Google's 8 Point Plan to be a Better Manager In a previous article we listed a summary of Google's 8 points to be a more effective manager - here is some more detail.Eight good behaviours of effective managers (in priority order for Google)Be a good coach◦Provide specific constructive feedback, balancing the negative and the positive. ◦Have regular one-on-ones, presenting solutions to problems tailored to your employees' specific strengths.•Empower your team and don't … [Read more...] about Google’s 8 Point plan to be a better manager
Team Leader Mentoring (Management Mentoring)
Using Mentoring to Effectively Develop Team Leaders Team leader and middle management mentoring is rapidly becoming the “must have” in replacing conventional and costly internal training programmes.With the changing economic climate presenting new challenges every day, many middle managers lack the skills and experience to make informed decisions. Worse – much of the management development over the past 10 years has focused on systems and growth, not survival and sustainability, certainly … [Read more...] about Team Leader Mentoring (Management Mentoring)
Lower academic level of first line management training for medically qualified healthcare staff can enhance workplace performance
Lower academic level of first line management training. This piece was originally published:Industrial and Commercial Training. Volume 30 • Number 1 • 1998 • pp. 20-23 MCB University Press • ISSN 0019-7858I have re-published this as the topic of academic levels in different qualifications has been discussed recently. This article shows the value of doing things differently to the academic convention of starting at your level.The company HDL is no longer trading as a training … [Read more...] about Lower academic level of first line management training for medically qualified healthcare staff can enhance workplace performance
Google’s Project Oxygen – 8 point plan to help managers improve
A practical plan to help mangers be better Google have grown, so has their need to manage. This giga company has the time and resource like no other, and it is use some of that resource to invest not only in technology but inwards. As a part of that investment, the HR team embarken on some research using Google's renound data analysis skills. Project Oxygen (so called as they see people as the life blood of the organisation) was designed to measure the impact of good managers and help the … [Read more...] about Google’s Project Oxygen – 8 point plan to help managers improve
