Top 15 Management Skills Blog Posts
If you want to improve engagement, the best place to start is to improve your leadership culture.
Managing others well involves a specific set of best-practice, tried-and-true management skills. We’ve narrowed them down to what we call “The Top 15 Management Skills” based on years of observing managers and following the research.
Most effective in motivating employees aren't rewards or compensations made by the company at-large, but rather encouragement and recognition initiated by managers or supervisors.
There is a style of management that can better guide and encourage people to successfully and efficiently perform their jobs: MACRO-managing.
Create this simple 15 item survey (plus two "narrative questions" at the end), distribute it to your employees, and find out where you're strong and where you might need some attention in terms of these research-based "big bang for the buck" management skills.
Some of us have been managing remote teams for years, but for many this is a brand new experience. Here are some quick and easy(ish) practices and tips to help you set your remote team up for success.