If you’re a new manager, focus on these 3 tips for new managers and nothing else. “Help! I’m a new manager and have so much going on… Can you give me some tips for new managers?” A version of this sentiment is expressed to me at least several times a day. I share this not…
Micromanage less and coach employees more by asking these key 1-on-1 meeting questions. The key to coaching employees lies in a single, straightforward choice: The 1-on-1 meeting questions you choose to ask. You may be raising an eyebrow at this. Surely, you’ve heard enough hype about how “you need to be holding one-on-ones as a…
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, Ph. D., Author of Optimal Outcomes and Founder + CEO of Alignment Strategies Group
If you’re a new manager, here are the exact 1-on-1 meeting questions, agenda template, and approach you can take for your first 1:1 meeting with an employee. If there’s anything you should be supremely focused on as a new manager, it’s your first 1-on-1 meeting with an employee. That first encounter might seem like a…
Interview with Shane Parrish, Founder of Farnam Street.
Someone put in their resignation notice. Hoo boy. Here’s how to conduct an exit interview that is useful, graceful, and candid. “How to conduct an exit interview?” I recently was asked this by an executive who is a 1:1 leadership coaching client of mine. He’d become the CEO of his company only a month ago,…
Interview with Jerry Colonna, CEO, and coach at RebootHQ.
You’re bound to make mistakes as a new manager – but here are the biggest, most common pitfalls to avoid in your first 30 days as a new manager. I’ve never quite known the proper word to describe the feeling of being simultaneously elated and terrified — but your first 30 days as a new manager is…
What should you do for your end-of-the-year review with an employee? Use this one-on-one meeting template. With December upon us (already!), many managers have been asking me if I have a one-on-one meeting template for their end-of-the-year review with a direct report. Yes, I do have one 🙂 The end of the year is an…
After working with hundreds of managers, executives, and CEOs over the past almost 10 years, I’m returning to my roots and offering one-on-one leadership coaching. I’ll be your leadership coach. I’m excited to be able to finally say that statement again (after almost 10 years)! As the CEO of Know Your Team, I’m now offering…