In November of last year (2017), I wrote an article about my team that articulated the trouble we were in. Poor performance all around. I also determined the course of action was to simplify the tasks and build a solid foundation. We had quite a bit of turnover which caused chaos within the team. Now, …
I implemented a stupid policy. In my defense, the intent was to help my managers better plan their days, weeks, months, etc., but it ended up just wasting time. I had discovered the managers were not very deliberate with their time and there was confusion among the workers. To help them, each morning I asked …
It is one of the most frustrating and demoralizing things we can face in our professional lives, and we have all been there; we have all said it. “My boss is an idiot!” Boss, can mean supervisor, manager, etc. There are many different ways to express this sentiment, but it all boils down to the …