Discovering your soul and greater potential

Peter Cullen FIML writes leadership and management articles for the Institute of Managers and Leaders. They are published in their member magazine, Leadership Matters.

What Should You Do When A Manager Treats Staff Badly?

Most companies have codes of conduct or guidelines covering employee responsibilities and proper practices within the workplace. This may include types of acceptable behaviour, government legislation, reporting protocols and possibly behaviours agreed to by employees. They may also have policies and procedures for people to follow.
This sounds pretty straightforward. Not so.

An Aim Specialist Takes A Problem To Task

There are many very real reasons why managers don’t have difficult conversations. Some of these are they simply do not know how to, a lack of courage or confidence, might upset the person or hurt their feelings, it could escalate into greater conflict, potential repercussions, ongoing disruption, fear of change, and concern about what colleagues or senior management would think of them.

5 Practical Ways A New Leader Can Make A Positive Impact

Good leaders capture your attention, harness your motivation and lead you in a particular direction. They are great communicators, honest and can clearly define and share their vision. But not everyone is born with such attributes.

Bouncing back When 360-degree feedback is Hard to Take

360-degree feedback tools are typically completed by your manager, peers, direct reports and sometimes yourself. They may be based on emotional intelligence, leadership or behaviour. This a great opportunity for personal and professional development.

Choose a Candidate

The importance of placing the right person in a key position is paramount. Choosing the best candidate when we are working under pressure can make this difficult. This is amplified when we have two ideal candidates from which to choose after progressing through the various interview stages.

Coaching and Mentoring

One of the greatest privileges and sources of satisfaction for a manager is to know how and when to be a coach or mentor. A privilege because someone is demonstrating their trust in you and the satisfaction comes from witnessing someone achieve their desired outcome. It can have a profound impact on the person, the manager and the organisation. Coaching and mentoring are often thought to be similar with a different name. They are in fact, very different.

Conflict in strategy

How can you use conflict or conscious disruption during the development of the strategic plan for the company, business unit or team to achieve the best possible outcome?

Dysfunctional teams

It is easy to become overwhelmed, lost and bewildered as a young first time manager taking over a dysfunctional team with a very negative culture. Even worse if there is little or no support to coach or guide you through the steps you must take to establish your credibility

Having a Clear Plan for Leading Your team

If you want to get serious and truly make a difference to your life you have to also consider your direct reports and the people you report to. Here are 7 key points that will make a difference.

High Performers Create Conflict

Conflict with high performers will normally arise from several areas. The first is between you and the high performer regarding incomplete work and them not actively improving her record keeping. The second will be amongst the team as they perceive another team member is consistently getting away with incomplete work. The third is likely to be the team will be against you