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Managing Performance / Setting Goals

What New Managers Should Know About Managing Their Time

Andrew Rondeau asked:   For some people it doesn’t seem to matter how long their day is. They just never seem to have enough time. The clock is ticking and it’s ticking too fast for comfort. It feels like they have a million things to do, a couple thousand of which were actually due last […]

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Conflict Resolution

Excerpt From The Art Of Managing: 4 Stages Of Group Development In Team Functioning

Jane Treber Macken asked: Understanding the four stages of group development is important for effective team functioning. In Stage One, team members are dependent and want to feel included. They will make mental notes of their first impressions of others. For example, Sam comes into a room and spreads papers all around a lot of […]