by Ross Blake | May 15, 2019 | Communication, Performance Management
“I wish my manager would ask me for my feedback sometimes,” Monique, a seminar participant, told me at the conclusion of a two day training program in Baltimore about how to give employees performance feedback. She had several ideas that would improve how...
by Ross Blake | Feb 27, 2019 | Communication, Performance Management
The purpose of giving employees performance feedback is a positive and beneficial one, done for all of the right reasons. Yet, giving-and receiving—feedback is one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, workplace conversation managers and employees...
by Ross Blake | Nov 13, 2018 | Performance Management, Training and Development
You’re glad when performance reviews are finally done. Your employees are, too. Perhaps you feel that you conducted them as best as possible, given the limitations of the form you may be required to use, and other factors, including a shortage of time. ...
by Ross Blake | Jun 24, 2018 | Conflict Resolution, Performance Management
Over the past 25 years, I’ve conducted hundreds of consulting and training assignments in many different types of organizations, including manufacturers, service providers, professional practices, the military, and non-profits, including churches. I’ve met...
by Ross Blake | Mar 13, 2018 | Management Development, Performance Management
If delegation has so many benefits, why don’t more managers do it? How many times have all of us, including supervisors, managers, and executives, read or heard, “delegate to get more done, complete more strategic tasks, and develop your employees?”...