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March/April 2010
Vol 3, Issue 1
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Greetings!

Change.  It can be scary for all of us.  But without change we don't grow and we remain stagnant.  This month the articles featured are about change either for you or those you lead and work with.


Managing A Motormouth provides some easy ways to create change in others who have trouble with being concise. Effectively Handling Leadership Transitions outlines a process you can use as a leader to adapt to the changes created by the recession during the past two years. And then Decreasing the Gap Between Managers' and Employees' Performance Ratings provides you with specific changes you can make to your performance feedback system which will lead to lessening the gap between employees' and managers' ratings.

 

Change.  Embrace it!

 

To your Leadership Success,

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Beth Armknecht Miller
Executive Coach

In This Issue
Managing A Motormouth: How to Get Them to Talk Less
Effectively Handling Leadership Transitions is Critical to A Leader's Success
Decreasing the Gap Between Managers' and Employees' Performance Ratings
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Managing A Motormouth: How to Get Them to Talk Less
We all have encountered this type of person: someone who talks excessively, may repeat himself continually, and can't get to the point.

In this age of sound bites, texting and tweets, it has become harder to tolerate the motormouth. So how can you manage these individuals in a team meeting and also coach them in a one-on-one meeting to become more succinct in their communications? Read more...

Effectively Handling Leadership Transitions is Critical to A Leader's Success

In the October 2009 edition of Chief Learning Officer, Michael D. Watkins' article "The Eight Toughest Transitions for Leaders" outlined the top transitions that most business leaders have to navigate during their career.  The transitions are:

  • Promotion
  • Leading former peers
  • Diplomacy (authority versus influence)
  • New organization
  • International move
  • Organizational turnaround
  • Corporate strategy realignment
  • Business portfolio change  Read more...

Decreasing the Gap Between Managers' and Employees' Performance Ratings
Have you recently delivered a performance review to an employee who was surprised at your feedback?  And in turn were you surprised at their reaction?

You are not alone.  A recent white paper, Mind the Gap, authored by Novations, a talent development company, reports that on average managers rate their employees' performance and contribution by almost a half point less than the employees' self-ratings.

There are five known performance rating biases that attribute to rating discrepancies between managers and employees: Read more...

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