It’s September in Melbourne. That means football (Australian Rules). We’re just a week off the Grand Final when over 100,000 people will pack into the MCG, the biggest stadium in Australia to watch the game. Millions more will watch from home. This event is so big that every sewerage worker is either at work on on call for the start of the half-time break when almost the entire population flushes the toilet at the exact same instant.
Posts Tagged ‘team’
Are you Captain of the Club or just the team?
Posted September 19th, 2009 by RickMeasham
The Manager-Tools Holy Trinity: One on Ones
Posted August 3rd, 2009 by RickMeashamI was recently sent an invite to a meeting from further up the chain of command. I declined the meeting and asked that it be rescheduled. I explained that I couldn’t be there because I was going to be meeting with one of my team. Meeting with each person my team, individually, has become the most important meeting I have each week.
It is said that the most important thing a manager can do is to hire well. If that’s the case, then surely the most important thing we can do from week to week is to make sure that the people we’ve hired continue to be the best people.
The Manager-Tools Holy Trinity: Feedback
Posted July 27th, 2009 by RickMeasham“Hey,” I said to a new employee, “can I give you some feedback?” A look of total panic flashed across his face. “Erm, sure, OK, I guess” he stammered.
A while back I read Ken Blanchard’s One Minute Manager; more recently I’ve been listening to Mike Auzenne and Mark Horstman’s Manager Tools podcast. There’s a common theme going: constant, concise and precise feedback is a vital management skill.
When you give effective feedback, here’s what happens: Your staff know what’s expected of them and know that you’re watching. You increase the effectiveness of your team and make a noticeable impact outside your department.
