Knowing how to “manage upwards” is important if you want to be noticed and recognized for your job and performance. This episode looks at some of the “dos” and “don’ts”. Check out the main site for the latest videos http://www.the3minutementor.com/.
Category Archives: Personal Effectiveness
Episode 62: What does organizational savvy mean?
In this episode, we look at organizational savvy which is a series of skills that can be used to help you to be more successful in the workplace.
Episode 61: How do I tell someone to do something?
Asking people to do something that they may not want to do or don’t understand why it needs doing is difficult. Open conversation and listening is key.
Episode 60: Empower people and freedom to be creative?
Every organization needs to achieve its objectives and needs structure and design. Teams need to be empowered and creative but they also need to focus on the right things, not just what they want.
Episode 59: Productive conflict within organizations.
Conflict inside organizations is a given. How to work with it, resolve it, and move forward is key.
Episode 58: Disruptive and older team, what can I do?
Every first time manager experiences challenging issues when first stepping into their new role. In this episode we look at how to help and work with an older and disruptive team.
Episode 57: When is it time to change your role?
Jobs tend to have three phases. Are you getting through them in a timely enough manner to be successful in your role?
Episode 56: Some common traits of good leaders
Three key leadership traits are usually found in good leaders: Competence, Communication and Confidence. You may be able to become more successful by mixing these into your approach.
Episode 55: Role of politics in the workplace
Politics is one of those subjects that does not have right and wrong answers. In this episode, I discuss the problem, the principle and the practice of the role politics has in the workplace.
Episode 54: Management and leadership differences
What’s the difference between management and leadership.