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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business

Even if you’ve done an effective job getting to the root of the problem and helping a slower employee look for smart shortcuts, your most important task as a manager is to follow up and offer feedback. “If there is some sort of group reward for a team doing things on time or up to speed, that can actually be incredibly motivating.”

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

” You might talk to HR about implementing a new workplace policy or form a small group of colleagues “to investigate how other organizations handle this.” ” The goal is to “remove the burden of making the decision” from one single manager. “Face time in the office is important.”

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