Category: Leading People

by Patty Azzarello

Bullies and Sabotage



This month’s webinar was on Bullies and Sabotage.

If you missed it, you can download the podcast!

Bullies and Sabotage

This is a useful webinar to download if you:

  • Need to deal with a boss or a peer who is a bully, and keep your career intact
  • Need to counter a saboteur who is challenging your credibility and reputation
  • Want some specific tactics to disarm bullies and saboteurs, and protect yourself
  • Want to feel stronger and more confident around strong, negative personalities

My childhood bully

I was bullied for many years as a child. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

The cost between OK and Great


show the cost
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.

Always show the cost

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

by Patty Azzarello

When your boss is clueless


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I recently have written about bosses being addicted to detail, or wasting time by not appreciating the cost of asking a question.

Several people came back to me and asked me to write about the other side of this problem, when you boss stays so high level that they don’t know what’s going on and don’t understand what needs to be done. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

Addiction to Detail


Businessman and problems

A lurking cost I see in business is what happens when executives are unwilling to let go of detail.

Executives who not only personally require a deep level of detail, but also require that everyone in the management chain understands and processes a deep level of detail, are paralyzing and demotivating their organization. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

Managing Your Boss


This month’s webinar was on Managing Your Boss.

If you missed it, you can download the podcast!

Managing Your Boss

This is a useful webinar to download if you need to:

  • Improve how you and your boss communicate
  • Negotiate your compensation with confidence
  • Make sure your accomplishments are valued by the company
  • Get more support for your work, your team and your career
  • Get connected to the organization above and around your boss

Free Download

If you are a member of Azzarello Group, you can download the webinar for free. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

What your employees need to hear from you


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Last week I wrote about the importance of information sharing across an organization. If you missed it it’s a very important idea.

This week I want to share one more example, specifically about an executive’s responsibility to share information with the team — and the value of doing so. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

A key way to reduce business risk that many leaders miss


sharing

Late last year, I had a big AHA I want to share with you.

Here’s where it came from…

When I do strategy execution work with executive teams, I typically begin with an assessment phase where I talk with people across the organization at multiple levels. Read More

by Patty Azzarello

Stop trying to be impressive


A good rule of thumb is that you are never more impressive when you are trying to be impressive!

Trying too hard to be impressive is one of the worst things you can do when you are trying to build credibility, get support, or get things done. Read More

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