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Dan McCarthy has been in the field of leadership development for over 20 years. He is currently the Director of Executive Development Programs at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics (WSBE). Reach Dan by e-mail at daniel.mccarthy@unh.edu Dan's website is www.greatleadershipbydan.com
Dealing with Poor Performers
Dealing with a poor performer has to be one of the hardest responsibilities of a leader. Great leaders confront performance issues head on. They provide feedback, coaching, counseling, and if all else fails, real leaders fire underperformers. It’s all part of earning your scars as a leader. Cowardly managers come up with all kind of creative ways to avoid dealing with performance issues. Here is a summary of many of the actual methods I’ve encountered:
10 Mistakes Leaders Should Make
I was driving to work the other day and the morning show hosts were doing a bit on a list someone created called “10 Mistakes Everyone Should Make Before They Die”. While it was a lame bit, that, along with an email from reader Tim Eyre, gave me the idea for this blog post. Here are 10 mistakes every leader should make - and learn from - before they die.
Improve Your Leadership Skills
Like it or not, “presence” is an important competency for any leader. You know it when you see it – a leader with presence exudes self-confidence, is self assured, can be passionate about their beliefs, commands attention, communicates well, and makes people around them feel better and more self-assured. Here are five acting techniques you can begin to work on to improve your leadership presence.
I’m Your Boss, Not Your Friend
Is it ever OK for a manager to be friends with their employees? Believe me, this isn’t just a question brand new managers struggle with (and most of them do). It’s an issue a lot of experienced managers are questioned about as well, and many of them don’t think it’s a problem at all. The issue of “buddy to boss” might not be as black and white as you might think.
GM's: Don't Be "That Guy."
I’m noticing a lot of references to “that guy” these days. Maybe because I work at a college campus? There’s no shortage of that guy references, including references to all kinds of things you shouldn’t do in bars, on college campuses, in dating, in social media, and on and on. That guy is usually described as basically full on himself, socially clueless, arrogant, a jerk, completely lacking self-awareness, and gets drunk a lot. Could that be you?
