3:2 MDP Blogs
National Hug your Boss Day – 15th September
National Hug your Boss Day – 15th SeptemberIt was National Hug Your Boss Day on September 15th. With that in mind, are you more likely to get a hmmpph! than a hug from your team? With half of employees reportedly leaving their jobs because they don't get on with...
6 Ways Managers Can Create Better Relationships With Their Team
6 Ways Managers Can Create Better Relationships With Their TeamAre you a manager and not feeling the love and respect from your team? Have a Positive Attitude - Whilst your attitude alone will not determine success, it plays a large part in the success process....
The Formula for Exceptional Delivery
The Formula for Exceptional DeliveryDon’t let perfection get in the way of good New managers, as well as experienced ones, often get stuck on the hamster wheel of wanting to deliver exceptional service and products every time. This is an admirable trait, albeit...
Moving from Mate to Manager Successfully
Moving from Mate to Manager SuccessfullyInternal promotions – learning from others mistakes A word of caution: it is often difficult to transition from being a mate into a managerial role successfully, and I write this through experience. In a previous role I...
Functioning workaholics – the route to rehab
Functioning workaholics – the route to rehab Functioning workaholics, are you one? Functioning workaholics can have the same effect on family, friends and the workplace as alcoholics. Just like alcoholics, workaholics are always looking for their next fix....
If your staff are not performing, promote them!
Some individuals who have demonstrated learned helplessness have been promoted into a managerial position. Within the workplace learned helplessness can be demonstrated when an individual continues to carry out an action knowing it is not working and yet, not changing...
Changing Perception relies on Values
Oh WOW, the energy levels in the room shot up. There was a mix of indignation, anger, disbelief and wishing. This Manager had the audacity to say he based the salary figures on what he considered the others worth…
Certainly one way of raising the energy, not one that I would advocate.