Knowing when not to negotiate is just as important as knowing how to negotiate. Being able to suppress your desire to “win” and keep your eye on your end objective can be a tough skill to cultivate. There are situations,…
Empowerment. This term has been bantered about a great deal in recent years, but what is it, and how can leaders develop it within their teams? By definition, as provided by Dictionary.com, “empowerment is to give power or authority to; authorize,…
by Marc A. Voorhees, Jr. (Guest Blogger – MPM Consulting ) Over the past several years, I have had the good fortune of working with several industry leaders as a process improver. Individual projects succeeded or failed due to myriad…
I hate the phrase “fake it till you make it.” It’s a fraud. It’s dishonest. It says, “I know that I’m incompetent and I’m hoping that you don’t figure it out and call me on it or, worse, call my…
With the slightest disruption at work, I can easily find myself falling into the same counter-productive cycle. Work gets extra-busy, maybe because we’re short-staffed, and before you know it, I start cutting corners. Almost always, the first thing to go…
What is a bad boss? Not everybody’s experience of a bad boss is the same. To me, a really toxic boss is the kind of boss that actively makes sure life is miserable at work, someone who interferes with employees’…
Somewhere along the line, every workplace is confronted with being short-staffed. I ran into this a year or so ago. It wasn’t the first time in my career I’d dealt with having too few people to fill all the jobs…
Have you ever been given a responsibility that you were unsure you were ready for? It’s happened to all of us at one time or another. Here is my story and how I successfully overcame my anxiety and successfully filled…