Alison Green

APRIL 28, 2024

I’m thinking of a former colleague who by all accounts was well-liked, showed up to work on time, didn’t slack off, met their deadlines, and otherwise did a more than decent job in their role. In the majority of cases, someone who is fine but not great probably isn’t going to get fired. But does something like this actually happen?)

Manager 102

Manager Metrics Accounts 102

Alison Green

MAY 8, 2024

I see most patients several times a year and build a relationship with them while providing their care. It was time for the next step and I explained what I had left to do, saying that this part should be comfortable and we were done with the hard part. If you need to reschedule for another time or another provider, we can do that.

Manager 92

Manager Human Resources Nonprofit Benefits 92

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 19, 2023

An interview with Christian ” Boo” Boucousis about crossing over from talent to CEO and leading through changing times. After Boo’s Air Force career ended, he reinvented himself numerous times by transforming his ways of thinking and working using the skills he acquired as a fighter pilot. Contact us for more information.

Marketing 291

Marketing Travel Media Deliverables 291

Alison Green

MAY 6, 2024

My boss keeps pulling on my ponytail I started a new part-time job at a restaurant a few months ago. I was extremely shocked the first time it happened and thought I’d gotten my hair caught on something before Phil made a comment (it was a “h,i nice to see you” hair tug as while I was passing through the kitchen).

Manager 103

Manager Inclusion Accounts 103

Association Now Leadership

MAY 17, 2024

Don’t you think it’s time you quit? But there are also challenges, as a recent article in the New York Times Magazine points out : A steady hand at the helm also means a risk-averse leader who misses opportunities to innovate. Smart CEOs create pipelines that build future leaders and successors.

Succession Planning 45

Succession Planning Risk Management Government Marketing 45

Alison Green

APRIL 16, 2024

Our intern was working two full-time jobs I work at a nonprofit and manage our internship program. I received a message from one of those teams this morning sharing that, through social media, they found out one of our paid interns has had another full-time internship this semester on top of her classes. Here we go… 1.

Manager 102

Manager Nonprofit Banking Benefits 102

SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. While some organizations choose to lead the strategic planning process themselves, others choose to work with strategic planning facilitators like us.

Strategic Planning 98

Strategic Planning Implementation Diversity Operations 98

Get Lighthouse

JANUARY 12, 2024

As your company grows and evolves, your needs change, and so do your employees. It’s natural that some of your people will move on to new opportunities or no longer be a good fit. Through good rapport and open communication, you will know when a departure is coming, whether it’s your idea, their idea, or a little of both.

Manager 124

Manager Retention Revenue Metrics 124

Alison Green

APRIL 2, 2024

Over the three days I was there, she brought up my age numerous times and made comments about how I’m a “baby” and can’t understand things because I don’t have enough life experience. This is your coworker being obnoxiously hung up on age. But I’m someone who likes to plan ahead.

Manager 105

Manager Nonprofit Benefits 105

Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The conversation delves into the misconception surrounding AI and machine learning, emphasizing the importance of planning for business outcomes and operational changes from the project’s inception. If you need a strategy to bring your thought leadership to market, Thought Leadership Leverage can assist you!

Operations 346

Operations Media Marketing Scaling 346

Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In fact, providing fact-based briefings combined with smart questions can allow the potential client to map your research to their own experiences and advance you to the next step! If you need a strategy to bring your thought leadership to market, Thought Leadership Leverage can assist you! Contact us for more information.

Deliverables 260

Deliverables Energy Accounts Payable Sales 260

Alison Green

MAY 14, 2024

with your boss and coworker? To me, it’s less that the arrangement is inherently outrageous and more that if someone who’s expected to stay there isn’t comfortable with the set-up, they should be given alternatives — at the company’s expense, not “you can pay for a hotel room yourself.” I know that wasn’t your intent!

Government 89

Government Manager Workflows Travel 89

Alison Green

MAY 7, 2024

Then if she forgets and gives you food anyway, hand it back to her in the moment: “Oh, remember I can’t have this, let me give it back to you for someone else.” Also, with the pizza for the group, is there something else she could order for you at the same time (ideally from the same place but if not, then from somewhere else)?

Manager 104

Manager Recruitment Benefits 104

Peter Winick

MAY 16, 2024

Tony shares his journey into the world of thought leadership, which began not from a clear plan, but through a series of life shifts that revealed a deeper passion for guiding leaders in chaotic times. Three Key Takeaways: Forge Your Own Path: Tony Martignetti’s journey illustrates that career paths are not always linear.

Biotech 196

Biotech Marketing Insurance Sales 196

Peter Winick

MARCH 4, 2024

If you need a strategy to bring your thought leadership to market, Thought Leadership Leverage can assist you! Dr. Priya Nalkur I’ve been thinking about this question for a long time, and I love that we’re starting here, because it really is about constructing a bridge. Contact us for more information. Turns out it’s.

Inclusion 267

Inclusion Diversity Education Scaling 267

Ed Batista

APRIL 23, 2024

This may be your first serious professional setback. You may sense an urgent need to take action in some form, to right a wrong or clear your name or do something. You may sense an urgent need to take action in some form, to right a wrong or clear your name or do something. If you are, too, what should you do?

Strategic Planning 85

Strategic Planning Manager Benefits 85

Michael McKinney

MARCH 22, 2024

Vice Admiral Mike LeFever and Roderick Jones state in End Game First , “In a crisis, you have to consider your end game first. The end game is your exit strategy. But at some point, you will need to step back and observe what is happening so you can develop your strategic end game plan. Information is a powerful currency.

Manager 89

Manager 89

Alison Green

MARCH 12, 2024

Meg,” the owner/manager of the independent coffee shop I work at, is giving me a hard time because I’m dating a man who asked me out during my shift. Am I being hypocritical, and what should I say to Meg, who now brings this up every time my boyfriend drops me off or picks me up from work, or I mention him in any way? Here we go… 1.

Manager 104

Manager Media 104

Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you expect your book publisher to handle your marketing strategy, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. So what are your other options? You have to drill down to the mindset, finding the people that want to adopt your views and who are already investing in the education of themselves and their teams.

Marketing 246

Marketing Sales Sales Scaling 246

Alison Green

MARCH 26, 2024

Yeah, it’s absolutely not in your interests to agree to that. It may be in theirs, but you’re the one who needs to worry about your livelihood and quality of life at work. I agreed and we scheduled a time for her to call me. They agreed on a time to meet for coffee, and she showed up 22 minutes late and did not apologize.

Metrics 101

Metrics Nonprofit Manager Engineering 101

Ed Batista

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

But there are varying degrees of pain, and a theme in my practice is helping leaders who are conducting layoffs reduce the pain, not only for the employees losing their jobs, but also for everyone else. You're probably planning the layoffs with a small group of senior leaders, in part to minimize the risk of leaks and rumors.

Manager 122

Manager Scaling Benefits 122

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 9, 2023

She is also the author of The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully, which is filled with real-world examples and exercises that can help boost your inclusive language skills. It takes time and practice to become good at seeing it and changing behavior.

Inclusion 311

Inclusion Sales Sales Engineering 311

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Is your company using the tools they have at their disposal? Three Key Takeaways It doesn’t matter how good your theory is if it doesn’t have a measurable impact. If you need a strategy to bring your thought leadership to market, Thought Leadership Leverage can assist you! Or are the tools using you?

Balance Sheet 290

Balance Sheet Engineering Strategic Planning Sales 290

Get Lighthouse

DECEMBER 5, 2022

You: "So what are your career goals?" In my hundreds of conversations with managers in building Lighthouse , one of the common questions I've heard is that you don't know what to do when your team member doesn't have a clear answer in mind on their goals. Table of Contents - How to figure out your career goals in 6 steps.

Manager 132

Manager Sales Sales Project Management 132

Alison Green

APRIL 21, 2024

I don’t really like this idea, because it feels fraudulent (given that I will be planning to bring back the colorful hair in due course). This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. It’s become much more accepted and much more commonplace.

Recruitment 100

Recruitment Risk Management Manager Compensation 100

Alison Green

MAY 12, 2024

We are allocated 20% of our working time for it. Every meeting we have begins with, “I’m so tired all the time.” I’m curious what your sense is of what drove that. Either way, it sounds like time for a serious conversation where you say, “I’m willing to work with you. That’s on her.

Manager 92

Manager Energy Media Accounts 92

Get Lighthouse

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If any of those are true for you, your workplace may have a toxic positivity problem. Toxic positivity is when being upbeat is valued above all else. If toxic positivity has taken hold in your workplace, it's your responsibility to fix it. Like you have to put on a smile and pretend everything is fine, even when it's not?

Energy 137

Energy Inclusion Manager Metrics 137

Alison Green

MARCH 6, 2024

They have a lawn care employee, Jake, who my husband describes as a good employee (on time, good attitude, competent at daily tasks), but who has also made several significant mistakes in recent months. Should an employee pay for damage to a work vehicle when it was his fault? What do you think? Or he is cavalier about what happened?

Advertising 101

Advertising Travel Manager Marketing 101

Get Lighthouse

MAY 7, 2022

Are you looking for high-potential people to join your team? Can you tell the difference between someone who can quickly grow into a role, and someone who won’t be worth the effort and time investment? So you’ve decided to hire someone new to your team, and you’re open to them being new or inexperienced.

Engineering 129

Engineering Manager Marketing Compensation 129

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The countdown to the New Year has finally begun, and you would agree that there’s one thing that is more important than everything else. And that one thing is partying your way into the New Year. In this blog, we have curated a must-have checklist for your new year’s corporate party. Let’s dive in!

Banking 105

Banking Small Business Employee Engagement Media 105

Zenefits

JULY 9, 2022

Think you have great time management skills? Of course you can’t because we don’t manage time at all. Time is indifferent: it moves forward whether you can keep up or not. We don’t manage time at all. We manage how we use the time we have — in our workdays and our personal lives. Conduct a time audit.

Manager 90

Manager Administration Onboarding Benefits 90

Association Now Workplace

MAY 3, 2023

Although talking to your supervisor about burnout can be difficult even in the best-case scenarios, coming to the table with a good sense of how you’re feeling, what you need, and a concrete plan of action can help ease the nerves. To start, Bohlmann recommends setting aside time once a week to track how you’re feeling at work.

Travel 103

Travel Manager 103

Alison Green

DECEMBER 4, 2022

For you, though, it will ruin the reference you might have otherwise gotten, and it will ruin your reputation with colleagues, who won’t risk being associated with someone who did something that shady, even after they too leave the company. It would torpedo your chances. Bad companies mess with your head. – 2014.

Manager 84

Manager 84

Alison Green

MARCH 27, 2024

The thought was it would make you seem more human to the receiver, and they would then be more likely to respect your time off. – I don’t think you should need to know what I’m doing with my time off in order to respect it. but not too warm or someone will take it the wrong way!

Manager 95

Manager Government Marketing Metrics 95

Alison Green

MARCH 24, 2024

Sometimes my role works off-site or has other expectations around the time of day that these sessions are held. Sometimes my role works off-site or has other expectations around the time of day that these sessions are held. that would be unusual — but if you do, then the answer depends on the specific wording in your contract.

Manager 102

Manager Administration Accounts Education 102

Get Lighthouse

AUGUST 11, 2022

They think because someone seems happy and positive in their current role, they'll be that way forever. Do you have career development plans for your people? If you don't have career development plans for everyone on your team, you're playing with fire; eventually you're going to get burned with a surprise departure.

Manager 134

Manager Engineering Energy Marketing 134

Alison Green

APRIL 1, 2024

My company plans to lay off my employee who’s having chemo I have recently learned my company will be doing layoffs, and one of my direct reports is on the list. Of course if anyone found out about the warning I would lose my job, and if he’s removed from the list someone else may get laid off instead. Here we go… 1.

Manager 91

Manager Hospitality Workflows Insurance 91