How To WOO Gatekeepers

“You can lead a horse to the water, but you can’t make it drink.” The trick is to make it want to drink. Whether it’s employees, business partners or networking contacts  whose support you need – recognizing other people’s importance to you and your success, and treating them accordingly will pave your way to gaining [...]

Bragging Time…

The best deck of cards ever! Buy one for all your leaders and performance will increase! Aaaaah, music to my ears    See the full review at “Never Mind The Manager” here. Have you been over at Frode Heimens blog yet? If not, do it NOW and save the site in your bookmarks. If you’re [...]

Why can’t everyone behave normally, … like me?

Workshop on Personality Types “for busy people”. In only two hours you will learn how to recognize people’s different behavioural styles and how to deal with each one differently in order to improve your communication and relationships with them – be it your boss, your client or your spouse. ….What you will gain from this [...]

Are You Judging Behavior or Intention?

We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior. To overcome conflict, or even avoid conflict completely, look beyond the other person’s BEHAVIOR to see their positive INTENTION. Think about this if you are a manager judging your employees an employee judging your manager an employee judging your peers a business partner judging [...]

“People don’t quit a company; they quit a bad manager.”

Many people actually say cleaning the house is more enjoyable than sitting in the same room with their boss. These are excerpts from the spot-on article “How to Keep Your Workers Happy” on www.inc.com. Read the full article here.

Another reason for appreciating your employees…

Appreciation helps people to think better! Using a neuro-imaging technique called the SPECT scan, Drs Noelle Nelson, Daniel Amen and Jeannine Lemare Calaba studied how appreciative thoughts and feelings affected blood flow to the brain. They found that less blood flows to the brain, when we are thinking critical thoughts. Blood flows there well, on [...]

Are your managers ready for the upturn?

Many organizations miss the chance to develop their staff during times of economical downturn due to lack of budget and lack of time. However only the best managers will be able to retain your high potential talents, once companies start hiring again. Considering both your time and money, Yellow Umbrella has developed a recession proof [...]

Respect! Part #2

If your team does not respect you, it’s time for some self-observation!

Respect! Part #1

Don’t do anything to your direct reports, that you wouldn’t do to your boss!

People leave their managers, rather than their jobs

What’s a people manager’s job?