally have?

Our reader poll today asks: What is the most pressing leadership skill development need you personally have?

I want to improve my executive presence 22.40%I want to be a more inspiring leader 19.80%I want to be more decisive 11.45%I want to be more strategic in my thinking 20.31%I want to get better at developing my team members 18.75%Something else 7.29%

Being an inspiring presence.

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Using Incentives to Drive Accountabilities

The better you’re able to clearly communicate your team’s accountabilities and the corresponding incentives, the more likely you are to drive the behaviors that you want.

Once you’ve defined what people are accountable for, you need to drive their behaviors. Incentives are a very powerful way for doing so. Leaders can create incentives for people who over-deliver on their accountabilities. Things like bonuses or promotions. You can also use punishment or disincentives when people fail to live up to those accountabilities.

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Tell-Tale Signs of Fake DevOps

 

Discover the Tell Tale Signs of Fake DevOps. Learn the three steps a leader should take to prevent Fake DevOps and the five principles of DevOps.

Today’s guest post is by Nikolay Gekht, CTO of Gehtsoft USA.

Let’s say you want to know whether your DevOps works well. The answer is simple: measure outcomes!

What’s the best way for a Leader to spot signs of Fake DevOps?

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How good are you at taking all your vacation time each year?

Our reader poll today asks: How good are you at taking all your vacation time each year?

Great! I never let a vacation day go to waste 35.79%Okay. I take most of my vacation days but a few go unused 24.42%Not good. I usually have a lot of unused vacation at the end of the year 31.77%Poor.

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Finding Self-Confidence When Intimidating Types Get to You

When you’re feeling rattled by big wigs and VIPs, simple mindset and body language adjustments can help you step into power.

Today’s guest post is by Selena Rezvani, author of Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Create Connections and Make Bold Bets On Yourself (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

Have you ever had one of those career moments where you felt like you’d made it? A moment of proof that you’d finally earned a spot at the cool or important table?

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Give Your Teams the Resources They Need

 

The better you’re able to get your teams what they need to succeed and communicate clearly the incentives and the metrics that you’re measuring, the higher the likelihood that your team is going to be successful.

Leaders are accountable to a lot of people, including the members of their team. They need to make sure that they provide the team the resources they need to deliver on their own goals.

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There’s No Such Thing as an Insignificant Turn

 

Discover the significance of unexpected career turns. See how choices shape your path.

Today’s guest post is by Steve McKee, author of TURNS: Where Business is Won and Lost (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

If I were to ask you to identify three turning points in your career, it probably wouldn’t require too much thought for you to come up with them.

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How to Reinforce a Culture of Accountability

Your culture is an important asset, and you need to curate it every single day. Look for opportunities to reinforce the behaviors you want to see.

It’s not enough to just build a culture of accountability. You have to strengthen it and reinforce it every single day.

This is about the small behaviors adding up to that broader culture. The organization is going to behave in a manner based on what it sees punished or rewarded.

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Work Less and Relate More

If each of us took 10 percent of the time we devote to work and shifted it to relationship building, we’d reap impressive financial and emotional rewards.

Today’s guest post is by Larry Thornton, author of Why Not Win? A Reflection on a 50-year Journey from the Segregated South to America’s Boardrooms — And What it Teaches Us All (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

After more than 40 years of affiliations with prominent corporations, I’ve come to believe that most people could benefit from working a little less and relating to others a little more.

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