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Coaching your employees requires commitment. It must be planned in advance, not done off the cuff.
Management today is really about enabling people to succeed and that means providing them with the guidance, resources, feedback and support they need to do their jobs.
Coupling feedback with expectations is the foundation of manager-to-employee coaching. It’s also the method by which managers can help employees and teams get the work done and promote higher levels of engagement and productivity.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
This week, we asked: What’s your reaction to the news that Facebook is preparing to offer 15-second video ads on its network?
- Hate it: 60.26%
- Don’t care: 21.79%
- Not sure: 10.58%
- Love it: 7.37%
Most SmartBrief on Social Media readers seem to hate the idea of unprompted video ads coming to Facebook.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
This week, we asked: How you do feel about Twitter’s recently announced multimedia partnerships?
- I’m unsure: 62.26%
- I’m excited: 26.42%
- I’m unhappy: 11.32%
Count me among the almost 6 in 10 SmartBrief on Social Media readers who aren’t yet convinced that Twitter’s multimedia content plans are a good idea.[…] Continue Reading »
Have some tough news to deliver?
Use a one-two approach: affirm their value, then critique their performance. Too often managers open with the tough stuff, and when they do they cause the other person to go into a defensive posture — or shut down as psychologists say — and hear nothing else.
If you play it straight and with dignity, you demonstrate that you care about your employees.[…] Continue Reading »
Wise leaders look at what an employee can do rather than what he cannot do.
The lesson for leaders who evaluate people — that is, every leader — is to adopt a “glass half-full” versus a “glass half-empty” attitude. An executive who is evaluating talent should ask three questions about the individual:
- Does this person have the skills to do the job?
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