The first stage should be free discussion, in which all points of view and all aspects of an issue are openly welcomed and debated. The greater the disagreement and controversy, the more important becomes the word free in free...
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Staff meeting
A staff meeting is one in which a supervisor and all of his subordinates participate, and which therefore presents in opportunity for interaction among peers. Peer interaction- especially decision-making by a group of...
2 kinds of meeting for a manager
Managerial roles produce two kinds of meetings. In the first kind of meeting, is process-oriented, knowledge is shared and information is exchanged. Such meetings should take place on a regular basis. The purpose of the second...
How many subordinate should a manager have
An important component of managerial leverage is the number of subordinates a manager has. If he does not have enough, his leverage is obviously reduced. If he has had many, he gets bogged down-with the same result. As a rule of...
How to get initial traction in startup and product management?
Who never ask himself while looking at the ceiling: How can I get more users? Based on the book Traction by Gabriel Weinberg, I made a template to help startups and product managers to get their initial traction...
Manager Feedback Survey
Section 1. Please respond to the following questions. Feel free to skip any questions you are not comfortable answering, or that are not applicable to you. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 strongly desagree and 5 is strongly agree ) I...
Identify what makes a great manager
Back in 2008, an internal team of researchers launched Project Oxygen – an effort to determine what makes a manager great at Google. From this research, they identified eight behaviors that are common among their highest...
You need some slack
Allow some slack, a bit of looseness, in your scheduling. Highway planners, for example, know that a freeway can handle an optimum number of vehicles. Having fewer cars means that the road is not being used at capacity. But at...
Care about your team
What caring does mean, is doing your best to help your report be successful and fulfilled in her work. It means taking the time to learn what they care about. It means understanding that we are not separate people at work and at...
Trust your team
You can avoid being blindsided by developing a relationship founded on trust, in which your reports feel that they can be completely honest with you because they have no doubt that you truly care about them. My reports regularly...
