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13 Difficulties that Define a Manager’s Destiny

Rick Conlow

Leadership is a high contact sport. In this high tech age, managers have to engage their team’s one on one. Handling conflict constructively is an emotional intelligence skill. Consequently, top managers invite conflict but learn how to facilitate it so improvement is reached. Dealing with Poor Performance.

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13 Difficulties that Define a Manager’s Destiny

Rick Conlow

Leadership is a high contact sport. In this high tech age, managers have to engage their team’s one on one. Handling conflict constructively is an emotional intelligence skill. Consequently, top managers invite conflict but learn how to facilitate it so improvement is reached. Dealing with Poor Performance.

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Excellent Performance From People: Follow the ‘10 Commandments!’

Confessions of a Consultant

The ‘workers’ (like myself) wore blue overalls; the foremen had brown coats; the supervisors were kitted out in white; the management sported double-breasted suits (the fashion at that time). 6th Commandment: People will embrace change if they construct it. To label this as ‘getting people to buy in’ is somewhat trite.

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