management munchies: nibbles of leadership advice

Management MunchiesNibbles of Leadership Advice

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How Reliable Is Your Team?

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Does Your Team DoHigh-Quality Work?

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Positive Outlook

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• Avoid negativity or assigning blame.

• Keep up the team’s morale. Have fun. Laugh!

• Focus on success.flickr: dno1967b

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AutonomyAutonomyAutonomyAutonomy

And did I mention autonomy?

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Time and Work Management• Spreadsheets, lists,

diagrams

• Work hours and locations

• Multi-tasking and workload balancing

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Different Leadership Styles

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Perfection

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(You know that kid is just going to rip the horse heads off and eat them, right?)

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Let People Make Mistakes

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Play to Everyone’s Strengths• Everyone

won’t be a star.

• You need solid performers.

• Everyone working to the best of their abilities is key.

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Create the Space They Need

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• Remove roadblocks.

• Manage each team member according to ability and style.

• Treat them fairly, not equally.

Motivation

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Rewards

Challenges

Opportunities

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