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As a business leader I can remember the feeling of being overwhelmed and struggling, and feeling like the job was totally impossible, or that I was totally unqualified because it felt too hard. Read More
This month’s Professional Development webinar was on the topic of Working and Managing Remotely.
Members of Azzarello group can download this webinar for free.
Learn how to exert your presence, build your brand, and influence others, whether or not you are there! Read More
This month’s Professional Development webinar was on the topic of Building a Stronger Team.
If you missed it you can download the recording.
Members of Azzarello group can download this webinar for free.
I frequently talk to executives who are concerned about particular individuals on their team, saying, “I need them to be more strategic”.
Reality check: I have never seen anyone become more strategic. Read More
This was a lesson I learned in my corporate career, and have carried through to my entrepreneurial career.
When you think of an org chart, people usually think about it as a way to visually organize people. Read More
One day you are working with your peers as colleagues, and the next day you are their manager. Now what?
You are the same person as you were the day before, so what now makes you worthy of being in charge? Read More
Awhile back I wrote an article called the first 30 days about how to start a new job with the most credibility.
There is another important point I want to add.
I see people setting themselves up for failure and credibility loss when they don’t differentiate the cost of doing a great job from the cost of doing an OK job. Read More
The first time I held a general management role I had a mentor share something with me I found to be pretty life changing.
He said, “You need to worry about WHO and WHY. Read More
Question: “How do you deal with people and teams who are average performers but who rate themselves as exceptional?”
This question came up on our last Member coaching hour call and I decided to write about it.
Since the call I’ve dug out the performance rating definitions I created to add to whatever corporate ones existed. Read More
Now that the dust has settled a bit about Marissa Meyer’s controversial “no working from home” policy at Yahoo!, I thought I’d weigh in.
Many companies provide work-from-home options. Employees love it.
But many managers struggle with it. They ask me about this all the time — How do you optimize motivation AND productivity? Read More
