Effective one on ones

In my experience in working with so many employees and helping grow some of the leads and managers, I have found that one-on-ones is a useful framework for all managers who wish to manage people well. I think this is the case because 1-1s impact some core tenets of being a good people manager:

Inform, Involve and Inspire the team

Foster [...]

Let your manager help you

Interestingly, about the same time when I was writing about how managers should assign jobs to employees, Scot Herrick on Cube Rules was writing on same topic from an employee perspective (“Help your manager help you improve your job skills“)! I liked his example of how employees can cause their own downfall by not using manager [...]

Managing your Boss

Here are some of the questions/issues I  have seen employees directly/indirectly ask which relate to their managers as well as to how they fit in the organizational scheme of things:

I can’t talk to my manager, he is too rigid/aloof/scary.

I am stuck in my career, no growth. My manager isn’t sympethetic to my career development. 

I don’t know how [...]