Category: Management

Sep
15
2017
September 15th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

This short video from @ScottWilliams provides 10 clear distinctives to help understand the difference between a manager and a leader.

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Aug
11
2017
August 11th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

Author & Executive Coach Kristi Hedges joins us to discuss how truly great leaders inspire action with their words, how they spark enthusiasm and commitment. and how, with a single conversation, they can change the direction of someone’s life. In diving into her latest book, The Inspiration Code, she dispels common myths about how leaders communicate – and guides them in cultivating qualities that authentically excite. (Published on Aug 4, 2017)

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Jul
28
2017
July 28th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

In this video from KPCB’s recent CEO Workshop, KPCB General Partner Beth Seidenberg chats with Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations at Google and author of “Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead.” Bock shares his Google-bred wisdom on how to interview and hire new recruits as well as how to retain top talent through nurturing a distinctive culture. (Published on Jan 20, 2016)

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Jul
24
2017
July 24th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

Over the years, Google has embarked on countless quests, collected endless amounts of data, and spent millions trying to better understand its people. One of the company’s most interesting initiatives, Project Aristotle, gathered several of Google’s best and brightest to help the organization codify the secrets to team effectiveness.

Specifically, Google wanted to know why some teams excelled while others fell behind.

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  1. Dependability
  2. Structure and clarity
  3. Meaning
  4. Impact
  5. Psychological Safety

Read the full article at https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/google-thought-they-knew-how-to-create-the-perfect.html .

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Jul
14
2017
July 14th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

How well does your library protect your staff from abusive patrons/members/customers? Here’s how Buffer does it.

The Teammate Protection Pledge

As a Bufferoo, you’ll get the privilege of building relationships with thousands of customers. Hopefully most of these will be enriching, positive experiences. Every once in a while, an interaction might take a negative turn. It could be that our product has led to intense frustration or that the customer is just having an off day. In rarer cases, things may turn abusive or threatening. If things do turn abusive, we never want a Buffer teammate to feel unsafe.

I’d love to share a new teammate protection pledge, aimed at giving you the confidence to end Buffer’s relationship with a customer when it’s clear that the wellness or safety of our team is at stake. If you encounter any of the following three elements, you are empowered to initiate a process to part ways with a customer:

Read the full article @ Buffer.com

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Jul
07
2017
July 7th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

From Amazon.com:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
 
The Globe and Mail Top Leadership and Management Book
Forbes Top Creative Leadership Book
 

From the visionary head of Google’s innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work-and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed.

“We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It’s not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing.” So says Laszlo Bock, former head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge.

This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto that offers lessons including:

  • Take away managers’ power over employees
  • Learn from your best employees-and your worst
  • Hire only people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them
  • Pay unfairly (it’s more fair!)
  • Don’t trust your gut: Use data to predict and shape the future
  • Default to open-be transparent and welcome feedback
  • If you’re comfortable with the amount of freedom you’ve given your employees, you haven’t gone far enough.

Drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and a profound grasp of human psychology, WORK RULES! also provides teaching examples from a range of industries-including lauded companies that happen to be hideous places to work and little-known companies that achieve spectacular results by valuing and listening to their employees. Bock takes us inside one of history’s most explosively successful businesses to reveal why Google is consistently rated one of the best places to work in the world, distilling 15 years of intensive worker R&D into principles that are easy to put into action, whether you’re a team of one or a team of thousands.

WORK RULES! shows how to strike a balance between creativity and structure, leading to success you can measure in quality of life as well as market share. Read it to build a better company from within rather than from above; read it to reawaken your joy in what you do.

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Jul
06
2017
July 6th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

While recently searching the blog for another post I stumbled over this gem from 2006. Ah. memories…

In January 2006 I was asked by the then FAPL board president to take over as the manager of the FAPL Book Outlet. I accepted the position and in the past year many changes have been made. Many of you have liked the changes, a good number have come to accept the changes, and a few of you still do not like most or any of them. Then came the recent sale at the central library and additional complaints have been received. This letter is both an explanation and a response to the criticisms I’ve received over the past thirteen months.

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Jun
16
2017
June 16th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

Source: Gapingvoid.

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Jun
15
2017
June 15th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

Source: http://learningfundamentals.com.au/presentations/focus/.
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Jun
15
2017
June 15th, 2017 by Michael Sauers

Your people also need to know that you’ve got their back. Are you all talk? Or are you willing to put yourself out there for them?

Musk’s offer is one of the best ways to do this. When a manager takes the time to work alongside a frustrated team member, with a goal of better understanding that person’s perspective, good things happen. This exercise, although time-consuming, builds empathy and rapport, and can prove extremely motivating.

Unfortunately, few managers are willing to make that type of investment.

So, ask yourself today:

  • What is my team’s biggest challenge or pain point?
  • What can I do to make things better?

If you can answer those two questions–and follow through–it won’t matter what your job title is.

Your colleagues will be ready to follow.

Read the full article @ Inc.
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