by admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
One of the four major workforce trends headed our way is the rise in freelance workers. In fact, the freelance workforce is already 53 million strong, and growing*. To prepare for the workforce of the future, it’s time managers take a close look at how managing...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The US freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong, and growing fast*. In fact, right now freelancers make up 34% of our national workforce. Sarah Harowitz, executive director of Freelancers Union says, “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Let’s talk about muffins – blueberry muffins, banana nut muffins, apple muffins – and the thud they make as they hit the compost bin, since these particular muffins are rock hard. I should back up. I left the Ivy League for culinary school years ago to...
by admin | Feb 20, 2014 | Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Despite your best efforts, there’s a very good chance that your communication is being perceived and processed in a way you did not intend. The disconnect between what is meant to be communicated and what is actually understood is known as a Perception Gap. In this...
by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
There sure are a lot of different personalities to deal with in the workplace! As a manager, you have to work with diverse personas on an even closer level. And let’s face it, some of those characters are difficult to deal with. Some may even seem, ahem, unmanageable....
by admin | Jan 16, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
There are certain employees that some managers may consider unmanageable. Sure, difficult employees give managers a chance to refine their skills, but that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with them. Jezra Kaye and I wrote a book to help managers with a category of...
