A senior production manager (I’ll call him “Skipper”) ran a team of production engineers and technicians whose specialty was customizing highly sophisticated navigational systems for vehicles...

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As a smart leader, you know you need to stop this, but you also know you don’t want to communicate to the person that their opinion doesn’t matter or that dissent is unwelcome...

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As a leader, it's up to you to give your team guidance if you want them to be effective for your business. There is strength in numbers. More people working together makes less work for all — most of the time.

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What do new managers need most of all? They need support and guidance in learning and practicing the fundamentals of management, every step of the way...

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A winning team culture includes great teamwork, strong collaboration, amazingly talented employees, sound leadership, effective planning, and consistent decision making.

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It’s a whole lot easier to manage performance if you have the resources and discretion (and the guts) to tie specific rewards and punishments directly to concrete actions within the control of the individuals you are managing...

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